"Let me explain the “champagne principle.” Not every wine is champagne. Champagne has certain very specific, universally recognized characteristics. If someone were to take a bottle of Chianti, label and sell it as champagne, they’d be arrested for fraud. In the same way, those who seek to redefine marriage – with its specific characteristics – and to usurp the title “marriage” for their morally bankrupt relationships, are committing an act of fraud. It’s insulting to those who have entered the authentic, sacred and time-honored institution of marriage over the years. [snip]"Proponents of gay marriage say that the Church won’t be forced to witness such marriages. Don’t believe it. And other related problems will inevitably arise. Will the Church be required to admit gay couples as sponsors for baptisms; to rent its facilities for gay wedding receptions; to hire employees despite their immoral gay lifestyles; to grant family benefits to gay couples? For simply maintaining its teachings in these and many other possible scenarios, the Church will be accused of bigotry and unlawful discrimination. The threat to our religious freedom is real, and imminent."
--Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin
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Truly repugnant North Carolina Representative Virginia Foxx dishonored the memory of Matthew Shepard during the Hate crimes Legislation debate this week. She spoke nothing but outright lies, and she spoke them with matthew's mother, Judy, sitting in the chambers.
If you live in North Carolina and you voted this dumb-fuck into office, shame on you.
If you live in North Carolina and are just as disgusted by her hatred and intolerance and stupidity, Vote.Her.Ass.Out.
Duelling asshats.
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