From the Broward County Florida Chapter of Log Cabin Republicans, repsonding to the attacks of political and religious leaders to same-sex unions:
"If political and religious activists wish to address the reasons for their attacks against people of a different sexual orientation relative to equality of rights and civil unions under the lame excuse of protecting the family, then they must also remember that the right to divorce, permissible under civil law, is Biblically indefensible and must be repealed," said Mark Ferrara of the Broward Log Cabin Club of Florida. He further noted that, "My church accepts the blessing of same-sex unions and as a Protestant I don't have to accept the dogma of other religious denominations that condemn me and my church. Under the Constitution of the United States we cherish 'Freedom of Religion' and 'Freedom From Religious Persecution.' "
Posted by Dennis at June 22, 2004 10:18 AMDennis--we don't seem to cross paths much since the end of the Dean campaign. I do hope you will stop by The Village Gate blog when you have some time. I know free time is hard to come by and we all have to prioritize. Right now I have way too much to do, and don't seem to get my "extracurricular" reading done before books are due back at the library.
For starters, maybe, could you read these two posts of mine?
http://www.therightchristians.org/?q=node/view/423
http://www.therightchristians.org/?q=node/view/424
Dennis--you might think about adding a link to The Village Gate on your blog http://www.thevillagegate.org
This topic comes up fairly often there.
Posted by: Renee in Ohio at June 22, 2004 07:51 PMGod bless Mark and the Protestants
Posted by: dorsano at June 22, 2004 06:51 PMIf Marilyn Musgrave and her right-wing supporters have their way, those rights will disappear. We need more people like myself who are willing to stand up to the right-wing and tell them they are wrong. If they want to amend the constitution, they should amend it to guarantee equality regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual or gender orientation. Which is exactly what I believe should happen.
Posted by: Bob Faust at June 22, 2004 02:13 PM