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Last week, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn issued a letter to President-elect Obama's inauguration committee to express her dismay over the selection of Rick Warren as pastor. Quinn, who is openly gay, wrote, "Yet what is so offensive here is not the mere selection of a religious leader who is opposed to same-sex marriage. It is the selection of a man who has used his position to try to deny others their civil rights, and to create huge divisions among Americans." On the other hand, State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., a Democrat and a Pentecostal minister who opposes discussing gay marriage in the next legislative year, thinks Warren's invitation is important, "The Democratic Party should not be a party of only two issues: Abortion and homosexual marriage. Everybody should be accepted: Orthodox Jews, Evangelical Christians, Catholics, Muslims, and those with religious beliefs that oppose abortion and homosexual marriage. YES WE CAN!"
Local Politicians Express Opinions Over Rick Warren at Obama's Inauguration
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What's Rev. Wright's position on gay marriage?
Probably not much different than Warren's.
Anyway, gay people have not been denied any rights - that's a flat out lie. They have the right to marry a person of the opposite sex, which is exactly the same right as anyone else.
It doesn't suit their particular lifestyle but that's an inconvenience not a denial of rights.
Enough with the drama queen hysterics.
Ides, has the Warren invitation made you an Obama fan?
there is one reason and one reason only to make homosexuality and homosexual "marriage" (by the way,what is "marriage" anyway?) illegal...the reason? to fuse church and state into a religious theocracy...oh yeah, also to make medically induced abortions illegal...making the USofA into a religious theocracy is of course a violation of the US Constitution but only faggots and pussies care about constitutions...Rick Warren has only one agenda: the fusion of church and state into a religious theocracy...
"Ides, has the Warren invitation made you an Obama fan?"
Hell would freeze over first...
Rush Limbaugh fans - unite.
Obama is on our side .
You wish.
Opposing gay marriage is not really a very controversial, out-of-the-mainstream position.
Opposing marriage for all--that's me--is. Mr Warren is not going far enough.
Or we can swing it the other way. Polygamy should be allowed. And let people marry pets. Who's to say what 2 consenting animals do. I like pigs best.
Ummm...what Senator Diaz seems to be preaching is tolerance for the intolerant. Bogus. He needs to go back and read some Malcolm X:
"“I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.”
Word.
LOL, Quinn???? what if find offensive is Quinn overturning my vote to extend term limits, using my money for her slush funds to raise over 4 million dollars in her campaign and her $600/hr criminal lawyer. what a joke.
A clue for idiot Senator Diaz:
The issue is NOT "homosexual marriage". The issue is Rick Warren equates homosexuals to pedophiles and incest. Fostering such hate against a group of people goes against everything Obama and his "hope" message stood for. Turns out he was a FRAUD after all.
eh--
The state senator in question is Reuben Diaz Sr.
Reuben Diaz Jr., his son, is a Bronx assemblyman who is a bit more gay friendly (though that isn't saying much).
Just create a cabinet level Department of Morality so these idiots can fight it out in an ugly, non-descript office building outside Washington with Legionnaire's Disease in the ducting.
I guess people like Mrs Quinn that are upset about Obama's choice of Pastor weren't paying attention to the debates... Obama clearly stated that he opposes the redefinition of marriage.
For once, Felixthecat, I agree completely. I also would like people to STFU about this. Even Abraham Lincoln, who is credited with freeing the slaves, knew that you can't keep everyone happy all of the time. I'm sure there were a lot of people that did not own slaves or believe slavery was a good thing, who still hated him for his flagrant disregard of states' rights. Not to mention that he seemed to have no problem using the N-word. Yet somehow, he still went down as one of the greatest American presidents ever.
So, how about all of the groups that seem to enjoy complaining about any and every thing, just sit back and let President O do what he feels is necessary for the moment and wait until he fucks up something that matters before you voice your objections?
ides, I really liked you comment. In Soviet Russia everyone also had same rights. For example a right to be a Communist.
ALL religious fanatics should stop peering into others' bedrooms, and seek to save their own hateful souls. What business is it of theirs, what consenting adults do behind closed doors with each other? Why is so much of their 'faith' centered on reproduction and sexuality?
Megs, the redefinition of marriage argument has nothing to do with what people do behind closed doors.
Megs, if you wish to have sex with your dog and cat, in the onfines of your bedroom, that is fine if we canb lock you up in there forever, so you don't spread your disease.
We have seen what happens when homosexuals congegrate n prisons and then get out and spread HIV and AIDS amongs the straight population.
Unless you are willing to make all forms of relationships, even those with children legal, you are regulating behind closed door behavior.