Gay Marriage Foes Seek D.C. Referendum

I'll bed 'Bishop' Harry would be out there pounding he pulpit and bending the Bible to do away with blacks being allowed to marry, if there was a buck to be made or some power or notoriety to he had. "Registered Democrat" my ass. He doesn't even LIVE in D.C. Probably doesn't even vote. How did he leave out the Mormons? THEY sure wouldn't have anything to do with him.

Joe in New York makes an excellent point! What is really at the core of the Republican 'angst' is their loss of power. They're crying like a small child whose favorite toy has been taken away from him. Moreover, their continued pandering to the extreme right-wing of their party is alienating young people; moderates and others whom they desperately need to fill their ranks. Demographics is the key to their survival. The 'christian' conservatives don't represent the future. Given their median age; the Grim Reaper will level THAT playing field, soon enough. Frankly, I hope they keep it up! They've sown the electoral 'wind' of their own destruction. Now they'll reap the whirlwind.

Believing in non reality is ruining the world. Everything religion says about gays is wrong, it's based on fantasy. All religions are based on fantasy. There's no reality in religion. They have to force their ways on everybody. It's a sickness, plain and simple. Religion is a choice, the choice against reality. We should put all religious people on an island. Maybe we could sent them to Iran. We see how they rule with religion. There's a nice reality for the religious people. Send all the religious christians there and they could have a religious war and kill each other. We'd be rid of them all and could rule with reality and respect for ourselves. We could help all man kind, unlike what I see is happening with all these religious people who are here now!

During a Republican dominated "Conservative" era the right wingers enjoy an increase in their ability to force their religious views on the rest of the population. They also enjoy an increase in their ability to discriminate against homosexuals. Therein lies the real source of their discontent regarding gay marriage. As the conservative era ends and the Democrats have power in Washington, and as more and more states allow gay marriage the right wingers see not really, a chance to defend traditional marriage and the children. That can easily be shown phony with just a little intelligence. What is really digging at the guts of these people is their perceived erosion of their ability to force their religious views on the rest of the population and an erosion of their ability to discriminate against homosexuals. That in my view is what's really eating them.

We need to start taxing churches, thier land, the money they bring in, income tax, etc, since they are getting so involved in government.

uh, let's not get all carried away with the "we fought for their civil rights" argument -- it's not as if the LGBT community as a whole is well known for standing up and fighting racism; most of the time we're lucky to get our community to fight for ITSELF, let alone someone else. i'm a white guy who's lived in NYC and West Hollywood and small-town American, but i have yet to see the LGBT community show much real, ACTIVE, "solidarity" with another minority group. i can hate the bishop's prejudice and scream bloody murder that he's standing in the way of gay rights, but i don't think our community as a whole has earned the right to be self-righteous toward the African-American community. which is no surprise; remember that we are a percentage of the larger (U.S.) culture, meaning we most likely have the same percentage of racists in our midst as the culture as a whole...

@ K in Texas: So you admit that the person pictured is in fact the person leading the coalition that this article was talking about, yet you don't seem to make the logical connection between that and the decision to use his picture? Get real. Just because he's a black guy doesn't mean the Advocate is in any way playing into the "blacks hate gays" meme. What should they do? Anytime a black person IS the one against the homos, they put a picture of a random white guy up instead, just to appease people like you? I've read many articles on this site explicitly stating that the original comments about blacks voting overwhelmingly for Prop 8 were wildly inaccurate. Sometimes, you have to call a duck a duck. Sometimes, the black guy IS the one being an asshole, and needs to be the one pictured.

I dont believe in god. How many signatures are required for a fererendum to to have "IN GOD WE TRUST" removed from our money. I am offended every time I pay my taxes for unequal rights. If we are not equal and not fit to have families ( as they define them ) then I dont want my tax money going to public education. I will never need it, why should my hard earned money go to a service I will never use. I dont want any of my tax dollars put towards welfare.....I cant have kids so kids are not my problem. Come to think of it, I should get a tax credit for not reproducing and further straining the earth's resources. How much greener do you get. Funny how we are equal under the tax code, just not in anyway way that gives us a break. "marriage"

Waving the Bible in the air and being judgmental does not a Christian make! It's time for our President to speak up and stop this ridiculous rant by the Churches. Equality is the name of this subject, Mr. President, not an America led by Theocracy.

Chris from Chicago- You are absolutely right. These folks may be "religious" but they're the last thing from being true Christians. I feel sorry for them and ask my God (who blesses his/her gay children) to help them see the complete picture. Organized religion is in this race to develop a hegemony and it has been going on for centuries. Anything contrary (or perceived to be) is called heretical and forbidden or destroyed. That's too bad.