Religious Leaders Promise to Fight Gay Marriage
Because there’s nothing else important to worry about. Fifty prominent religious leaders, including a Benetton ad coalition of rabbis, Protestant ministers, Mormons, and Catholic cardinals, bishops and archbishops have signed a petition pledging their support for a consitutional amendment banning gay marriage. They promise to participate in get-out-the vote efforts among their congregants this November to vote for state-level gay marriage bans. (Though we can’t help wondering if this effort is less about gay marriage and more about getting out the vote for Republicans.) Among the supporters: the cardinals from L.A., Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, and our own Cardinal Egan of New York. (Via AmericaBlog)
A Religious Push Against Gay Unions [NY Times]
April 24th, 2006 at 1:38 pm
and of course O’Malley had to get his grubby mitts in on the action - give it up dude, we won! (well, at least here in the Bean)
May 23rd, 2006 at 12:45 pm
[…] In an effort to counteract the attack of the conservative religious leaders opposed to gay marriage, a new group called Clergy for Fairness is now lobbying senators to reject the proposed amendment to the constitution. Among the participants: Protestant, Jewish, and Sikh leaders. And of course the Unitarians. Good ol’ Unitarians. […]