NAACP Endorses Same-sex Marriage

Thank you to all these long-time courageous advocates of civil rights!  

"The mission of the NAACP has always been to ensure political, social and economic equality of all people," Board Chairwoman Roslyn M. Brock said in a statement. "We have and will oppose efforts to codify discrimination into law."

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Obama Says Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal

Mr. Obama also invoked his Christian faith in explaining his decision.

“The thing at root that we think about is, not only Christ sacrificing himself on our behalf, but it’s also the golden rule — you know, treat others the way you would want to be treated,” he said. “And I think that’s what we try to impart to our kids, and that’s what motivates me as president.”

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Obama Says Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal 

Sign this link to protest NC pastor's call for abusing gay children

A North Carolina pastor has made national news with a sermon calling on parents to physically abuse gay children.

With only days remaining before a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment banning all legal recognition of same-sex unions, Pastor Sean Harris of Berean Baptist Church told his congregants: "Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch."

Once the sermon came to public attention, Harris tried to retract some of his remarks. But for the families of LGBT youth who heard his tirade, the damage has already been done.

We just added our name to a short statement assuring LGBT youth that faithful Christians are appalled by Pastor Harris' tirade and that anti-gay violence is never justified by Christian teaching. Can you help us reach 10,000 names so it can be releasee to the media and show that Pastor Harris doesn't speak for Christianity?

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2518/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10391

Don’t blame the Bible

Leonard Pitts, Jr.

Sometimes, people hide inside the Bible.

That is, they use the Christian holy book as authority and excuse for biases that have nothing to do with God. They did this when women sought to vote and when African Americans sought freedom.

They are doing it now, as gay men and lesbians seek the right to be married.

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Bill Nemitz: Heath's fighting same-sex marriage, the manly way

Michael Heath is back. And Lord have mercy, he's one angry preacher.  

"I hate this issue. I hate everything about it. There is nothing good that comes from talking about it," Heath wrote in a recent blog posting about this fall's statewide referendum on same-sex marriage.

But talk about it Heath must. What's more, he warns, "I don't want you near me unless you are prepared to sacrifice."

(Run for your lives, fatted calves. The man means every word he says.

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