Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assists newly sworn-in Ambassador Mark Dybul as he signs appointment documents Oct. 10 at the State Department (White House photo
Posted on 10/17/2006 2:12:04 PM PDT by Coleus
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assists newly sworn-in Ambassador Mark Dybul as he signs appointment documents Oct. 10 at the State Department (White House photo |
According to the State Department transcript, Rice said:
Thank you. Thank you very much. I am truly honored and delighted to have the opportunity to swear in Mark Dybul as our next Global AIDS Coordinator. I am pleased to do that in the presence of Mark's parents, Claire and Richard; his partner, Jason; and his mother-in-law, Marilyn. You have wonderful family to support you, Mark, and I know that's always important to us. Welcome.
The use of a term normally reserved for legally married heterosexual families rankled Peter Sprigg, vice president for policy at the Family Research Council, who called Rice's comments "profoundly offensive," according to Agape Press.
 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice swears in Ambassador Mark Dybul (White House photo) |
The secretary's remarks, he said, fly in the face of the Bush administration's endorsement of a federal marriage protection amendment. "We have to face the fact that putting a homosexual in charge of AIDS policy is a bit like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse," said Sprigg. "But even beyond that, the deferential treatment that was given not only to him but his partner and his partner's family by the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is very distressing." Sprigg said, according to Agape Press, in light of the Mark Foley scandal, "it's inexplicable that a conservative administration would do such things."
Rice's comments, he added, conflict with a law protecting traditional marriage. "So, for her to treat his partner like a spouse and treat the partner's mother as a mother-in-law, which implies a marriage between the two partners, is a violation of the spirit if not the letter of the Defense of Marriage Act," Spriggs said. The Foley scandal has highlighted the number of homosexual staffers working for Republican lawmakers, USA Today noted, causing some family advocates to wonder if this influence has anything to do with the party's lack of action on conservative social issues.
The Family Research Council's Tony Perkins framed the question this way: "Has the social agenda of the GOP been stalled by homosexual members or staffers?" Dybul is the nation's third openly homosexual ambassador, Agape Press noted, pointing out that in all three cases the homosexual partners held the Bible on which the oath of office was taken. As WND reported, a new book also has raised the eyebrows of some evangelicals. White House political advisers embraced evangelical supporters publicly to get their votes while mocking them privately as "nuts" and "goofy," according to David Kuo, the former No. 2 man in President Bush's so-called "faith-based" initiatives program.
Especially everyone's parents. :)
What is more leftist than this? Your mentality has got us into this mess. Vote the lesser of two evils. The Bible is quite clear on this...
Romans 3:8 (King James Version)
Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
But you underestimate your Christian Moral Conservative friends.. they will not be voting Democrat, but third party, probable Constitutional.
Why is this news? Crazy dictators with nukes, overseas war, terrorists blowing crap up and the thing that makes a head lines is Rice saying something inconsequential? Sounds like the media is trying to find another thing to divide repubs over.
Any truth to the rumors that Rice isn't playing for the right team?
If he's gay, I don't care as long as he is not in my face with his life style.
Voting the lesser of two evils is what got us this mess... see Biblical reference in my post above showing NOT to vote the lesser of two evils...
There are some people who think about what gay guys do in the bedroom more often than actual gay guys think about what they do in the bedroom.
Said the Foley voters who also didn't care that republicans put a open gay person in charge of the page program who happened to turn a blind eye to Foley's romps around the place.
love the sinner, hate the sin. That sounds familiar to me.
Telling, ain't it? :-)
I don't know how "tellin'" it is, but I have heard rumors these same people have been known to hum that seventies classic "I Will Survive" while at work...
May sound familiar, but IT IS NOT BIBLICAL... (not in the Bible)... It is a saying made up by liberals and transported to places like forums by people that don't read the Bible because they are brainwashed ???
I will gladly show you what the Bible says to do in judgement.
"Those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them." (Prov. 24:25).
God instructs men against "hypocrisy" commanding them to "abhor what is evil" (Rom. 12:9)
That's Kevin Kline? How'd he get so old, so fast?
I don't know, but I saw him on TV the other day and he DOES look old.
That is a VERY funny movie, if you haven't seen it.
Haven't seen it. Liked him in A Fish Called Wanda...
Oh, you would love this; rent it if you can!
I have JUST the logo for your campaign!
Take that crap somewhere else; this forum is not about third parties, especially white bigots.
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