Posted on 01/19/2010 1:03:58 PM PST by steve-b
The mayor of San Diego testified Tuesday that his views on same-sex marriage evolved after he learned one of his daughters was a lesbian.
Mayor Jerry Sanders took the witness stand on behalf of two same-sex couples suing to overturn Proposition 8...
"I had been prejudiced," he said. "I was saying one group of people did not deserve the same respect, did not deserve the same symbolism of marriage, and I was saying their marriages were less important than those of heterosexuals."...
Sanders, a Republican, now believes it's in the interest of government to support same-sex marriage. A former police chief, he cited examples of hate crimes against gays and of police officers being afraid to acknowledge they are gay....
Throughout the trial backers of the ban have tried to show the ballot measure was not motivated by deep-seated bias toward gays. Such "animus" would make it more difficult for the measure to pass constitutional muster.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
So because your daughter is a dyke you figure it’s OK to ignore the will of the voters, right? Well isn’t that special...and typical of a leftist.
Saying marriage is between a male and a female is not singling anyone out. People are usually male or female.
What happened to personally opposed but will support the law? Idiot. What if she said she was a Muslim, would he support having that as the official religion?
What happened to personally opposed but will support the law? Idiot. What if she said she was a Muslim, would he support having that as the official religion?
Of course. Unfortunately, Kennedy and O’Connor failed to grasp the obvious.
You are right. Morals don’t change because of emotion, unless it’s life or death.
Ir's a matter of settled legal doctrine that the latter singles out a group of people for discrimination. How is the former different?
LOL...hardly that. It was invented out of thin air in the 1990s.
I cannot begin to tell you how embarrassed and ashamed we are here in San Diego of this guy. Sanders ran on a campaign of strong opposition to the Gay Gestapo - then flipped at the demand of his daughter (who, apparently, is the REAL parent in the family). He even did not have the courtesy to step down ....
And now THIS.
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