Posted on 05/08/2009 3:49:08 AM PDT by steve-b
In a move that will surprise gay activists and liberals, a spokesperson for Focus on the Family, a top religious right group, tells me that his organization has no problem with GOP Senator Jeff Sessions' claim today that he's open to a Supreme Court nominee with "gay tendencies."
The spokesperson confirms the group won't oppose a gay SCOTUS nominee over sexual orientation.
"We agree with Senator Sessions," Bruce Hausknecht, a spokesperson for Focus on the Family, which was founded by top religious right figure James Dobson, told me a few minutes ago. "The issue is not their sexual orientation. It's whether they are a good judge or not."...
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To beat the rush.
My friend is very conservative. He sends me messages about God and he's very big on the Second Amendment.
OMG!
Don't know if I came across right on this, but I am amazed what happens with some of these so called "religious groups".
How do they identify with being a conservative religious group and not oppose a supreme court nominee who might show gay tendencies?
Good grief!
People with religious beliefs can't be so naive, or perhaps so moronic or full of rage.
I've been discussing a matter with a so-called religious individual lately, and man oh man the hateful words that come out of this individual's mouth in the name of religious rectitude. Goodness Lord, the hate and lack of compassion often attributed to extreme Muslims are alive and well with certain people among us. Some people are just so rigid, with no room for compassion, while others are so nonchalant with the word of God. And at the same time, both groups call themselves religious.
It's a crazy world, if you ask me.
That doesn't mean they support homos for judges. That doesn't mean they think a homo judge would be a good judge. What they are saying is when they oppose the homo it will be because, first and foremost, they are not a good judge, not just because they are homos, although that enters into being a bad judge.
Bozo isn't the only one who can play word games.
Much is being made out of a statement trying to make it seem this group actually supports a homo judge, when in reality they said no such thing.
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