Posted on 08/29/2002 12:10:12 AM PDT by Rockitz
Simon Vows to Promote Statewide Gay Pride Day and Award Rights of Marriage to Gays and Other Cohabitants
Sacramento - In a shocking announcement, gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon has committed to support several components of the homosexual agenda. As published today in the San Francisco Chronicle, Simon submitted answers to a questionnaire from the homosexual Log Cabin Republicans of California. In his answers, Simon said that if elected governor, he would proclaim a statewide Gay Pride Day, empower homosexuals in the Republican Party and award additional rights of marriage to "domestic partners" and other unmarried cohabitants. The Republican candidate also said he would not repeal or modify laws signed by Governor Gray Davis to facilitate adoption of children by homosexual couples. Simon spoke about his domestic-partners plan yesterday on KGO Radio in San Francisco.
"This is such a shock," said Randy Thomasson, executive director of Campaign for California Families, a statewide nonprofit, nonpartisan family issues leadership organization. "Why has Bill Simon chosen this path? We already knew Gray Davis' record of undermining marriage and promoting the transsexual, bisexual and homosexual agenda against average families. We never would have believed that Bill Simon would sell out on this key family-values issue. But it's true."
Simon's new-found support for "domestic partnerships" and "adding rights" of marriage for unmarried couples is a contradiction of his Marriage Protection Pledge. Signed with his own hand on February 6, 2002, Simon said he would "refuse to support 'domestic partnerships,' 'civil unions,' or any kind of relationship that compares itself to the sacred bond of marriage between a man and a woman."
"Gray Davis has shown himself to be corrupt on family values, and now Simon has shown himself to be untrustworthy on some of the same vital issues," said Thomasson. "Bill Simon has put pro-family voters in a very difficult position. It's very sad that voters are left with two candidates for governor, both of whom would undermine marriage and promote the gay agenda."
In Simon's questionnaire that he submitted to the Log Cabin Republicans of California, he said as Governor he would:
Declare a statewide Gay Pride Day: "In June 2003 I will sign a proclamation declaring Gay Pride Day."
Support "domestic partnerships" and award more rights of marriage to unmarried cohabitants: "I am supportive of the concept of a domestic partnership law...I believe that any two people who fit the qualifications of the law should be able to have their relationship recognized by the state...I would not support undoing any of the rights that currently are available under the law, but I believe those rights should be extended to others as well. In addition, I would be open about adding rights and responsibilities as would be appropriate and justified...I do believe that human beings enter into relationships with other human beings and that some of those relationships are deserving of recognition...in order to allow two individuals who have established a strong caring relationship to more fully function within that relationship."
Empower homosexual activists within the California Republican Party: "I support the continued recognition and involvement of gay Republicans in state party activities...I would back a state party charter for the Log Cabin (Republicans) of California."
Simon's new-found gay agenda is especially surprising given the history of another statewide Republican candidate who signed a pledge to support the gay agenda four years ago. Nine days before he lost to Barbara Boxer in the 1998 U.S. Senate race, Matt Fong signed a pledge to support much of the agenda of the homosexual Log Cabin Republicans. Fong's campaign consultant, Sal Russo, is also the main consultant for Bill Simon.
Campaign for California Families has tracked how the Governor and individual legislators have voted on the protection of marriage. While Bill Simon has signed the Marriage Protection Pledge -- and broken his pledge -- Governor Gray Davis has refused to pledge to protect marriage. This isn't surprising given Davis' record. Over the last three years, Governor Davis has signed into law major pieces of legislation that undermine marriage. This year, Davis promised gay activists that he would try to bring "civil unions" (Vermont-style homosexual marriage) to California.
In 1999, Davis signed AB 26, which established a statewide "domestic partners" registry and required taxpayers to fund marriage-equivalent benefits for homosexual partners of state employees.
In 2001, Davis signed AB 25, which awarded over a dozen rights of marriage to homosexual "domestic partners."
In 2002, Davis signed two bills, AB 1330 and AB 1684, which awarded additional marriage and family rights to a segment of state employees' "domestic partners." In addition, the Governor has established a special task force to review how to enact a "civil union" law to bring Vermont-style homosexual marriage to California.
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I'm going to bed now. Alone. And I'm not going to demand special rights for it.
God I'm pissed.
If this is all true, then to Hell with him.
I won't call any more GOP stinkers roses.
Are you totally ignorant of both the gay agenda and the Bible?
That was a great rant, Paul544, but wake up and smell what you're shoveling!
Since the alternative is Davis, I'll give him that.
Does anyone have a link to the original article in the SF Chronicle? Maybe my source has a hidden agenda, i.e. raising money for his own charity....
Wow!
Such invective. Straight from the liberal label arsenal, I might add.
This is getting circuitous. How are Sam San Francisco and Will West Hollywood denied the right to contract? Under present law or any future law for that matter? If Sam San Francisco wants to contract to standing on his head for Will West for five minutes a day in the kitchen he is free to do so.
Join me in voting "no" for governor!
Not yet, and not likely. The talk radio shows may discuss this topic, since it is already on news radio (KNX1070 this morning), and Simon will have to clarify his views. I sure hope he'll stick with traditional values.
Promising to dedicate a "gay pride day" is stupid, but it is far more harmless than Davis' desire to write Vermont-style civil unions laws. Let's hope Simon's gay promises prove hollow; after all, politicians cannot accomplish all of their promised agenda.
In the meantime, we must elect conservative legislators. The more we have, the less likely the governor will have to consider homosexual legislation.
Alas, thou has truly spoken.
Ping me on this stuff from now on, bro.
The San Francisco Chronicle, a pro-gay agenda, left wing paper and the Log Cabin Club, a gay Republican organization wrote and article based on a questionnaire that was probably filled out before the primary and before Mr. Simon had any advise on these groups.
This is how groups like the Log Cabin Club divide and conquer the Republicans. If a Democratic group had done what the Log Cabin Club had done they would be exiled to Siberia.
Mr. Simon if your base leaves you lose. My advise to you is tell them they are lying about your record, just like they lied about the lawsuit against your company and they will continue to lie, because they know that you can beat Gray Davis.
Before we act on this we need to think politically. Who does this help and who does this hurt? This hurts Bill Simon and helps Gray Davis. Who did it? The San Francisco Chronicle and the Log Cabin Club. Time to fix our weapons on the obvious targets.
Mr. Simon you have to define yourself before he defines you. People vote for leaders not policy wonks. Just to let you know what the gay-agenda is here is an executive summary..
The fact that homosexuals exists does not mean that they should be afforded special rights based on their behavior.
1. They should not have the right to get married.
2. They should not have the right to have sex in public toilets.
3. They should not have the right to indoctrinate other peoples children in their
lifestyle choice (i.e., Boy Scouts).
4. They should not have the right to use government to force me to agree with
their lifestyle choice (i.e., Hate Crime Laws).
5. They should not have the right to lower the age of consent to make pedophilia legal.
Because homosexuals choose to carry on in this manner society should not be forced to change to fit their view of what is normal. If this is going to be a culture war then I will choose to fight with everything that I have.
If this is radical then most of the Republican Party is radical and most of the Democratic Party is radical.
If you want to see what the Homosexual agenda is doing to America. Just surf on over to http://www.leavethekidsalone.com the evidence is there all you have to do is look.
Warning: But once know you do you won’t be able to do nothing.
Jimbaugh
I thought simon was one, now I am not happy at all!
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