I have been timid to celebrate the legalization of gay marraige in Iowa and Maine after the big let down that was California… but, I’m feeling ready to celebrate after seeing what looks like a huge change in the tide. Anti-gay religious right leaders say they won’t oppose gay supreme court nominees! From The Plum Line:
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.”
Their sexual orientation “should never come up,” he continued. “It’s not even pertinent to the equation.”
Gay activists had expected that the group would oppose an openly gay nominee, since the group has been an outspoken foe of gay marriage and has worked to convert gays to heterosexuality.
Whoooooooooo hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
While there is still so much anti-gay hate going on in the country, I am still heartened to see some top anti-gay right wingers softening their stances… it gives me hope that the states that the states that have legalized gay marraige will not go the way of California and that more states will follow suit…
Equality for all!!
–AngryGrayRainbows
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