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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRick Perry: LGBT rights advocates fighting for marriage equality are intolerant
The mind wobbles:
This is a very unsettling time in our nations history, Perry said, according to the Associated Press. These are the days when a person is vilified when they state that they believe fundamentally that marriage is between one man and one woman.
Perry spoke just hours after the Supreme Court heard arguments on Proposition 8, California's gay marriage ban. On Wednesday, the justices will consider a case challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
Perry went on to suggest that the decision by LGBT rights advocates to fight for equal treatment was proof that they were themselves intolerant.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/27/rick-perry-gay-rights_n_2963151.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)We should all be intolerant of bigotry.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)idwiyo
(5,113 posts)dsc
(52,130 posts)bowens43
(16,064 posts)I do my best to vilify those who espouse bigotry and ignorance.
Javaman
(62,444 posts)yes, folks, knowing someone that actually worked along side that half wit, this person said to me, "he truly has to be the most stupid human on the planet".
thucythucy
(7,986 posts)anything he wants to.
It's just that he and others like him can no longer expect to see their bigotry enshrined in law.
11 Bravo
(23,922 posts)to a group of people, so YOU'RE a fucking bigot. I swear, if I ever start to understand the conservative mind, I should probably just go ahead and shoot myself.
atreides1
(16,046 posts)They're not being vilified for their belief that marriage is between one man and one woman...they're being villified for trying to force everyone to bow down to their beliefs!
If he believes that fighting for equal rights is a sign of intolerence, he must really be pissed at people of color and women!
Initech
(99,915 posts)If they called it the Bigotry & Intolerance Rally that might be more accurate .
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are not like your Christ." - Mahatma Ghandi
RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)...with Geoff Connor, did she want to divorce you because she was being "intolerant"?
Did you convince her not to divorce you because of, you know, Jesus?
Or did you "make her an offer she couldn't refuse"?
Just askin'...
niyad
(112,440 posts)but, please, please try NOT to sound like such a bigoted, ignorant, disgusting twit. you are only embarrassing yourself.
on second thought, you are providing a lot of laughs.
Erose999
(5,624 posts)hell up. We're not negotiating with the Jesus Taliban anymore.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)eom