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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 09:55 PM
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The Most Histrionic Conservative Reactions to Gay Marriage
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/06/most-histrionic-conservative-reactions-gay-marriage/39314/

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World Net Daily columnist Linda Harvey likens New York to Sodom She's not the first, but Linda Harvey is certainly one of the more impassioned critics of same-sex marriage to liken the state of New York to the darkest chapters of the Bible:

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NOM chair Maggie Gallagher feels tricked: In an interview with National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez, the chair of the National Organization for Marriage said that the messaging mixed up the conservatives's mission:

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Archbishop Timothy Dolan is feeling "down." The head of the New York diocese vocally opposed the bill and even though he told the New York Daily News that the new law pushes us closer to the End of Days, Dolan sounds restrained in his latest criticism. Archbishop Dolan said after Sunday Mass:

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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 10:03 PM
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1. Their stupidity hurts them.
Unfortunately, their stupidity hurts a lot of people.
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Scottybeamer70 Donating Member (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 11:23 PM
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2. Gallagher wishes.......
she could find a trick.......:rofl:
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Scottybeamer70 Donating Member (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 11:41 PM
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3. I wonder if she was for or against abstinence only......
before or after she had her first son out of wedlock?
The woman is so filled with hate I doubt she knows who she is sometimes.
She works directly with Catholic clergy.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-11 09:01 AM
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4. I'm seeing histrionic reactions right here on DU. Right here in this forum.
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Meeker Morgan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-11 06:48 PM
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5. Oh ho hum.
Likening NYC to Sodom is an old old shtick. I remember hearing that shit as far back as the 1970s and it probably wasn't new even then.

As for the archbish feeling down ... :nopity: ... but it's not especially "histrionic".


The real news is so many mainstream conservatives getting over it so quick. However, eternal vigilance please.
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-11 09:53 PM
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6. Hey! That's San Francisco's title
They earned it
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