First the Christian Right came for Gay Marriage and I didn't speak up...

[ck4829]

Now they're coming for Civil Unions, even if the couple in question is of opposite genders.

"Usually, the brunt of the Religious Right's anti-gay movement hits those in the gay community; gay individuals for simply being gay, and gay couples for "destroying the meaning of marriage" by choosing to be with someone they love.

However, via Americablog, we see that the American TFP recently begun their three-state "marriage crusade" in Maine, and, along with the usual anti-gay rhetoric, have started attacking a somewhat unconventional target: straight marriage.

That's right, along with claiming that gay marriage is harmful because a child wouldn't have a mother and father, the organization is arguing that any marriage performed at City Hall isn't a real marriage, either:

The group says gay marriage is harmful to society because children do not have a mother and father. They also claim that marriages performed at City Hall, without God present, are not really marriages.

For convenience sake, they are leaving the last part out during their "marriage crusade" in Maine. After all, they wouldn't want to upset a straight couple who got married in City Hall; their signature might be needed by Stand4Marriage Maine."

http://rightwingwatch.org/content/anti-gay-groups-marriage-crusade-begins-its-attack-gay-marriagesand-some-straight-ones-too

[NoPasaran]

1. God isn't present at city hall?

I thought the Big Guy was everywhere. Although, knowing some of what goes on at City Hall, I wouldn't be surprised if he averted his gaze from time to time.

[Tesha]

8. God's a very selective guy.

There are probably a whole bunch of churches he doesn't deign to
grace with his presence either. ;)

Tesha

[KamaAina]

2. The "Christian Right" is neither

:grr:

[sfwriter]

3. Those *&#$%@, $#%@ bunch of %$# #$%^ for brains #@#$%s.

I'm so sick of these sphincter capped nitwits defining themselves by what they say other people aren't.

Guess what, thinking most of America is wrong doesn't make you right.

Thinking we are all damned doesn't make you saved.

You can all just go $#%^ yourselves.

OK, thus endeth my rage. Moving on.

[Solly Mack]

4. I didn't invite any gods to my wedding/parties ..they're always re-gifting

and they never give cash...always prancing about saying "Look at me!", "Look at me!"

Who needs that shit?

[JonQ]

5. God is everywhere, but

the first amendment prohibits him from occupying government buildings.

Satan however, get's a free rein.

[Betty Karlson]

6. This makes me cry.

Usually my criticism of brothers and sisters in Christ comes in the form of a gentle rebuke. But this is so repugnant, so horrible, so revolting, I am crying in frustration.

How on earth is God going to enter the life of City Hall brides and grooms if these right-wing church people... try to dissolute any odd kind of marriage? This is so wrong from a pastoral point of view, I wonder if these churches have any shepards left.

"O we, like sheep, have gone astray, everyone to his own way."

And I can see some lambs who got lost in big thorny bushes of hate and prejudice, to the point of pathetically renouncing everything that did not have the blessing of their self-obsessed community. Will some shepard please come to their aid? Because I don't know anymore how to get those lambs out of the bush.

[JNelson6563]

7. The only group they hate/fear more.....

atheists. Atheists should join up with the gay community and slap some sense into the fundies. :toast: As an atheist, I'd be good with that.

Julie