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October 01, 2003
Log Cabin Republicans must love folks like this
I mean, it makes recruitment so much easier.
From The Daily Northwestern article, Registry opens for same-sex couples:
In July the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution 13-3, creating the registry for same-sex couples. Cook County joins 49 cities, eight counties and three states that already have established same-sex registries.One of the commissioners who voted against the resolution, Cook County Commissioner Carl R. Hansen, said the registry discriminates against heterosexuals by not allowing them to register.
"If there's any benefit for the registry, why not have registry for heterosexuals?" said Hansen, a Republican from the northwest Chicago suburbs.
Hansen said instead of creating a registry, government should focus on more important issues.
"If a guy wants to live with another guy, if a gal wants to live with another gal, let everyone live the way they want to live," Hansen said. "They shouldn't have any special prerogative.
"It's a waste of government time. It's a waste of tax money when we should be spending money for schools. It's not a great benefit to anybody."
And while we're on the subject, back at the Chicago Free Press there's U.S. Senators back anti-gay marriage amendment:
A group of GOP senators, standing on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Sept. 17, endorsed a campaign to amend the Constitution to ban recognition of same-sex marriages."I am proud to stand here today with a coalition that represents the diversity and breadth of America, yet is united under a common cause, a just cause: the defense of marriage in this country," said U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, a Republican from Kansas. "The strength of our nation is linked to the strength of our families. The family is an institution that must be defended vigorously."
Brownback was joined at the press conference by U.S. Sens. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and members of the Alliance for Marriage, the organization that launched the push for a constitutional amendment restricting marriage to the union of a man and a woman and banning state or federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
"A constitutional response is necessary," Brownback said. "A constitutional challenge to our marriage laws requires a constitutional fix. We must all work to protect marriage and the family, which comprises the fabric of our society."
Emphasis added.
Because those bits sum it all up, really.
As does this:
"We need to recognize that a government that would deny a gay man the right to bridal registry is a fascist state."
-- Margaret Cho
Posted by Aaron at October 1, 2003 11:21 AM
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Ahh, Rick Santorum.
One of the many reasons I'm glad not to be living in PA anymore.
'Course, I'm in NC now, not sure if that's any better, but what the hell, at least I'm not from the same state as Santorum anymore.
Posted by: VASpider at October 1, 2003 01:33 PM