Really Rick? You "never once even gave an endorsement" for proposition 8 in California? You never once came out in favor of it? You never made any statement about it?
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never once even gave an endorsement
I'm sure that someone just photoshopped you in over someone else giving that statement, right?
never once even gave an endorsement in the two years Prop. 8 was going,
yet a few weeks before the voting on it, you had this to say:
"We support Proposition 8 -- and if you believe what the Bible says about marriage, you need to support Proposition 8," he said.
sounds like you said your message loud and clear.
never once issued a statement
Yet,
"The election's coming just in a couple of weeks, and I hope you're praying about your vote. One of the propositions, of course, that I want to mention is Proposition 8, which is the proposition that had to be instituted because the courts threw out the will of the people. And a court of four guys actually voted to change a definition of marriage that has been going for 5,000 years.
"Now let me say this really clearly: we support Proposition 8 -- and if you believe what the Bible says about marriage, you need to support Proposition 8. I never support a candidate, but on moral issues I come out very clear.
"This is one thing, friends, that all politicians tend to agree on. Both Barack Obama and John McCain, I flat-out asked both of them: what is your definition of marriage? And they both said the same thing -- it is the traditional, historic, universal definition of marriage: one man and one woman, for life. And every culture for 5,000 years, and every religion for 5,000 years, has said the definition of marriage is between one man and a woman.
"Now here's an interesting thing. There are about two percent of Americans [who] are homosexual or gay/lesbian people. We should not let two percent of the population determine to change a definition of marriage that has been supported by every single culture and every single religion for 5,000 years.
"This is not even just a Christian issue -- it's a humanitarian and human issue that God created marriage for the purpose of family, love, and procreation.
"So I urge you to support Proposition 8, and pass that word on. I'm going to be sending out a note to pastors on what I believe about this. But everybody knows what I believe about it. They heard me at the Civil Forum when I asked both Obama and McCain on their views."
Look Rick, I know you've recently said that you no longer support proposition 8, and I applaud you for that. I applaud any religious institution that views all humans as equals. And really, all the better you're openly against it now. But lets not try and say you never supported it, when you clearly did. The GLBT community has endured a lot of hate and suffering over the years, and even though there have been recent gains in Iowa and Vermont, there still is a ways to go until marriage equality is enacted in the majority of the U.S.A. And you trying to lie to people about you past viewpoints isn't going to win you any points or make those statements not happen.