The bigots are out in force in Bristol, Connecticut.
From the Bristol Press.
HARTFORD -- Supporters of legislation that would allow gay marriage in Connecticut won't find any help from Bristol's lawmakers.
"It's a sickness I think," said state Sen. Tom Colapietro, a Terryville Democrat whose district includes Bristol. "It?s not a cure for the sickness allowing them to marry."
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He later
apologized...well, sort of...
"I feel bad they took the word `sick' as derogatory," Colapietro said Monday. "It wasn't meant that way."
Heck, we all get sick sometimes, they should have taken the word 'sick' as 'not well' as in 'need to get better.' Duh.
But to continue from the Bristol Press article...
"There are
proven benefits to defining marriage as being between a man and a woman," [Plymouth Republican Rep.] Hamzy said. [emphasis mine]
State Rep. Roger Michele, a Bristol Democrat who represents the northeastern section of town, said that "once we cross the line, the sharp line that defines marriage, there are many different categories that will want to be considered next."
"Any other group that has a sexual preference other than a man and a woman would feel they should get the same benefit," Michele said, including "bisexuals, homosexuals and the other."
"There are extremes," Michele said, that would lobby for the right to marry as well once the line is crossed.
"You're going to bring in a whole combination of other situations if gay men and women are allowed to marry, he said.
Of course this is what Rick Santorum is so riled about. Man and dog, sponge and petunia, what next?
"I just can't condone" same-sex marriage, Colapietro said. "My heart and my stomach won't let me. I just think it should be a man and a woman."
Colapietro said he's always opposed gay marriage "yet I really sympathize with those [sick bastards] who are gay."
He said he has gay friends "and I'm there when they need me."
His stomach won't let him. Presumably he's there when they need to be vomited upon. I can't imagine he keeps his gay friends for long.
Of course, Michele and Colapietro are shining exemplars of the need to protect the institution of marriage. They're both divorced.
Michele said there is no reason to broaden the definition of marriage to allow same-sex couples to wed.
"They already have the same opportunity to get married," Michele said, "just probably not to the person they want to be with."
"Everybody can't have everything," he said.
Everybody can't have everything.
But of course, gay couples pushing for marriage in CT don't necessarily want everything. They want to be married.
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