Frank Schubert, a leading opponent of
gay marriage, has said he loves his lesbian sister.
The 56-year-old Schubert led the 2008
campaign to approve Proposition 8, California's gay marriage. Today,
he is managing four statewide campaigns where voters will decide the
issue in the fall – in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington
state.
In an AP profile, Schubert, a Roman
Catholic, is described as “part Karl Rove and part Pat Robertson.”
“Five thousand years have shown that
marriage between a man and a woman serves us well,” Schubert said
before describing the alternative as a culture based on personal
desires.
Gay rights activist Julie Davis said
she admired Schubert's political skill.
“Whether we like it or not, he's done
a very good job of tapping into fears people have about homosexuality
that are still very real,” she
told the AP.
Schubert insisted that his opposition
to marriage equality was not a reflection of how he feels about his
younger sister, Anne Marie Schubert, who is raising children with her
partner.
“I love my sister very much, and I
wanted her to know that my working on this issue was not a reflection
of me seeing her as a less valuable person,” he said.
He added that he expects to win in all
four states.
Yup, the very definition of hypocrisy.
Yup, the very definition of hypocrisy.
2 comments:
Tired. If I don't want my Muslim brother-in-law to have four wives, does that make me a "bigot" or a hypocrite.
Can't u guys understand the idea of principled disagreement? Ur like angry teenagers who interpret every refusal to mirror and indulge you as tyrannical oppression.
So, your answer is simply sit back, let them do whatever they want and treat homosexuals as second class citizens?
I don't think so.
Principled disagreement? Hardly, since this man is rallying conservatives and the Christian left in an effort to force his opinion on a minority.
Silence equals death, get with the program.
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