Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Gay Marriage Watch Woody Award: Barney Field, El Paso for Jesus

Our woody award goes to Barney Field, founder of the group "El Paso for Jesus" group trying to overturn a recent city council vote giving health benefits to domestic partners of city employees, for this statement: "...the group prefers to "take the high road" and isn't opposing domestic partner benefits, but rather supports traditional family values of a marriage between one man and one woman." Ok, so first off, the "high road" is fighting to take away health benefits form other citizens? In that case, what the hell is the low road? And tell me, Mister Field, how is circulating a petition to overturn domestic parner benefits not "opposing domestic partner benefits"? I'm sorry, but I've had it up to here with these people fighting us at every turn, telling us it's just about the word "marriage" and then going after domestic partner bills in Washington State and Wisconsin, and then going after something as small and insignificatnt as a vote that covers only city employees and only offers some minor benefits that's nowhere near "marriage", and then turning around and trying to tell the world that they are not bigots. Just come out and say it, Mister Field - your group is using your religion to try to take away civil benefits from another group of El Paso citizens, and it's because your god tells you the homosexuals are perverts and that little squirmy feeling in your guy whenever you think about us confirms it. Let your bigot flag fly - at least you'd be honest. Enjoy your woody, Mister Field, while your fellow citizens are denied halth care because of your righteous actions.

1 Comments:

Blogger Warren Talbot said...

Well said! As a citizen and voter here in Washington I can tell you that this narrow-minded approach and attack on civil rights is appalling. This is not an issue that belongs in the polls and certainly not in the hands of a group of fearmongers trying to push their ideology on others and cloaking it in "family values". We need to continue to fight for the civil benefits that provide equality for all citizens in this country and let religion remain where it belongs as stated by the document most often quoted by this group - the US Constitution.

September 9, 2009 at 8:26 AM  

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