On Friday, Brandon Ambroso penned a thoughtful say the Atlantic ntendg that opposn to gay marriage don’t necsarily signify...
Contents:
- BEG AGAST GAY MARRIAGE DON'T MAKE YOU A HOMOPHOBE
- Y, OPPOSG GAY MARRIAGE MAK YOU A HOMOPHOBE
- BEN CARSON SAYS BEG AGAST GAY MARRIAGE DON'T MAKE YOU HOMOPHOBIC
- BEG AGAST GAY MARRIAGE DON’T MAKE YOU A HOMOPHOBE
- OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE EQUAT TO “ANTI-GAY”?
BEG AGAST GAY MARRIAGE DON'T MAKE YOU A HOMOPHOBE
* being against gay marriage doesn t make you a homophobe *
What to make of Cardal Timothy Dolan's claim that the Catholic Church has been unfairly ritured as anti-gay? (Stefano Rellandi/Rters)Do beg agast gay marriage make someone anti-gay?
Y, OPPOSG GAY MARRIAGE MAK YOU A HOMOPHOBE
The qutn rurfaced last week when Cardal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, claimed on Meet the Prs that the Catholic Church is unfairly “ritured” as anti-gay. The Huffgton Post’s Pl Rshenbh quickly wrote up a rponse, sayg that “The hard realy that Cardal Dolan and all Christians need to face up to is that the Catholic Church along wh every other church whether Orthodox, Prottant or Catholic has been horrifilly, persistently and vehemently anti-gay for almost all of s history. ”Then Rshenbh hled out a faiar argument: “Let's jt be very clear here —if you are agast marriage equaly you are anti-gay.
BEN CARSON SAYS BEG AGAST GAY MARRIAGE DON'T MAKE YOU HOMOPHOBIC
”As a gay man, I found myself disappoted wh this fn—that anyone wh any sort of moral rervatns about gay marriage is by fn anti-gay.
BEG AGAST GAY MARRIAGE DON’T MAKE YOU A HOMOPHOBE
If Rshenbh is right, then that means my parents are anti-gay, many of my relig iends (of all fahs) are anti-gay, the Pope is anti-gay, and—y, we’ll go here—first-century, Jewish theologian J is anti-gay. That’s spe the fact that while some relig people don’t support gay marriage a sacramental sense, many of them are favor of same-sex civil unns and full rights for the parti volved.
To be sure, most gay people, myself clud, won’t be satisfied until our lovg, monogamo relatnships are graced wh the word “marriage. ” But ’s important to rell that many relig dividuals do support strong civil rights for the gay members of their muni.
OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE EQUAT TO “ANTI-GAY”?
Remend ReadgWhat exactly do we mean when we say “anti-gay, ” or “homophobic”?
Often when I try to unrstand where my nservative opponents are g om, my gay iends acce me of beg homophobic. It isn’t homophobic of me to try to unrstand why someone might be opposed to marriage equaly. Homophobic?