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Anti-marriage equality black pastors aligned with GOP
By Lynn Bonner
lbonner@newsobserver.com
October 23, 2014
The backlash against the gay marriage court ruling picked up force this week with a leading legislator proposing to exempt government officials from attending to same-sex couples and protests in Raleigh on Thursday that religious liberty is under siege.
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Rep. Paul Stam, a Republican from Apex, endorsed Berger’s effort at a news conference Thursday. “I concur wholeheartedly in that and have asked our most knowledgeable members to work on appropriate legislation in cooperation with the Senate,” he said.
The fallout over gay marriage is coming just as people are beginning to vote. African-American pastors who appeared with Stam used same-sex marriage and what they said are attacks on religious liberty around the country to urge black voters to “vote their values.” Some in the group worked hard two years ago to pass a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. A federal judge struck down the state ban Oct. 10.
The leader of a Fayetteville church used a disparaging term to refer to a gay state Court of Appeals candidate, John Arrowood, saying he shouldn’t be running. “I say he should step down because he’s already biased” against the marriage amendment, said Johnny Hunter of Cliffdale Community Church.
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Dr. Johnny Hunter, a pastor from Fayetteville raises his bible as he speaks out against gay marriage during a press conference with Republican State Rep. Paul Stam (right) of Apex, and fellow pastors at the Legislature on Thursday in Raleigh
More: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/10/23/4259239/same-sex-marriage-and-religious.html#storylink=cpy
lbonner@newsobserver.com
October 23, 2014
The backlash against the gay marriage court ruling picked up force this week with a leading legislator proposing to exempt government officials from attending to same-sex couples and protests in Raleigh on Thursday that religious liberty is under siege.
....
Rep. Paul Stam, a Republican from Apex, endorsed Berger’s effort at a news conference Thursday. “I concur wholeheartedly in that and have asked our most knowledgeable members to work on appropriate legislation in cooperation with the Senate,” he said.
The fallout over gay marriage is coming just as people are beginning to vote. African-American pastors who appeared with Stam used same-sex marriage and what they said are attacks on religious liberty around the country to urge black voters to “vote their values.” Some in the group worked hard two years ago to pass a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. A federal judge struck down the state ban Oct. 10.
The leader of a Fayetteville church used a disparaging term to refer to a gay state Court of Appeals candidate, John Arrowood, saying he shouldn’t be running. “I say he should step down because he’s already biased” against the marriage amendment, said Johnny Hunter of Cliffdale Community Church.
....
Dr. Johnny Hunter, a pastor from Fayetteville raises his bible as he speaks out against gay marriage during a press conference with Republican State Rep. Paul Stam (right) of Apex, and fellow pastors at the Legislature on Thursday in Raleigh
More: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/10/23/4259239/same-sex-marriage-and-religious.html#storylink=cpy
Hopefully voters will shut down these idiots -- pastors and GOP politicians alike.
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I just hope more are listening to the inclusiveness of Reverend "ALL our brothers and sisters" Barber of Moral Mondays.
