Candace Chellew-Hodge gives us her perspective on the gay marriage bans that passed in three states last Tuesday. Last week's happy victory was tarnished by these disciminatory, hateful propositions. Maybe someday equality for everyone will really mean equality for everyone.
"What I think saddens me the most, however, is that the charge to discriminate against other human beings is being led by people who profess to follow a man who included everyone—especially the outcast. Religious groups, especially the Mormon Church, with its history of sanctifying the marriages of one man and many wives, bankrolled the fight to pass California's amendment abomination. With their misguided and misinformed ideas of marriage, its ever-changing history, and who should be able to enjoy it, these religious leaders have dragged down the name of Jesus into the mud pit with them. Instead of hearing Jesus' call to care for "the least of these," they have made Jesus into a small-minded bigot and turned his name into a curse for gay and lesbian people instead of a blessing."
Read the complete op-ed here.
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