California Bishops Make a Funny Joke..Not Really

Posted by JCE

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"Hate the sin, not the sinner". That is the theme being taken up by some California Bishops in the aftermath of Prop.8. They are reaching out to the homosexual community and calling for a cease fire in the name calling...names such as bigot and pervert. (In a somewhat disgusting twist of reality, the California Bishops can fall into both categories.)

But here is the punch line:

"Your intrinsic value as human beings and as brothers and sisters continues without change," Mahony wrote. "If we had ever thought that the intent of this proposition was to harm you or anyone in the state of California, we would not have supported it." (emphasis added)

Really? Really????? Yeah, I don't think so. I am pretty certain the Bishops would have supported Prop. 8 anyway. Come to think of it, how can they say they didn't? Everyone else in the country did. What? Were they off violating some alter boy and didn't have time to catch the news before running out to vote? No. So, they were making a joke, right? Right? Yeah, I don't think they are very funny either.

As has been circulated around the web, Mike Huckabee was on The Daily Show last night discussing this very issue. First he tried using the terminology "traditional marriage" and when Jon shot that down he moved on to reproduction. After that failed miserably he threw his dart at the slippery slope argument: if we allow gays to marry, then we HAVE to allow polygamy. No, Mike, we don't. Next up in his arsenal was the accusation that homosexuality is a 'lifestyle choice'. Good one, Mike!! We hadn't heard that one....in about the last 10 minutes. Jon Stewart handled the interview perfectly and if you haven't already seen it, here are the clips. The second video clip is the one with the discussion on social values:





I hope this issue is behind us some day, that the Supreme Court finally realizes how discriminatory this is and rules in favor of allowing all couples, one human adult to one human adult, to marry. Until then, I shake my head, rail against and protest the blatant bigotry that is accepted in our society.

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