Kennedy to Cardinals: You're All Bigots!

Human EventsAugust 10, 2009

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Cardinals Egan of New York, Keeler of Baltimore, and George of Chicago; His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America; Bishop Charles E. Blake, first assistant presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ, a predominantly AfricanAmerican denomination; the Most Reverend Jose H. Gomez, the Catholic bishop of San Antonio; Elder Russell M. Nelson, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, with its associated 43,000 churches comprising the largest Protestant denomination-bigots all, according to the Sage of Hyannis. Last week's vote on the amendment was all about Majority Leader Bill Frist's presidential aspirations, and President Bush's pro-amendment radio address Saturday and Monday's marriage event in the White House were motivated solely by politics and meant to energize the social conservatives.

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Kennedy to Cardinals: You're All Bigots!

"A vote for this amendment is a vote for bigotry, pure and simple." Thus spoke Sen. Ted Kennedy (D.-Mass.) in reference to the Marriage Protection Amendment being debated in the Senate last week.

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