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Offline David In Indy

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Re: Sarah Palin- John McCain's Pick For VP - Is Homophobic
« Reply #40 on: September 10, 2008, 02:50:19 am »
I'm glad you aren't worried .

I am.



Call me a crazy leftist (although I'm not really, in fact, quite conservative in some ways), but I've seen such things in elections the last decade I'd have sworn could never happen here, including fraud in our presidential elections, including a judgement from the supreme court, out of their jurisdiction
.
I'm a cynic I guess. 
I don't need more justices on the supreme court who erode our constitution, personal/civil liberties and rights. 

jmo.

 ;)

I'm worried about it too Vi.  :-\


In other news....



September 5, 2008


Palin church promotes converting gays


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


Filed at 8:41 p.m. ET


ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Gov. Sarah Palin's church is promoting a
conference that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the
power of prayer.


''You'll be encouraged by the power of God's love and His desire to
transform the lives of those impacted by homosexuality,'' according to the
insert in the bulletin of the Wasilla Bible Church, where Palin has prayed
for about six years.


Palin's conservative Christian views have energized that part of the GOP
electorate, which was lukewarm to John McCain's candidacy before he named
her as his vice presidential choice. She is staunchly anti-abortion,
opposing exceptions for rape and incest, and opposes gay marriage and
spousal rights for gay couples.


Focus on the Family, a national Christian fundamentalist organization, is
conducting the ''Love Won Out'' Conference in Anchorage, about 30 miles from
Wasilla.


Palin, campaigning with McCain in the Midwest on Friday, has not publicly
expressed a view on the so-called ''pray away the gay'' movement. Larry
Kroon, senior pastor at Palin's church, was not available to discuss the
matter Friday, said a church worker who declined to give her name.


Gay activists in Alaska said Palin has not worked actively against their
interests, but early in her administration she supported a bill to overrule
a court decision to block state benefits for gay partners of public
employees. At the time, less than one-half of 1 percent of state employees
had applied for the benefits, which were ordered by a 2005 ruling by the
Alaska Supreme Court.


Palin reversed her position and vetoed the bill after the state attorney
general said it was unconstitutional. But her reluctant support didn't win
fans among Alaska's gay population, said Scott Turner, a gay activist in
Anchorage.


''Less than 1 percent of state employees would even apply for benefits, so
why make a big deal out of such a small number?'' he said.


''I think gay Republicans are going to run away'' if Palin supports efforts
like the prayers to convert gays, said Wayne Besen, founder of the New
York-based Truth Wins Out, a gay rights advocacy group. Besen called on
Palin to publicly express her views now that she's a vice presidential
nominee.


''People are looking at Sarah Palin as someone who might feasibly be in the
White House,'' he said.


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