If Dick Cheney can take this stand, surely the ELCA can stand up in favor of basic human rights.
Dick Cheney rarely takes a position that places him at a more progressive tilt than President Obama. But on Monday, the former vice president did just that, saying that he supports gay marriage as long as it is deemed legal by state and not federal government.
Speaking at the National Press Club for the Gerald R. Ford Foundation journalism awards, Cheney was asked about recent rulings and legislative action in Iowa and elsewhere that allowed for gay couples to legally wed.
"I think that freedom means freedom for everyone," replied the former V.P. "As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they wish. The question of whether or not there ought to be a federal statute to protect this, I don't support. I do believe that the historically the way marriage has been regulated is at the state level. It has always been a state issue and I think that is the way it ought to be handled, on a state-by-state basis. ... But I don't have any problem with that. People ought to get a shot at that."
full article and video at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/01/cheney-offers-his-support_n_209869.html
Luke 11:1-13
1 year ago
It is just too bad the former Vice-president didn't stand up for this while he was in office. Convenient now.
ReplyDeleteIt is unscriptural to encourage gay marriage. In fact, it's appalling that a Lutheran pastor would condone it. Where are your values, if not in the Bible?
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