tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post6981446808337693281..comments2023-07-01T00:39:39.762-07:00Comments on Father Geoff Farrow: Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.Father Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904564207135202567noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-38087746257753408642009-12-03T02:37:27.786-08:002009-12-03T02:37:27.786-08:00The Boston paper, Bay Windows, ran an editorial th...The Boston paper, Bay Windows, ran an editorial that said "Robin Wirthlin is a bad mother." Asked by BAR reporter Dan Aiello, following a speech about protecting her son Joey from the idea of same sex marriages he already knew of personally, if she had any message for the 52,000 california children of same sex couples, Robin snarled "No." For the Wirthlins only the ideal nuclear family can exist and it's the only one deserving protection. Worse, Mormons do not believe in any civil marriage, teaching only the celestial sealing of a temple wedding is valid in heaven. All this effort over a marriage their faith disavowed since the turn of the century? This is about hate and bigotry, there's no other explanation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-62278944377025722202009-12-03T02:31:08.448-08:002009-12-03T02:31:08.448-08:00It was not Flint Schubert who sent the Wirthlins t...It was not Flint Schubert who sent the Wirthlins to Lexington, it was the Mormon Church elders. We know this because the Wirthlins had lived at the nearby airbase for several years. They moved into the Estabrook school district weeks after Parker was arrested and within days of another young Mormon couple, jon and angela Gal, angela being the daughter of BYU hawaii president Norm Shumway. Both families had young children. They each joined the anti-bias committee the first day of school. And once the lawsuit was settled, both the Gals and Wirthlins moved out of the district, the Wirthlins back to the same home on the same airbase and the Gals back to their same home in Texas. The Mormon elders appeared entirely willing to use both family's young children like bait on a hook, trying to find a reason to sue the district, which they did within two weeks. Sadly, the wirthlins never acknowledged the psychological pain they inflicted on their own son for their political agenda. Joey was ostracized from class, forced to leave school on the airbase then leave school at estabrook. He also knew the pain caused to his second grade teacher by the suit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-7995900940275290462009-11-06T08:18:42.667-08:002009-11-06T08:18:42.667-08:00Sorry Father, but I don't share your enthusias...Sorry Father, but I don't share your enthusiasm for the article. It came out with a good basic premise, that conservative "religious" people would stoop to any & every low-handed means to deny gay people marriage equality. However, it degenerated into blaming "religious" people of color for FUTURE denial of rights. Sorry, you can't blame the results in Maine on blacks & other minorities. There are tiny percentages of minorities in Maine than CA, yet the anti-same-sex marriage side won by a LARGER percentage.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-61461923378298767372009-11-06T03:40:47.382-08:002009-11-06T03:40:47.382-08:00The Maine vote and the anti-gay forces that helped...The Maine vote and the anti-gay forces that helped it happen are warnings against complacency. Many gays and lesbians have been able to share in the American pie - a nice home, decent jobs, comfortable income, a couple of pets, and even children and have started to believe that we are well on our way to "acceptance" in our society. Be on guard. Those that would destroy us are still out there, plotting and engendering hate. They will become more virulent and aggressive when their twisted beliefs are challenged. We are far from being "accepted" and further from being "equal". (AND WHERE WAS OBAMA'S SUPPORT OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN MAINE?)<br /><br />PS. Love the new look; I can read it so much easier! Thanks!Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058312079036935995noreply@blogger.com