Sierra Club comes out against anti-gay marriage amendment
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 5:00 am
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The North Star chapter of the Sierra Club is the latest statewide group to come out against a 2012 ballot question that would add a ban on same-sex marriage to the Minnesota Constitution.
The influential lobby for the environment said Friday that it was jumping into the same-sex marriage debate because of its commitment to social justice.
“To achieve our mission of environmental protection and a sustainable future for our planet, we must attain social justice and human rights at home and around the globe,” said Margaret Levin, the state director of the Sierra Club North Star Chapter. “The Sierra Club North Star Chapter has a long history of working together to protect our communities and our planet. We do not tolerate injustice, and we will not stand by and allow our state constitution to be used as a means of dividing communities and harming families.”
It’s one of the first times a chapter of the powerful environmentalist group has backed an LGBT rights issue. The group declined to get involved in California’s Prop 8 battle in 2008 and Maine’s Question One in 2009.
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Comment posted November 14, 2011 @ 12:40 pm
Thank you, Sierra Club. Your support for equality for all Minnesotans is noted and appreciated. Now let’s see if we can get other prestigious organizations to join the equality movement.
Comment posted November 15, 2011 @ 11:30 am
Thank you Sierra Club, you are a shining example (and refreshing reminder) of some of the good left in the state
Comment posted November 17, 2011 @ 10:41 pm
Patrick Moore, founder of Greenpeace, will tell you that the environmentalist movement has been taken over by radical socialists. Their agenda is anti-capitalist and anti-American and has little to do with good stewardship of the environment. That’s why you find they dabbling in “gay marriage” politics, which has absolutely nothing to do with protecting the environment.
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