The Florida Family Association, is an affiliate of the American Family Association, a group the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled an anti-gay hate group.
Inver Groves Council Member Dennis Madden said of the LGBT community: “I’m tired of these weird little groups that do all these strange things.”
Catholics across the political spectrum called the Archdiocese’s decision to engage on the issue of same-sex marriage “unusual.”
Santorum also said that support of gay marriage is just a front for attempts to drive morality out of the laws of the country and faith out of the public square.
Franken spoke of several recent suicides of LGBT students around the country, including Justin Aaberg who attended the Anoka-Hennepin School District.
A group named for a gay soldier killed in Afghanistan is launching to advocate equal rights for gays and lesbians.
Transparency advocates say the group appears to be prepping a lawsuit challenging the state’s already weakened disclosure rules.
The letter asks priests in each of the state’s parishes to identify a “church captain” to create a committee to push the constitutional anti-gay marriage amendment.
Gallagher argued that same-sex marriage would erode the institution of marriage, while Carpenter said it would have only positive impacts.
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