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Thursday, September 20, 2007
The Strength to Support Justice
San Diego Mayor, Jerry Sanders, was not going to back his city council's decision to support same sex marriage before the Supreme Court. Then, at the last minute, he decided to refuse to veto the decision.
This man is a former police chief, a Republican, who has stood for civil unions for gays and lesbians for years. He spoke of his change of heart only a day before he will formally announce his re-election campaign. Acknowledging his lesbian daughter and members of his staff, he said, "In the end, I couldn't look any of them in the face and tell them that their relationships, their very lives, were any less meaningful than the marriage I share with my wife, Rana."
What a MAN!
I think of other lawmakers who support laws that take away the rights of the ones they proclaim to love - Mr. C, for instance - and I wonder how they justify their actions.
Watch the touching video of Mayor Sanders announcement here. It is a moment of real humanity.
You can thank Mayor Sanders by emailing him at JerrySanders@sandiego.gov
Tip to JoeMyGod.
This man is a former police chief, a Republican, who has stood for civil unions for gays and lesbians for years. He spoke of his change of heart only a day before he will formally announce his re-election campaign. Acknowledging his lesbian daughter and members of his staff, he said, "In the end, I couldn't look any of them in the face and tell them that their relationships, their very lives, were any less meaningful than the marriage I share with my wife, Rana."
What a MAN!
I think of other lawmakers who support laws that take away the rights of the ones they proclaim to love - Mr. C, for instance - and I wonder how they justify their actions.
Watch the touching video of Mayor Sanders announcement here. It is a moment of real humanity.
You can thank Mayor Sanders by emailing him at JerrySanders@sandiego.gov
Tip to JoeMyGod.
Labels: Jerry Sanders, JoeMyGod, Same-sex marriage
posted by Carol at 8:18 AM
4 Comments:
Progress! I hope more people will wake up and come around to this thinking.
Yes!
If everyone could understand Mr. Sanders position (and countless same sex couples), our country would be transformed.
Hey Tallulah! You of the awesome kid variety!
I hope that I live to see the day...
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