| It wouldn't be Spring in New Jersey without three things: a struggling Yankees team, a budget crisis, and the local right wing showing just how crazy and irrational they are about gay people.
At a news conference earlier this week, wingers from far and wide gathered to attack same-sex families and disparage the overwhelming evidence that says civil unions hurt these families. Reporters from NJ 101.5 were on hand and reported on the conference.
NJCPPM says it is defending "traditional values" and is pushing for a ballot question in next year's election asking voters if they would like the constitution to state in law that marriage is only between a man and a woman. Members say they'll accept whatever the public decides. NJCPPM chief John Tomicki says he's not asking for the ballot question this year because his group doesn't want the issue to interfere with the gubernatorial election."
Jim White with the Knights of Columbus is a NJCPPM associate. He says, "Never until now has anyone thought that marriage should be between the people of the same sex. Frankly, the government does not have the right to meddle with marriage." He adds, "It's also a well-know fact that the homosexual lifestyle or homosexual practice is very unhealthy. Government should discourage it and not elevate it to a level by calling it marriage. In an age where we worry about people being overweight and going after them and the government interfering in that, what is the government doing promoting a lifestyle that is inherently unhealthy?"
In other words, giving gay and lesbian families equal rights is like encouraging obesity, say the New Jersey anti-gay activists. One can only wonder if marriage equality would involve as many bags of Cheetos as obesity presumably does.
As laughable as that statement is, it also shows us something. The right wing's ever-shifting arguments against marriage equality in New Jersey are becoming more and more desperate. The wingers know marriage equality will soon be the law of the land here in Jersey, and they're afraid.
In the meantime, help yourself to some Cheetos (and take the poll below). |
