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http://www.salon.com/2014/09/19/no_ones_trying_to_cram_homosexuality_down_your_throat/A lawyers spectacularly ill-advised letter about the homosexual agenda goes viral
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Friday, Sep 19, 2014 02:17 PM EST
Lets go over a few things, again. When gay people request the same rights and privileges that their heterosexual peers enjoy, thats not the enforcement of an agenda. Its an attempt to correct an inequity. And when you behave in a way thats rude and ignorant about these things, it shouldnt take a social media outcry to get you to apology.
Come with me, wont you, on a journey today to Springfield, Missouri, and the offices Dee Wampler and Joseph Passanise. Need some attorneys to defend you if youve been accused of sexual assault, drug charges, or a DUI? As they put it, If you are facing rape charges in Springfield, Mo, or surrounding areas, allow our criminal defense attorneys to consult you regarding your best defense. Wamplers previous clients include retired Springfield police officer Jack Van Matre, who two years ago was sentenced to 19 years in prison for sexually exploiting a minor by secretly videotaping her in order to produce child pornography. If youre gay, however, Wampler is less enthused to see you.
As the Springfield News-Ledger first reported, Wampler attracted some negative attention this week for a letter he sent to the Ozark Fire Department regarding its recent decision to not extend benefits to same-sex couples, including its own female captain, Andi Mooneyham, and her wife. Missouri does not have marriage equality, which did, even for supporters of the benefits extension, complicate the issue. At a meeting of the Ozark Fire Board earlier this month, board member Kenny Martin said, Legally, were going to do what we have to do. But I think people that do the same work should have equal benefits. Ill leave it at that. He did however add that he and his family have been the recipients of nasty, ugly anonymous messages for his support of the captains cause.
In his letter last week sent to Ms. Mooneyham and several other individuals involved in the case, Wampler expressed his pleasure with the boards decision, saying that he agreed with it and reminding the recipients, Missouri has a constitutional provision and a State statue providing that marriage is between one man and one woman which has been the law since time and memorial in our worlds history. I am tired of promo attempting to cram homosexuality and lesbians down our throats. (PROMO is a Missouri LGBT rights organization.) Aside from noting the incredible arrogance and unmitigated gall it takes to send such a letter to people who put out fires for a living, Im also going to be that guy for a moment and point out that its time immemorial, not and memorial, and that mixing abstract and concrete nouns like that is just messy. You also cant really shove lesbians down anyones throat, unless that person has a monstrously large throat, and lesbians are homosexuals anyway. Try this: cram a homosexual agenda, in a purely non-literal sense, down our throats. Youre welcome.
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A lawyer’s spectacularly ill-advised letter about the “homosexual agenda” goes viral (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Sep 2014
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monmouth3
(3,871 posts)1. Also, is it a State statue or a State Statute...?n/t
Peregrine
(992 posts)2. mizzou needs to rescind his law degree
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)3. Cramming lesbians down their throats?
That's a new one to me.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)4. What a maroon. How the hell did he pass the bar? n/t