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If anyone needs any further evidence that the whole gay marriage debate is really a religious one, look no further than Texas.
Governor Rick Perry is signing a bill today that will make gays second class citizens in a Christian school, next to the sponsoring church.
Of course, this kicks off his re-election campaign for 2006. The legislature failed to control rising property taxes, or fix school funding, two things Perry and citizens wanted them to do this last session, so Perry is coming off as a bad leader. Given that he's likely to be fighting Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson in the primaries, he needed to show that he's working for the base.
Thank goodness the legislature gave him the marriage amendment that he can trumpet to his potential voters, because there was very little else to be proud of. Heck, the Naughty Cheerleading bill never got picked up in the state senate.
Unfortunately for Perry and his campaign, the vote to codify marriage inequality in the state constitution comes this November, and not when he could use the boost in 2006.
Perry has changed his mind about filming the signing of the bill, probably because of the flack he's getting now, mixing church and state, but also because it may come back to haunt him in the future state race.
But maybe I'm overreacting. I mean just because he's signing a bill at a Church facility, doesn't really mean that the Republican Party of Texas is trying to turn this country into a Christian Nation. Still, there is some evidence of this tracked by Theocracy Watch.
Best quote:
Again, the actions of the leaders of this state make me sad for it. Texas is hard to love when there's so many idiots trying to ruin it.
Governor Rick Perry is signing a bill today that will make gays second class citizens in a Christian school, next to the sponsoring church.
Of course, this kicks off his re-election campaign for 2006. The legislature failed to control rising property taxes, or fix school funding, two things Perry and citizens wanted them to do this last session, so Perry is coming off as a bad leader. Given that he's likely to be fighting Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson in the primaries, he needed to show that he's working for the base.
Thank goodness the legislature gave him the marriage amendment that he can trumpet to his potential voters, because there was very little else to be proud of. Heck, the Naughty Cheerleading bill never got picked up in the state senate.
Unfortunately for Perry and his campaign, the vote to codify marriage inequality in the state constitution comes this November, and not when he could use the boost in 2006.
Perry has changed his mind about filming the signing of the bill, probably because of the flack he's getting now, mixing church and state, but also because it may come back to haunt him in the future state race.
But maybe I'm overreacting. I mean just because he's signing a bill at a Church facility, doesn't really mean that the Republican Party of Texas is trying to turn this country into a Christian Nation. Still, there is some evidence of this tracked by Theocracy Watch.
Best quote:
"Signing a bill into law in a church is a pretty clear symbol that the church is at the service of the state or the state is at the service of the church," said Robin Lovin, a professor of ethics at Southern Methodist University. "Either way, we've crossed an important line that has a long history in both politics and theology."
Again, the actions of the leaders of this state make me sad for it. Texas is hard to love when there's so many idiots trying to ruin it.
