Boy, does the religious right have their collective undies twisted in a knot after this. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice swore in Mark Dybul as the nation's new global AIDS coordinator, a position that ranks him as an ambassador. Dybul is openly gay and the bible at his swearing in ceremony was held by his partner Jason Claire. During the ceremony, Secretary Rice referred to Claire's mother as Dybul's "mother-in-law." Yep, you could practically hear right-winger's underwear getting twisted up as those words came out of Rice's mouth.
Of course, religious right leaders responded, well, about like you would expect them to.
Peter Sprigg, vice president for policy at the Family Research Council, says the secretary's comments were "profoundly offensive" and fly in the face of the Bush administration's endorsement of a federal marriage protection amendment, though that backing be less than enthusiastic.
"We have to face the fact that putting a homosexual in charge of AIDS policy is a bit like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse," says Sprigg. "But even beyond that, the deferential treatment that was given not only to him but his partner and his partner's family by the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is very distressing."
Actually, I find his comments "profoundly offensive."
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I love this story, and I love how people are spinning out of control over it.
ReplyDeleteHa! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThe Right's freak out over this is nasty. However, it should ensure that Rice (a woman with no qualms about how many people she kills; a woman who once had an oil tanker named after her!) will not get the Religious Right's support in a bid for the GOP nomination for president in '08. I have to like that fallout, even if I hate gay bashing.
ReplyDeleteIn my travels across the deep south (USA) it has become apparent that the Christian Right suffers from numerous ills - all defining their morals. Never have I seen such a prolific collection of crucifex and sex shops together, actually within feet of each other.
ReplyDeleteThe south, notoriously christian, also has more "porn" channels on TV than science programming, the arts, or even home shopping. The only other entertainment that is more abundant is Speed TV.
Like many environmental groups, no one christian sect or group seem to be able to agree on an agenda.
Well, then good. Divide and conquer I say!