Homophobes cherry-pick Bible verses to justify their hatred, but do they want to give up bacon for breakfast and endless lobster buffets and be forced to marry their sister-in-law?
Howard F.
Ahmanson Jr. has put $900,000 of his own money into passing
California's gay marriage ban, but it's not the first time
the flush ascetic has injected his religious views
into politics. From stemming affirmative action to
stoking unrest within the Episcopal Church, Ahmanson
has been one of the most influential political donors in the
country.
The acting U.S. attorney general (since Jeff Sessions's) departure, once prosecuted a gay politician in a flimsy case and worked for an antigay candidate.
The Gay and
Lesbian Victory Fund, a political action committee that
works to elect LGBT politicians, has endorsed over 100
local, state, and national candidates vying for office
in November, including South Carolina's Linda Ketner
(pictured) and Colorado's Jared Polis.
Antigay former Navy chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt told cable political news host David Pakman that recent votes for marriage equality would be viewed by God in the same way as votes in biblical times to crucify Jesus Christ.
Ryan Walters recently asked the Oklahoma Legislature for $3 million in the state Department of Education's 2026 budget request to purchase Bibles for schools. But not just any Bible.
Nathaniel Bush Jr. penned 66 poems -- the number of books in the Bible -- to make sense of last year's tragedy and immortalize a friend who always encouraged him to write.
