Pro-marriage Senator Ruben Diaz Sr.
Posted on 06/08/2011 2:51:12 PM PDT by NYer
Pro-marriage Senator Ruben Diaz Sr.
ALBANY, New York, June 7, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The New York politician leading the charge for true marriage in the state says he has faced death threats and a barrage of hate calls as a result of his stand.
“I continue to be the target of a vulgar campaign by seething extremists who oppose my defense of New York’s marriage laws,” said Democrat State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. in a May 26th press release. “As a Christian, of course I love those who hate me and I will continue to pray for their souls.”
On May 10th, one homosexual activist upset over the legislator’s May 15th Rally to Protect Marriage wrote on Twitter that he wanted to sexually assault Diaz’s daughter. And an online forum for homosexuals called The New Gay is organizing a “F*** Ruben Diaz Festival” in Brooklyn for June 11th.
The group called for written entries in which contestants are to “imagine a day” in Diaz’s life. “Is he downtown scoring poppers? … Is he waking up in a tangle of hard man-bodies after a raging orgy? … Feel free to put Ruben in whatever ridiculous scenario you want,” they write.
“I don’t see this as a personal attack so much as one of those kind of ‘laugh to keep from crying’ sort of things,” organizer Andrew Steinkuehler told the New York Daily News.
Diaz says he has reported the death threats to the FBI and the police departments of New York and Albany, and has reiterated his commitment to defending true marriage.
“My position on marriage as defined between a man and a woman is no different than the position of many other Christians,” he said in his press release. “The United States Constitution guarantees us all the right to freedom of – not freedom from – religion.”
He urged New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state’s legislators to “take a close look at the hard core and vulgar tactics that are being used to change a law in New York State.”
“I urge all to compare my non-violent, peaceful and prayerful rallies to protect marriage and the attempts to humiliate me because of my one vote in the State Senate,” he added.
Though Diaz’s colleagues in the legislature have failed to defend him – with one Bronx source telling New York Daily News it’s because “the feeling is that you reap what you sow” - Diaz was supported June 3rd by the New York Catholic Conference, the public policy arm for New York’s Catholic bishops.
The fierce attacks the bishops received when they opposed same-sex “marriage” in 2009 is “small potatoes” compared to the “hate speech” that’s been thrown at Sen. Diaz, wrote executive director Richard Barnes in a Facebook note.
“Where is the outrage in the media? Where is the cry for tolerance and justice for Rev. Diaz against these hate purveyors?” Barnes asked. “The answer, sadly, is that there is no outcry. Are they saving it for after something truly awful happens to this good man? Until the hate that is being incited boils over into violent behavior?”
“The entire campaign to enact same-sex marriage is conducted under a banner of acceptance, and equality and respect for others,” Barnes continued. “Yet behind that banner of tolerance is another campaign – of intimidation, threats and ugliness. What at first appears to be simple juvenile behavior by a few is becoming a culture and climate of abusiveness toward those who disagree.”
“Is this the future we look forward to in our state? Intolerance masquerading as tolerance, intimidation in the name of respect?” he added. “I hope not, but the wind certainly seems to be blowing in that direction.”
diaz@senate.state.ny.us
ought to round up a few dozen queers and ship them down to mexico, just across the border
Its amazing the amount of noise a few crazies can make...
Sad but not shocking. The homosexual ‘community’ labor under the knowledge that what they embrace (homosexual behavior) is aberrant and repulsive to the vast majority of human beings, regardless of religion or political affiliation (Diaz is a Democrat). When challenged on the issue of same-sex ‘marriage’ they naturally go ballistic because their focus for being, their deviant sexual behavior, is being challenged as the immoral act is really is and so, they snarl, bully and rant - or worse.
But guess what? No right-wing talker will even mention his case. Unless it has to do with taxes.
Some of the “civility” we were recently lectured to about? How our side lacks it, and that’s at the root of all that’s wrong in our world today?
More tolerance on display.
This is the libs in action
PASS THE LAWS WE WANT OR WE WILL HATE YOU AND KILL YOU
And the stupid GOP wusses cave
PALIN/BACHMAN 2012
THey have more bals between them then the rest of the GOP in congress combined
That’s a pretty senseless thing to say.
Michael Savage did a lot a few years ago but they got him fired from his tv show and same with Dr. Laura .....they destroy whoever dare tells the truth—their Alinsky tactics started a decade ago and, like Miss California.....their MO is to attack viscously and quickly.....and label them at bigots, haters, intolerant, etc.
The Marketing of Evil talks about this strategy that was adopted in 1990 to transform worldview....from nasty, filthy, destructive lifestyle to a loving, constructive tolerant one that has to be promoted to young children (heather has two mommies, Daddy’s roomates) so that they can be brainwashed into truly believing evil is good. You have to pervert nature when person is young.
This guy explains why they do this.....he’s great....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE98w1KZ-c
Would any of you have ever believed, less than 20 years ago, that we would get to a point at which saying you support traditional marriage, marriage and family as building blocks of society, etc. would be so controversial, and get you labeled as bigoted and evil and worse?
As this ongoing debate about homosexual marriage continues, it seems more and more that the debate will not be allowed to happen. Instead, the liberal side will shut down debate, and so far, they are successful in doing so.
My, such tolerance.
Maybe they don’t know about it, since it’s state politics. Right-wing talkers jumped to Juan Williams’ defense and that had nothing to do with taxes.
As I read Genesis 19:1-10 I see striking similarities. Could Sodom’s judgement be in our future?
I know they’re silenced by the homo lobby, and more likely. Sponsors. So we have no voice.
So much for the new civility of the tolerant left......
For me this is a problem of semantics. It's the use of the word marriage that is the problem, not the attending legal rights to a union. So how about new, legally recognized, term to define this partictular state of relationship between 2 men or 2 women. Perhaps Parriage.
“On May 10th, one homosexual activist upset over the legislator’s May 15th Rally to Protect Marriage wrote on Twitter that he wanted to sexually assault Diaz’s daughter. And an online forum for homosexuals called The New Gay is organizing a “F*** Ruben Diaz Festival” in Brooklyn for June 11th.”
Hmmm.... this does sound so familiar...
“Before they (the two angels) lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter; and they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them.”
“But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him, and said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. Now behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof.”
“But they said, “Stand aside.” Furthermore, they said, “This one came in as an alien, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them.” So they pressed hard against Lot and came near to break the door.”
This is why we study this thousands of years old book. Because “there is nothing new under the sun.”
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