I can't find the original story right now, but I can remember the jist of it. A few weeks ago there was a Council meeting where the new openly gay councilmember was applauding the fact that the City Council of Lansdowne was creating an atmosphere of welcome for homosexual couples to come and live in Lansdowne. Michael Marcavage does not want Lansdowne to become a Mecca for homosexual couples. He used his allotted 5 minutes for public comment to read from the Bible to explain why openly homosexual couples were sinning. As soon as he opened the Bible the Council told him that he could not read from the Bible. He then ignored them and proceeded anyway. The Council immediately adjourned and left the chambers. Michael Marcavage continued to speak to the end of his 5 minutes and then sat down. The Council reconvened and had him ejected from the chambers. He refused to leave (his form of civil disobedience) and was picked up and thrown into the elevator. While on the way to the elevator, Councilman Elliot Borgman backhanded him on his upper arm and said some disparaging remark.
Michael Marcavage does not want Lansdowne to become a Mecca for homosexual couples.There are two homosexual couples (one male, one female) on my block. They are excellent neighbors. Any sin they commit is none of my business, none of Michael Marcavage's business, and certainly no business of anyone outside of our community.
Michael Marcavage is within his rights to be a bigot, if that's his idea of a religion. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to live near him. It looks like everyone would be happier if he just moved away.
And don't anyone try to put an anti-Christian spin on my words. The two best friends I ever had in this neighborhood were both Christian ministers; one still lives just down the street. I'd do just about anything for them. Theirs, at least, is not a false Christianity.