Posted on 03/18/2007 9:50:05 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
A little twinge of anxiety always hits the community when the new neighbors move in.
What do they do for a living? What kind of music do they listen to? Are they sociable or are they loners? Are they loud? Do they park the chassis of their beaten-up cars on blocks on the front lawn?
And do they contribute money to anti-gay groups?
Seattle, we have a problem.
Seems a couple of the Sonics' new hefty financial backers, Aubrey McClendon and Tom Ward, have been willing to spend backup point guard money to support former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer's "Americans United to Preserve Marriage."
In other words, these two new members of the NBA family, the same family that banished former point guard Tim Hardaway from this month's All-Star bash after he admitted hating gays, are threatened by the idea of same-sex marriage.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-18-seattle-arena_N.htm?csp=34
So, if you support Gary Bauer and are against homosexual marriage, you are "homophobic" and a hate-monger? Hmmmm.
So now the left gets to define the ground rules in just about every arena ("global warming", homosexual marriage, firing US attorneys, "spy scandals", Katrina, Iraq, etc.)?
Steve Kelley is the Seattle Times main sports opinionist. He is nothing short of a politcally correct hack.
I have written and said this so many times: "The people who claim to be for diversity and tolerance are usually the least diverse and certainly the most intolerant."
Has this issue received much attention in that area?
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