Former NBA star's opposition to gay marriage stirs anger { Kevin Johnson }

AP via SFGate ^ | 5/9/8

[SmithL]

Sacramento, CA (AP) -- Sacramento mayoral candidate Kevin Johnson upset local gay and lesbian leaders after saying he believes marriage is between a man and a woman.

The former NBA star made the statement in response to a question during a candidate debate this week.

Gretchen Bender, vice president of the Sacramento County Board of Education, says Johnson's statement shows that he is not ready to lead the city.

Bender and a half-dozen other gay and lesbian leaders held a news conference to express their concern about the former Phoenix Suns star.

[mancini]

Good for you, KJ...a good guy still on the narrow road. I hope he wins.

[republicanequestrian]

A good point. That’s why I’ve decided that if I have a child, I will home school or send it to a thoroughly researched private school.

Well, hate the sin, love the sinner. I’m praying hard.

[subterfuge]

I’ll join you in that prayin’!

[GSWarrior]

Abolutely nothing hateful, bigoted, or homophobic in those comments. Supports civil unions, benefits.

Is there something about being a homosexual that predisposes one against any sort of compromise?

[A message]

Then KJ shoots an airball.

KJ for mayor lgbt issues

[Forgiven_Sinner]

The Cavs traded KJ for Larry Nance. That trade helped both teams. Cav's had Mark Price, a small guard, solidly starting and Kevin was the same type of player. Cav's needed a power forward and Larry was great.

I wish KJ good luck in the tougher league--politics.

[budwiesest]

What's unsettling is the notion that homo activists (like Fargo, Rudin, etc.) somehow have an inside lane on local politics in general. Their 'troops' and a complicit media are about all they have going for them, yet they win elections when- the vast majority of citizens within their precinct are hetero and actually 'raise' (and create) children.

This is one of among many observations that I file in the "upside-down" folder. You DO NOT want me to open that sucker up.

The 'brotha' running may have some issues with the feds, so what else is new? I doubt there is one uncorrupt person running for mayor of Sacra-fisha-mento. (A KZAP throwback).

[Philo-Junius]

lobby has conned all the soccer moms, CEOs and all the other people who want to be "fair" into believing its no different than having different preferences in fruit.

It's worse than that, actually. If it were merely a question of preference, one might be able to say that one didn't trust the judgement of a man who preferred cantaloupe to pineapple.

Really, what we see with regard to homosexuality is the cult-of-the-victim. Most normal Americans understand that homosexuals are profoundly alienated from some of the chief joys of human life, and feel that nobody should make things harder for them and indeed nobody should oppose some compensatory special treatments for them, having been carefully manipulated from considering the extent to which homosexuals have alienated themselves from authentic human happiness and the degree to which their suffering is self-generated from their doomed pursuit of fraudulent equalities.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

I haven't the stomach for too much KFBK to find out, but I do wonder how they are reporting on Mr. Johnson. Rush is on KSFO and when I listen to C2C it's all over the dial.

I wonder because the talk show host they fired about a year ago said on an out-of-town station (where he was filling in) that one of the reasons he was fired was because he refused to support gay marriage and would not support it on his show.

[SierraWasp]

Great reply and I almost missed the ping!!! You’ve got it about figured right from the top to the bottom!!!