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  • The end of a sane society? (The word "marriage" is hate speech?)

    11/19/2007 3:37:52 AM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 31 replies · 307+ views
    Townhall/Baptist Press ^ | November 16, 2007 | Kelly Boggs
    The Court of Appeals for the U.S. Ninth Circuit upheld this summer an Oakland, Calif., city government declaration that the phrase "marriage is the foundation of the natural family and sustains family values" was inflammatory and promoted harassment based on so-called sexual orientation. The phrase was also deemed to be homophobic and disruptive. It seems a few Christian women working for Oakland's city government formed a Good News Employee Association, and in promoting the club, included the aforementioned phrase on a flier. Later, a lesbian worker complained that the flier made her feel "targeted" and "excluded." Most recently, hate crimes...