The three simple rules…

Rule #1: It’s OK to have family values, unless those values include the love for a gay or lesbian child.

Rule #2: Order of Morally Important Things: God, Country, then Family*  *see above rule for omissions.

Rule #3: When someone disagrees with you about morally important things (see above rule for list) use the word “betrayed” denoting a strong tone of religious fervor, and self importance.

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…and how to use them…

San Diego Mayor has a change of heart involving his lesbian daughter

From the LA Times:

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders (R) had promised to oppose same-sex marriage. Then, last fall, hours before he was supposed to veto a City Council motion supporting gay marriage, he called a news conference at which he broke into tears.

One of his daughters is gay, he said, and he just couldn’t tell her she did not have the right to get married.

The about-face stunned political observers and energized opponents of same-sex marriage who felt Sanders had betrayed them. It was only one of the twists on the path to the November ballot for Proposition 8, which, if passed, would amend the state constitution to define marriage as only between a man and a woman. Other milestones included a significant boost from ministers and an assist from an out-of-state conservative group that sent an operative to San Diego to raise money.

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