Critics blast Brownback for attending prayer day hosted by ‘inhumane’ anti-gay groups

[LetTimmySmoke]

Source: LJWorld

The leader of a Kansas gay rights group on Monday expressed outrage that Gov. Sam Brownback was going to a highly publicized prayer event put on by anti-gay groups.

Thomas Witt, chairman of the Kansas Equality Coalition, said organizers of “The Response” at Reliant Stadium in Houston on Saturday are beyond extremists when it comes to anti-homosexual rhetoric, and Brownback should not be associating with them.

“These aren’t groups who just don’t want gays to get married,” Witt said. “Everyone knows where Sam Brownback stands on that; he doesn’t like it. But this is about showing support for organizations that would rather see us dead.”

In June, Brownback’s office said the Republican governor had accepted an invitation from Texas Gov. Rick Perry, also a Republican and possible presidential candidate, to attend the event which is being dubbed “a call to prayer for a nation in crisis.” Brownback’s office said he would be going at his own expense.

Read more: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/aug/01/critics-blast-brownback-attending-prayer-day-hoste/

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Then we get to the part where......

"Brownback and Engle have known each other for years and for a seven-month period shared a condo in Washington, D.C., when Brownback was a U.S. senator."

....two anti-gay zealots share a room for 7 months.

[xfundy]

1. Being roommates doesn't automatically mean sex between them.

Or did you have some other point? If you'd left off the commentary, I'd have rec'd.

[okasha]

2. They're both members of The Family,

which maintains a residence for its Congresional members.

[JAnthony]

3. Anything that gets Brownback in trouble, I am in favor of.

Gay rights groups, or whatever, just get this asshole out of the Governor's office ASAP.

And YES, I think any homophobe in elected office is undeserving of being there!

[bloomington-lib]

4. Don't beat them up beforehand

Wait until they go and tie them to the things said at the prayer day. Pictures of them sitting there along with video of what's being said will make for far better opposition points.

[louslobbs]

5. I''m all for this little hate fest trying to be disguised as a "prayer" event. Sunlight is the best

disinfectant and all the Kochroaches will be out to see who can top who with their hateful rhetoric. If this gathering of frauds gets the same results that their pray for rain day got, it will just be another failure for a gathering of hateful Christians and their hateful bigoted "prayers." These people claim they are of god, but I claim they are the worst of human kind and use god as a means to money, power, and to spread their vile and disgusting hatred to their brain dead sheep. The best thing that could happen on that day, is for the earth to open up around that stadium and suck in the entire nasty, hateful, gathering of hypocrites, fakes, phonies and frauds......never to heard from or seen upon the face of the earth again. That's my prayer, may they return to the earth ashes to ashes, dust to dust and good riddance from the rest of us.
Lou

[blkmusclmachine]

6. Rev. Rick Warren, Donnie "Ex-Gay" McClurkin, & Rev. Doug Coe to be in attendance?

I'd put my money on it. I see the Ugandan "Kill the Gays" cheerleaders will be in attendance. No suprise there. Shaping up to be the summer edition of the infamous Church-State "Presidential Prayer Breakfast" held in DC every February. Bring on the Hate. :puke: