Christian Right group admits fake signatures on Anti-GLBT petition

[ck4829]

Opponents of the city’s new LGBT equal rights ordinance have withdrawn their referendum petition and admitted defeat.

The surprise move allows the measure to take effect and stay in effect--an outcome that has taken 13 years to achieve.

The petitioners delivered a letter to city finance director Joe Gray at the end of the day August 16 asking him to withdraw the petition and stop the referendum from going onto the November ballot.

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Phil Burress, who chairs the petitioners’ campaign committee, Equal Rights Not Special Rights, and its parent Citizens for Community Values of suburban Sharonville, issued a statement saying: “ERNSR’s research confirmed that 18 of the 7,656 signatures submitted were forged by one of the temporary day laborers hired to help circulate the petition, thus taking the total validated signatures under the number required by law.”

http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories06/august/0818061.htm

[leesa]

1. See, they DO need thos ten commandments posted everywhere!

[tanyev]

2. "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."

That one seems particularly difficult for them.

[devilgrrl]

4. Yep, bearing false witness, it's their greatest virtue.

That'll get them to heaven. :puke:

[Richard Steele]

5. "Unless thy neighbor is DIFFERENT, or thou just REALLY feelest like it"

That's the AmeriFundie version; from the book of "Screw Unto Others."

[Richard Steele]

3. I find their rationale a bit hard to believe.

These hateful asshats just quit over a matter of 18 bad signatures,
as though they care about rules and laws?
No way.

I bet there was a lot more rottenness at the core of their
movement that was in danger of being exposed, so they used
the first excuse they could find to scurry back from the
light of day.

Just as Mr Wright says in the article:
SNIP: Wright believes that ERNSR withdrew the petitions
in order to avoid an investigation, and is concerned
that the Board of Elections will drop the matter.

“This wasn’t just one person,” said Wright.
“The people who managed the process are responsible.
The whole thing is about more than 1,300 signatures, not 18.”

“They withdrew because it is in their best interest
not to have the questions asked or to have the questions answered,” said Wright.

[GOPBasher]

6. When you don't find enough bigotry in the world, don't be sad!

Just fake MORE bigotry and hatred, and hope people will follow your lie! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[Warpy]

7. Calvinism means

as long as you more or less keep those first 3 commandments (you know, wink at that graven image thing as you take a picture of the family in T shirts with advertising on them blocking some natural wonder), you can pretty much dispense with the other 7, especally if it's in the service of GAWD.

They really think they are above the law, just like their little tin Jesus in the White House.