Thousands march in US capital against gay marriage

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Washington (AFP) - Several thousand people including religious leaders marched in Washington on Saturday against same-s-x marriage as the US Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the deeply divisive issue in the coming days.

Crowds rallied from the US Capitol to the Supreme Court, carrying placards reading, "A Child Needs a Father and a Mother" and "March for Truth."

The gathering comes with the top court Tuesday set to consider whether same-s-x couples have a constitutional right to wed in the United States, with a final decision expected in June.

Currently, individual states are responsible for determining marriage laws, with 37 out of 50 US states and the capital Washington legalizing gay unions.

"We will not be silenced... we are not alone," Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, told the crowd to cheers.

Several members of the Protestant and Orthodox church were also present at the rally, along with a strong turnout from the Hispanic community.

Some had traveled from out of town to show support for the anti-gay marriage cause.

Citing the Bible, Hiram Garcia, 49, from Philadelphia, told AFP that legalizing gay marriages would create "a Godless society, where people are far from God."

Caroll Skinner, 64, agreed, and said she came to the rally to make a statement.

"Their relationships are unions, not marriages," said Skinner.

Orthodox priest Hans Jacobse warned that "society will crumble" if same-s-x unions were legalized.

"Marriage begins with God, not with the state," he said.

Some experts say it seems inevitable that the nation's top court will recognize gay marriage.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-march-us-capital-against-gay-marriage-220241483.html

 

[LePetitGAGABLover 21,234]

This should get interesting

but what a mess

[SonOfAphrodite 1,838]

Mess Mess Mess 

[ThisGuyTony 35,193]

"Marriage begins with God, not with the state,"

Mess.  

 

[HANZ 4,380]

let me guess.............christians

ps: I didn't even read to realize that

[DogFood 1,649]

Somebody should throw butt plugs into the crowd

[The Child 18,997]

They are against it like if they were the ones who married a same s-x person, so stupid, do they realize it that they are being so pathetic ? 

[Batwings 12,958]

The Bible is quite clear on the issue of divorce. Where are the anti-divorce marches? Where are the organizations devoted to making divorce illegal? Oh, right, that would be too inconvenient for the religious conservatives, so they have to make the icky, evil gays their scapegoat.

Also, the "marriage as a religious institution" is such a weak argument, I can't believe people still use it. If that were the case, atheists couldn't get married, and *all* weddings would be performed in a house of worship. Good grief.

[DeleteMyAccount 11,881]

The fact that probably most of those marching are trying to put religion into this is why gay marriage will be the law of the land.  

[ItsTommyBitch 12,640]

A cornered animal always fights back harder before it is defeated. Whats the saying "Don't go quietly into the night"?

 

[DanMonster 185]

Seriously I'm so over these people. After all of these years you would think we would finally have gay marriage legal everywhere.

[GHGUY 230]

They are the disgusting ones.... I would rather live in a Godless society than a society with people this closed-minded and ignorant. FYI they need to stop speaking on behalf of God... They are not prophets

[Vernier 3,786]

I guess they had to resort to cringey marches like this in the face of the growing support for marriage.

Also

Poordat  

[Dangerous Man 9,245]

Another useless effort by these so-called religious leaders.

 

I know some of them are bunch of hypocrites, I know a priest and pastor here who were engaged in child molestation and gay s-x.

 

[LePetitGAGABLover 21,234]

Another useless effort by these so-called religious leaders.

 

I know some of them are hypocrites, I know a priest and pastor here who were engaged in child molestation and gay s-x.

 

​I know of a married Christian who was having an affair with a transs-xual