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Posted by Ronald 'More-More' Moshki on June 20, 2006, 8:55 pm
bobandcarole wrote:
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> A Call to Action after Public Sector Employee Fired for Speaking out
> against Homosexuality
> By Gudrun Schultz
> BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The American
> Family Association (AFA) is asking supporters to express their concerns
> after a Metro transit board member was fired for expressing opposition
> to homosexuality.
> Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. fired Robert J. Smith of the
> Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority last Thursday, after the
> board member, a Roman Catholic, referred to homosexual behaviour as
> "deviant" on a talk show interview.
> One of his colleagues on the transit board, who is openly homosexual,
> complained about the comment during a board meeting on Thursday and
> demanded Smith retract his comments or resign from the board, the
> Baltimore Sun reported.
> Smith declined, saying he stood by his beliefs as a Roman Catholic, and
> a few hours later he received notice from the governor that he was
> fired.
> "Robert Smith's comments were highly inappropriate, insensitive and
> unacceptable," Gov. Ehrlich said in a statement. "They are in
> direct conflict to my administrations' commitment to inclusiveness,
> tolerance and opportunity."
> The governor said he was intolerant to any view that opposes the full
> social acceptance of homosexual behavior and its promotion in
> government, the AFA reported.
> "Gov. Ehrlich contradicted his own statement," the AFA press
> release said. "He is promoting tolerance toward homosexual practice
> while being intolerant to Smith's Christian beliefs and the teaching
> of his church."
> The AFA has launched an email campaign asking readers to "help
> preserve the rights of Christians to publicly express their beliefs and
> the teaching of their church on homosexuality without the fear of being
> fired," by challenging Governor Ehrlich to reinstate Robert Smith.
> "If this firing stands, it means that any Christian who states
> publicly that homosexual practice is morally wrong does so at the risk
> of being fired."
> Speaking to reporters after the confrontation with Jim Graham, Smith
> reaffirmed his remarks and said he was "entitled to his opinion."
> "The comments I make in public outside of my [Metro board job] I'm
> entitled to make." His personal beliefs, he said, have "absolutely
> nothing to do with running trains and buses and have not affected my
> actions or decisions on this board."
> "The notion that I consider homosexual behavior as deviant behavior
> is correct," Smith said. He declined to apologize to Graham, saying,
> "I didn't make the comments to Mr. Graham...I'm sorry that he
> feels that way, but I don't agree that his lifestyle is an
> appropriate way to live one's life.
> To contact Governor Ehrlich:
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These allegedly anti-gay blowhards (heh,heh) are so gay themselves that
it's as obvious
as a 24 hour day.
What about you, bob--or are you just an incest freak?
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> against Homosexuality
> By Gudrun Schultz
> BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The American
> Family Association (AFA) is asking supporters to express their concerns
> after a Metro transit board member was fired for expressing opposition
> to homosexuality.
> Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. fired Robert J. Smith of the
> Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority last Thursday, after the
> board member, a Roman Catholic, referred to homosexual behaviour as
> "deviant" on a talk show interview.
> One of his colleagues on the transit board, who is openly homosexual,
> complained about the comment during a board meeting on Thursday and
> demanded Smith retract his comments or resign from the board, the
> Baltimore Sun reported.
> Smith declined, saying he stood by his beliefs as a Roman Catholic, and
> a few hours later he received notice from the governor that he was
> fired.
> "Robert Smith's comments were highly inappropriate, insensitive and
> unacceptable," Gov. Ehrlich said in a statement. "They are in
> direct conflict to my administrations' commitment to inclusiveness,
> tolerance and opportunity."
> The governor said he was intolerant to any view that opposes the full
> social acceptance of homosexual behavior and its promotion in
> government, the AFA reported.
> "Gov. Ehrlich contradicted his own statement," the AFA press
> release said. "He is promoting tolerance toward homosexual practice
> while being intolerant to Smith's Christian beliefs and the teaching
> of his church."
> The AFA has launched an email campaign asking readers to "help
> preserve the rights of Christians to publicly express their beliefs and
> the teaching of their church on homosexuality without the fear of being
> fired," by challenging Governor Ehrlich to reinstate Robert Smith.
> "If this firing stands, it means that any Christian who states
> publicly that homosexual practice is morally wrong does so at the risk
> of being fired."
> Speaking to reporters after the confrontation with Jim Graham, Smith
> reaffirmed his remarks and said he was "entitled to his opinion."
> "The comments I make in public outside of my [Metro board job] I'm
> entitled to make." His personal beliefs, he said, have "absolutely
> nothing to do with running trains and buses and have not affected my
> actions or decisions on this board."
> "The notion that I consider homosexual behavior as deviant behavior
> is correct," Smith said. He declined to apologize to Graham, saying,
> "I didn't make the comments to Mr. Graham...I'm sorry that he
> feels that way, but I don't agree that his lifestyle is an
> appropriate way to live one's life.
> To contact Governor Ehrlich: