Spinning the loss
Hope for Peace & Justice, a Dallas based left-leaning group, shows a real talent for spin when it comes to the Texas Marriage Amendment.
DALLAS, Nov. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Reverend Michael S. Piazza, president of Hope for Peace & Justice, a faith-based organization headquartered in Dallas, Texas, noted today that only eight percent of all Texans support banning gay marriage in the state. Of the more than 22 million citizens of Texas, only 1.7 million voted in favor of Constitutional Amendment Two, the so-called Texas "Marriage Amendment."
"Ninety-two percent of all Texans either voted against Constitutional Amendment Two or didn't vote at all," Rev. Piazza said.
With such an ability to stretch, I bet he'd be popular at a taffy pull.
Update 5:25 p.m.: At least one church doesn't care about the will of the people in Texas:
"The Cathedral of Hope has been marrying same-sex couples for 35 years, and we will continue to do so," said Rev. Dr. Jo Hudson, rector and senior pastor of the Cathedral. "Constitutional Amendment Two cannot and will not stop us from offering God's blessing upon a loving relationship between two people of the same gender. Unfortunately, what we can not offer them are the more than 1,100 civil rights and protections that are offered the opposite-sex couples that we also marry."
The Cathedral of Hope, based in Dallas, Texas, is the world's largest liberal Christian church with a primary outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
By the way, the Rev. Dr. Jo Hudson is on the board of directors for Hope for Peace & Justice.
