| By Michael Ditto - Feb 24th, 2009 at 7:31 pm EST |
| Also listed in: COEqual | Denver County | Faith Progressives | GLBT Progressives |
Categories: Equality / Civil Rights, Civil Liberties / Privacy, Affordable Healthcare, Action Alerts
Click here to tell Scott Renfroe what you think!
On the floor of the State Senate yesterday, Senator Scott Renfroe (R-Greeley) actually referred to gay and lesbian people as an "abomination" and an "offense to God."
It gets worse:
Renfroe equated gay and lesbian people with murderers and quoted the Book of Leviticus suggesting that gay people should be put to death.
He also said that women were created to be "helpers" for men, quoting the Book of Genesis.
Renfroe was referring to Senate Bill 88, a bill that would extend healthcare coverage to the same-sex partners of state employees. SB 88 is about healthcare. It's about gaining some measure of equality for gay and lesbian state employees. And regardless of how people like James Dobson and Scott Renfroe feel about gay people, their shameless hate-mongering has no place in public debate and we should reject them completely.
http://www.ProgressNowColorado.org/NoHateState
And please also forward this email to your friends and urge them to sign as well. ProgressNow Colorado will deliver your comments by the end of the week.
Sincerely,
Bobby Clark
Deputy Director
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