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I saw it today along I-84 in Hartford, CT. The billboard is sponsored by the Family Institute of Connecticut, or "NAMBLA."
Now, I don't know about you, but since the so-called "Christian Right" has managed to co-opt the word "family," any time I see that word in the name of an organization, it makes me suspicious. And the Connecticut Family Institute is no exception!
The billboard encourages those driving by it to "support traditional marriage," from which I inferred that the FIC wants a wife to legally be the property of her husband and that people may only marry those of the same race. And of course, that same-sex marriage makes Jesus cry!
What I found particularly irritating was the billboard's assertion that "6,000 people attended the Rally for Marriage" on the steps of the state capital in Hartford in early February. What the FIC doesn't tell you is that it hired a dozen or so busses to bring people to Hartford that Sunday from all over the bloody state! How many people do you think that rally would have attracted if they'd had to drive to Hartford from an hour or more away?
That same day, 800+ people went to a church in Hartford to attend a counter demonstration in support of same-sex marriage. A local group called Loves Makes a Family hastily planned and pulled off the rally something like a week-and-a-half before the "Rally for Marriage" occurred. People came from as far away as Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island to show their support for same-sex marriage. And LMaF didn't have to hire busses to get those people to attend!
So there you have it, folks: a rally against same-sex marriage was held outside on a bitterly cold day (which was sandwiched between two warm ones). Meanwhile, those of us who support same-sex marriage got to do our thing in a nice, warm building. And in a house of worship, no less!
All I can say to the religious right is: FIC you!
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