Arizona Governor Takes Away State Domestic Partner Benefits Says ‘God Has Placed Me in This Powerful Position’

This woman is born of Satan. I bet if one of her children lived an alternative lifestyle, her opinions would be completely opposite of what they are now. I left Az. because of it’s backward views on real life issues. They live in the desert for heavens sake. One thing for sure, only the weather is hot there. You would surely think people in powerful positions would stand on their own 2 feet on issues such as this instead of leaning on the creator of all!!! Would love to hear her confessions. Am sure it is a long list. Everyone, please pray for her because she is headed in the wrong direction as far as her beliefs go. Or does she truely have any beliefs at all? Most of the time it takes awhile before the bad side of a person, such as this, is out in the open. I feel sorry for those who live in such a troubled state such as Arizona. She needs to look more at the hooked gamblers of the dog tracks and horse tracks instead of ruining others lives. She was elected by the people, and what you people in Az. don’t see is the fact that she thinks she is powerful. Put her in a dunking booth at the State Fair and see how many people want her to fall in.

Western religions have systematically and throughout history been on the wrong side of civil rights–the side preferred by power seekers, the greedy, manipulators–in it’s most simplistic term–Evil.

It was traditional/fundamental churches that opposed abolishment of slavery, womens rights, interracial marriages, and fueled the hate-attacks of our country’s history from the Salem witch trials to the KKK to the Communist interrogations of McCarthyism. It was religions that forced the addition of God to our money only 60 years ago, and defiled the Pledge of Allegiance by adding God where he never belonged. The founding fathers knew how evil churches could be. In a country filled with religious refugees and still remembering the historic horrors of the church murdering heretics and free thinkers–they knew people needed to be protected from churches as well as tyrants.

Open the history books and you find this has been true for 3,000 years. Open your bible and you’ll find words so evil and hateful to common humanity–you may never open that nasty book again. This is the wellspring of this kind of thought. Moral cowards hide in religions and ignore the evil of these vastly unread religious texts. This woman has probably never read the bible (old & new) and is probably ignorant of her religion’s history. Those are the most dangerous ones. They think they stand on the side of good. To pull an idea from the bible… the devil will work through the name of Jesus.

We who make up the gay community must teach our neighbors that we are nothing to fear. Their view of us is based on OLD stories, it is up to every one of us to befriend and set examples of how we conduct ourselves, our family life and our community face. We must stop degrading ourselves in public, ie
outragous behavior during Pride, set by example so others can look at us and see no
difference; because if you really think about it there isn’t and we are the only ones to prove it. SET THAT FINE EXAMPLE and watch Arizona get a new Governor.

Perhaps the AZ governor has forgotten that marriage is firstly a civil matter, as marriage licenses are issued by and recorded in town halls, not church halls, or mosques or temples in America.

Kudos to New England and Iowa for supporting civil marriage.

Joe Mustich, Justice of the Peace,
Washington, Connecticut, USA

This governor and far too many other people in positions of power are destroying the core values of our constitution in this country. we have supreme courts to rule on issues that involve minorities to protect minorities.

If the decisions for women to vote were left up to men there would be no voting for women. If black Americans rights were left up to a vote, they could still be slaves.

It does not take a rocket scientist to understand the importance and fairness of things to come to pass to not be left up to the ‘majorites’. In order for there to be “Libery and justice for all”, we must have fair minded leaders and systems (Like the Supreme Courts) that work in harmony with the precepts, foundations and wisdoms that this country was built on.

Once you turn things over to a vote, all minorities are ruled out. Once the Supreme Courts decisions are allowed to be overturned or bullied by religion and popular opinion… more than just the minorities will suffer. All Americans will suffer.

I feel organized religion is a bain to not only America… but to people everywhere. When religion or any organization practices intolerance under the guise of morality or some god’s will, it can only end in disaster as we have seen time and time again with slavery, honor killings such as those in the Middle East, suicides and children banned from their homes and families because of gender.

It is also sad to me that because of all the dysfunctional issues surrounding gay and lesbians (mostly gay men) that it is too often turned into a display of sexually charged parades and offensive shouts of “We’re here! We’re queer! Get used to it!” This does nothing but perpetuate the feeling that we are debase and immorral. I wish we would all show more restraint and dignity about our position.

It is interesting to note that in Roman times it was not offensive for a scholar or person of means to ask for the hand of a commoners son. And in Mayan and Aztec cultures gays were viewed as special because they were unique. Now we are viewed as flawed by so many.

Remember how Ellen Degeneres was cancelled shortly after coming out on her sitcom? Her career suffered for a long time. Now look at her. She has a successful talk show and has just replaced Paula Abdul on American Idol. She is a real class act and wonderful role model. Let’s akll try to find and emulate good mentors and examples.