Phillies Blasts Obama Discrimination Support
Worcester, Massachusetts. March 5 - Libertarian Presidential candidate George Phillies today denounced Barack Obama's support for discrimination against gays, lesbians and various religious faiths.
"Marriage equality is for everyone," Phillies said. "Obama's support for separate but equal marriage for gays is no different than Orval Faubus's support for separate but equal schools for blacks. Separate is not equal. It was wrong 50 years ago and it's wrong today.'
"Senator Obama was completely clear," Phillies said. "He wrote: 'I personally believe that civil unions represent the best way to secure that equal treatment. But I also believe that the federal government should not stand in the way of states that want to decide on their own how best to pursue equality for gay and lesbian couples, whether that means a domestic partnership, a civil union, or a civil marriage.' "
"Senator Obama comes from Chicago, a place rich in different religious faiths," Phillies noted. "I am particularly disappointed that he advocates 'civil' marriage, not simply 'marriage', turning his back on the religious faiths that celebrate religious marriage for same-sex couples. Uncle Sam should have no place in this fundamental religious question."
"Gay and lesbian Democrats should realize they are being used by their political candidates," Phillies continued. "The Democrats make all sorts of promises, but the real Democratic message for the GLBTQ community is, 'Please sit in the rear of the bus'. We Libertarians invite the GLBTQ community to abandon the Democratic party's back seat and take your place as equals in the Libertarian Party."
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George Phillies is a candidate for the Libertarian party's Presidential nomination. His web site with biographic data is ChooseGeorge.Org.
Outright Libertarians, the leading Libertarian GLBTQ organization, has endorsed George Phillies' candidacy for the Libertarian nomination.
The Obama quote is from http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/alexokrent/gGggJS
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