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| Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD. | |||
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April 01, 2005
Well, now, this ought to balance the budget. Just when you thought you've heard every fanciful arguement to be made against equally protecting gay and lesbian families, Republicans have a new boogie man: interspecies marriage.
A Loveland Republican on Thursday warned that same-sex marriage could one day lead to interspecies marriage, if the state fails to ban gay nuptials."Where do you draw the line?" Rep. Jim Welker asked. "A year ago in India, a woman married her dog."
Welker's comments were made at a news conference called by Rep. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, to promote Lundberg's proposal for a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Rep. Angie Paccione, D-Fort Collins, who attended to decry the idea as a throwback to long-discarded laws criminalizing interracial marriage - she grew up in a biracial family - reacted strongly to Welker's comment. She ran toward the podium.
"Come on, Jim, that's not the same. Come on, man!" she yelled.
"A guy in Boulder tried to marry his horse a couple years ago," Welker said.
[Gay-marriage foe irks fellow lawmakers with "extreme" talk - Denver Post - 04-01-05]
filed under: Equal Marriage Rights
