Having spent the last five years putting all of my political will, interest and energy into fighting against the spread of same-sex marriage as if it were a contagious disease, I must admit that it is hard for me to put the following text into words let alone utter them with my own voice.
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As you may already know, I was the one behind the 2010 Summer for Marriage Tour which the National Organization for Marriage sponsored and operated throughout July and August last year. It was my doing when, in March that year, I approached Brian Brown, then Executive Director of the National Organization for Marriage about sponsoring and participating in a series of traditional marriage rallies scattered around the Nation.
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My name is Louis J. Marinelli, a conservative-Republican and I now support full civil marriage equality. The constitution calls for nothing less.
He also writes, "Lastly, I came to understand the difference between civil marriage and holy marriage as in the sacrament of the Catholic Church. Let me rephrase. I understood that but either willingly chose not to accept it or just didn’t see it."
"I understood that but either willingly chose not to accept it or just didn’t see it." The most obvious of facts is embraced by Marinelli only at the end. Thus is the power of fear-based cognitive dissonance. Gays are out to destroy humanity. The Theory of Evolution is sinfully false and born of arrogant man's dislike of God's sovereignty. Barack Obama is a Kenyan Marxist. Up is down.
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