Allowing Gays To Exist!?!

State Senator John Eichelberger (R-Blair Co.PA):

Senator: %u201CWe%u2019re Allowing Gays To Exist%u201D

Monday, June 22, 2009 at 10:22am
State Senator John Eichelberger, who has introduced a bill that would amend the Pennsylvania constitution to define marriage as being between only a woman and a man, told local radio station WHYY today that gays are %u201C%u2026 not being punished. We%u2019re allowing them to exist, and do what every American can do. We%u2019re just not rewarding them with any special designation.%u201D

Keystone Progress, a Pennsylvania %u201Cmulti-issue progressive advocacy organization,%u201D immediately created a petition demanding an apology. They list the exchange on the radio, between Senator Eichelberger and his opponent, Daylin Leach, a Democratic Senator who has introduced a gay marriage bill, as follows:

Min. 21:15
Leach: How would he [Eichelberger] want to encourage stability in gay couples?

Eichelberger: I wouldn%u2019t. I mean they can practice whatever sexual activity they like to practice, but there%u2019s no reason to give them special consideration. We don%u2019t give them special consideration in Pennsylvania for any reason. Why in the world would we allow them to marry?

Min. 22:05
Leach: How would he want to encourage stability in gay couples?

Eichelberger: There is no reason to encourage that type of behavior in Pennsylvania.

Min. 24:20
Eichelberger: That comes back to the definition of family and that%u2019s where we differ. We can call all kinds of things families. I mean, we can say a 3 party marriage is a family, or 7 or 8 people, or marrying younger and younger children these days.

Min. 25:00
Host: Are you saying that by their very nature homosexual relationships are dysfunctional?

Eichelberger: [Pause] Ummmm. I guess I would say that. I would say that.

Min. 38:50
Eichelberger: This changes the definition of marriage, allowing same-sex, and then like I said, 5-10 years from now it%u2019ll be polygamy, marrying younger people, it%u2019ll be whatever%u2026It won%u2019t be a 16 year old, it%u2019ll be a 15 year old, then it%u2019ll be a 14 year old, then it%u2019ll be a 13 year old.
Min. 49:40
Leach: Should our only policy towards [same-sex] couples be one of punishment, to somehow prove that they%u2019ve done something wrong?

Eichelberger: They%u2019re not being punished. We%u2019re allowing them to exist, and do what every American can do. We%u2019re just not rewarding them with any special designation.


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