Friday, October 9, 2009
Politics / Woods Cammack Slams McWherter on Gay Adoption
Posted by Jeff Woods on Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:43 PM
"I'm for gay adoption. That's easy for me. Mike McWherter is playing politics with this issue. Just saying carte blanche that gay people should not be able to adopt is the wrong messsage. It's the wrong thing to say and you can't say something like that lightly. It's nothing for any politician or anybody running for office to play with for the sake of a few votes. There are plenty of gay couples who would make make more responsible parents than heterosexual couples."Where are the rest of the Democrats? Pith is waiting patiently for return calls from these Profiles in Courage. Tick tock, tick tock. Update: Aunt B's "honest, heartfelt" revulsion to McWherter. Update II: Kim McMillan responds.
"I haven't seen what Mike McWherter said so I'm not going to offer any opinion about what he said yay or nay. I stated my opposition to that bill [the ban on gay adoption] when I was in the legislature and I continue to oppose it. I do not believe those types of bans actually favor the best interest of the child. That ought to be the paramount concern for all of us, what is in the best interest of children in Tennessee. I'm an adopted individual myself. I had firsthand knowledge of the importance of a stable, loving family for a child growing up in life. I had that. I was blessed with that, and I think the children of Tennessee deserve the same."Update III: Jim Kyle won't criticize McWherter, either, but he's against banning gay adoption too. "We have too many kids who need to be adopted. We don't need artificial barriers in the adoption process."
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For what it's worth, Kim McMillan came out in support of gay adoption over the summer.
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McWherter posted the content on his blog website. Smart move Team McWherter. www.mikemcwherter.com/blog
With over 500,000 homeless, unwanted children living in foster care or orphanages, it seems QUITE clear that God made a big OOPS in leaving ANYTHING to the Heterosexual to 'protect.'
ESPECIALLY 'the children.'
Perhaps it is time for Heterosexuals to look to Gay & Lesbian families so that they might learn what a family is REALLY about.
Mike McWherter is a hateful bigot who places more importance on maintaining his character flaws than he places on finding loving homes for children.
Morality indeed, Heterosexuals.
Morality indeed.
Herron didn't call me back. Guess his campaign "rapid response" war room hasn't mobilized yet.
Jeff, maybe that "rapid response" war room left with Kathy Chambers. I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'...
Bill, if the God you refer to in your post is the God of the Christian Bible, I'll take your charge one step further and pose the question at a more philosophical level:
"If we look at all the pain and suffering in the world, we must conclude that if God is good, then he must not be all powerful; or, if he is all powerful but does not choose to end all suffering, then he must not be good. Either way, the good, all powerful God of the Bible does not exist."
There is no clear cut answer from the Christian Bible as to why God allows evil and suffering exist. But there is a clear answer as to what it cannot be.
The sermon at the following link is from Tim Keller, NYT best selling author and pastor of Redeemer Church in Manhattan. It is part of a series in which he addresses the most common objections to Christianity he has encountered from sincere New Yorkers in many years of ministry there - this one is on the question of evil and suffering, such as that encountered by Tennessee's orphans:
http://download.redeemer.com/sermons/Suffering_If_God_is_good_why.mp3
