"(H)ow many more gay people does God have to create before we ask ourselves whether or not God actually wants them around?” -- Mn State Rep. Steve Simon, DFL-St. Louis Park
That quote by Rep Simon is literally going around the world. As of this posting the following YouTube has gone viral, and been seen 170,938 times.
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The best story (IMNSHO) about Rep. Simon's comments is from a Star Tribune Editorial Writer, John Rash. From it:
With all the action, breaking through the capitol cacophony – let alone the cultural clutter in today’s media – is rare. When it does happen, it’s all too often due to a legislator saying something inflammatory, or inane, or both.
Yet in a measured, calm tone, testimony from Rep. Steve Simon, DFL-St. Louis Park, about a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in Minnesota, has made a splash nationally.
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Which goes to show that even in today’s showboat society a quietly expressed idea can still make meaningful noise.
Indeed. And once again, from that "noise" --
"(H)ow many more gay people does God have to create before we ask ourselves whether or not God actually wants them around?” -- Mn State Rep. Steve Simon, DFL-St. Louis Park