The measure’s defeat Tuesday, by a vote of 55 percent to 45 percent, effectively keeps mid-to-late-term abortions available in New Mexico. Had the proposal passed, it would have halted abortions after 20 weeks at the state’s only two clinics providing them. Both are located in Albuquerque.
On Monday, the United Methodist Church convicted Rev. Frank Schaefer on two counts against the Church for officiating his son’s same-sex wedding. On Tuesday, the impaneled jury determined his sentence: Schaefer is suspended for 30 days, and if it at the end of that time he has not renounced his support for marriage equality, he will be defrocked. Schaefer, however, was unapologetic, refusing the invitation to “repent of your actions”
Schaefer, however, was unapologetic, refusing the invitation to “repent of your actions”
Unfortunately, that explanation falls short of addressing the underlying problem. A man who has devoted the last twenty years of his life to “curing” gay people is now in charge of a mandatory program, that he designed, to help Air Force Academy cadets develop “character” and “leadership.”
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