The poster for the May 15 rally sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage and Ruben Diaz Sr, the rabidly anti-gay New York state senator and Pentecostal minister. The rally to preserve how marriage has been "since the creation of the world" is scheduled for the same day as the AIDS Walk in Central Park.
In May 2009, Diaz Sr. lead 10,000 people to condemn gays and marriage equality on the streets of Manhattan. Diaz boast this year's march will be larger.
What is it with this guy? He's been vehemently anti-gay for decades now! Makes one think there is something more behind this rant than just the values of a misguided Pentecostal minister!
Posted by: Greg | 10 May 2011 at 10:05
Doesn't he have a brother that's gay. Oh, just remember that the Latino community can be some of the most vicious homophobes out there. I say this 'cuz often the subject of homophobia is usually discussed in relation to the Black community. Latin America (and Spain/Portugal) gave birth to machismo and its toxic consequences.
Posted by: Account Deleted | 10 May 2011 at 10:31
Sen. Diaz is on my "watch list"--I'm watching for him to get caught at JFK with a Rentboy in tow. It's gonna happen.
Posted by: Nathan James | 10 May 2011 at 10:46
If only he could explain how sgl couples marrying threatens the sanctity of heterosexual marriages. But he can't because it doesn't . What an idiot.
Posted by: FREELEO | 10 May 2011 at 11:20
Marriage has been under attack from philandering husband and wives for milleniums but men and women still get married and divorced at alarming rates. I'm sick of being scapegoated by these closeted, self-hating, religious demagogues. You want to save the sanctity of marriage? Keep your dyck out of other people's holes unless you're married to it!
Posted by: Distant Lover | 10 May 2011 at 11:54
Well said Distant!!!
Posted by: Brien | 10 May 2011 at 12:32
Will someone please tell these idiotic myth worshipers that marriage historically has been between men and their property? Women have been considered property for centuries, across cultures. And monogamous marriages were NOT the norm way back when. He should read his own myth book more closely to see the polygamous marriages.
Posted by: thugboi | 11 May 2011 at 17:39