Robertson Calls Marriage Equality An ‘Abomination,’ Praises Recalcitrant Clerks
In Pat Robertson’s bizarre universe backlash against someone denying basic civil rights to gay couples makes the oppressor a victim, and every natural event is a sign of the end of times. (then comes the plea for more money for his McMansion, Jet, and Limos.)
The 700 Club today featured a story on Rose Marie Belforti, the New York town clerk who refuses to sign marriage licenses following the passage of the state law providing marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples. The highly sympathetic story featured interviews with Belforti along with her allies in New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms and her legal counsel, the Alliance Defense Fund. People For the American Way Foundation is representing a lesbian couple Beforti turned away, and Belforti is facing a write-in challenger in her re-election race tomorrow.
Following the segment, Robertson called marriage equality an “abomination” and said that Belforti, along with two town clerks who resigned after the Marriage Equality Act passed, are “prisoners of conscience.”