Note to homosexual church ‘a standard greeting’

By Les Kinsolving

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At today’s White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan about President Bush having sent a congratulatory letter to a denomination founded by homosexual activists that performs more than 6,000 same-sex “weddings” each year, not long after endorsing “Marriage Protection Week.”

WND: Scott, WorldNetDaily reports that just after the president proclaimed marriage to be “a union between a man and a woman,” the Metropolitan Community Churches, which perform 6,000 same-sex nuptial ceremonies a year, received a letter from the president congratulating them for “encouraging the celebration of faith and sharing of God’s love.” And my question: Since both this church as well as the American Family Association have deplored this presidential inconsistency, can you tell us, who wrote this letter to the homosexual church? And did the president ever see it before it was mailed?

McCLELLAN: Now, let me be very clear on the president’s view –

WND: No, I know –

McCLELLAN: The president has always been a strong supporter – a strong believer that marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman. And he is a strong supporter of defending and protecting the sanctity of marriage.

WND But why won’t he –

McCLELLAN: Now, what you’re asking – well, what you’re asking about now are I think greetings –

WND: It’s a letter that went out at the same time.

McCLELLAN: – are greetings. When requests are sent in – and churches all across the country send in requests for greetings – and I think that it was a standard greeting that was sent out, that’s been sent out to, I think, more than a thousand churches since the president has been in office and some over 300 –

WND: So he hasn’t – he hasn’t seen them?

McCLELLAN: – in the last year. But the president’s views are very well known on the issue of the sanctity of marriage, and they’ve always been clear and consistent.

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Les Kinsolving

Les Kinsolving hosts a daily talk show for WCBM in Baltimore. His radio commentaries are syndicated nationally. His show can be heard on the Internet 9-11 p.m. Eastern each weekday. Before going into broadcasting, Kinsolving was a newspaper reporter and columnist – twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his commentary. Kinsolving's maverick reporting style is chronicled in a book written by his daughter, Kathleen Kinsolving, titled, "Gadfly." Read more of Les Kinsolving's articles here.


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