Considering that the battle over Proposition 8 is being fought right in Lou Sheldon's back yard, it was only a matter of time before the Traditional Values Coalition patriarch got directly involved:
The campaign for a ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage is going to local clergy.
On Tuesday, it made a stop in the Whittier area. The Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition that is backing Proposition 8, gave a group of ministers some tips on campaigning. About 23 were present.
"We can give information on Proposition 8: why it's important, why we need it and why it's not discriminatory," Sheldon said in the meeting at the Zoe Christian Fellowship.
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"Homosexuals have the right to do what they please, but don't hijack a name that has been identified through history," he said.
"Let's be adult and understand that marriage is consummated between a man and a woman," Sheldon said. "Two men can't consummate a marriage. Two women can't."
I think Sheldon will be surprised to learn that gays and lesbians are fully capable of consummating marriages, once they are given the opportunity.
