Bishop Harry Jackson: evangelicals split on LGBT rights; I now support civil unions

Pams House blend  Oct 06 08

And now he's for civil unions. Friday's appearance of professional "Christian" and anti-gay activist Bishop Harry Jackson of the High Impact Leadership Coalition on The Michelangelo Signorile Show turned out to be more newsworthy than expected.

Mike had planned to discuss the revelations about the GOP nominee's socially out, professionally closeted Senate chief of staff, Mark Buse, winner of BlogActive's Roy Cohn Award, and Sarah Palin's answer to the gay marriage question during last week's debate with Joe Biden. While those topics came up, it was Jackson's response to the question of the religious right's schism over what to do about LGBT rights generally, since they see the handwriting on the wall - they are losing on the issue of denying civil rights to us. Full story...

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