re: Edward Russo reports, "Eugene City Councilor Bonny Bettman on Monday wanted to drop the city's support for next week's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, but she didn't get far./Bettman's motion to withhold city support for Monday's celebration because the keynote speaker opposes gay marriage ran into a brick wall with other councilors. None of them wanted to discuss it...[snip]...Bettman's proposals came about because the city's human rights commission last week reversed an earlier position and reaffirmed its support for the King celebration. The commission did so while expressing dismay about the keynote speaker's opposition to gay marriage./The speaker, the Rev. Walter Fauntroy, was an associate of King's in the 1960s. He has joined other black ministers in support of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would define marriage as between a man and a woman...[snip]...Bettman made her motions during a joint City Council-human rights commission meeting. /Afterward, Councilor Betty Taylor, a frequent Bettman ally, said she didn't second Bettman's motions because she doesn't know much about Fauntroy. And Taylor said she doesn't favor censorship. "People who speak don't have to have the right views on everything," she said..."...
hat tip: The Alliance Alert
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