The Chicago Tribune ran the passage of the gay rights bill as its front page headline this morning, but you have to synthesize its article with the one above from the Sun Times to paint a full picture of what happened yesterday. From the Trib:
In trying to persuade other senators to vote in favor of the measure, Sen. John Cullerton (D-Chicago) took issue with social conservatives who say it would be supportive of the homosexual lifestyle.Makes sense, right? Now from the Sun Times:
Cullerton, a Roman Catholic, quoted a priest who made what he found to be a convincing point: The real immorality, he said, is in discrimination.
"[What if] somebody says, 'You know what? We just don't rent to people like you.'" Cullerton said. "It's wrong."
Behind the scenes, Cardinal Francis George lobbied Roman Catholic legislators to vote against the bill. But Sen. James DeLeo (D-Chicago), Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Cicero) and Sen. Louis Viverito (D-Burbank) bucked the church amid a counterpush from the governor and Senate President Emil Jones.Having been raised Catholic, I keep hoping to see even the narrowest of openings in the mind of the institutional Church. Once again, I'm disappointed--and this time the Church's position really doesn't make sense. How can the world's largest employer of gay men object to a bill that bans discrimination against us?
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