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Major of California City Draws Flack For Comments About Gays [message #59767]

Fri, 27 November 2009 20:24

Brody Levesque

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By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Nov 27 | The mayor of Vallejo, California remains under seige for comments made in an New York Times article last week where he was quoted as saying that gay people are “committing sin” and will be forbidden entry to heaven.

Mayor Osby Davis, a devout member of a Vallejo Assemblies of God church, was quoted in the NY Times article that examined the growing influence of evangelicals on politics in the bankrupt and struggling SF Bay Area city. He referred to Vallejo in the article as a "city of God."

“They’re committing sin and that sin will keep them out of heaven,” said Davis to The New York Times. “But you don’t hate the person. You hate the sin that they commit.” Davis, a former Solano county supervisor, defeated an openly gay candidate, Gary Cloutier, in a recount by just two votes to become mayor in 2007. Relations with the local LGBT community have been strained since then.

Father Lou Bordisso, an openly gay priest living in Vallejo, is outraged at the mayor's comments and has launched a drive to have Mayor Davis censured by the city council. Father Bordisso and other LGBT leaders have pushed for a protest that is planned for the steps of city hall next Tuesday, December 1st.

Here's a link to the video by ABC7News, Vallejo:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7140011

[Updated on: Fri, 27 November 2009 20:31]

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