New York governor: opponents of same-sex ‘marriage’ just ‘want to discriminate,’ are ‘anti-American’
NEW YORK, – An employee with the New York Archdiocese warned of an “impending persecution” after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called same-sex “marriage” opponents discriminatory and “ anti-American ” last week. Gov. Andrew Cuomo The governor, who was instrumental in the state’s passage of same-sex “marriage” in June, was asked at a New York Times forum which arguments against same-sex “marriage” he found compelling. “None,” he said. “There is no answer from the opposition. There really isn’t. Ultimately, it’s, ‘I want to discriminate.’ And that’s anti-New York. It’s anti-American.” Ed Mechmann of the Archdiocese of New York ’s Family Life Office said it is “chilling” that the state’s top official would declare such a large segment of the population as “political pariahs.” He warned Catholics of an “impending persecution,” saying that Cuomo has effectively “declared us to be enemies of the state and nation.” “In reality, Mr. Cuomo doesn’t just disagree with our arguments, h...