Judge Claims Same-Sex Marriage Is An 'Oxymoron,' Like 'Jumbo Shrimp'
A Kentucky judge has raised gay eyebrows after making a series of remarks on the subject of homosexual marriage ― in spite of the fact that he’s apparently ruled in favor of gay and lesbian couples in a series of adoption cases. Speaking at the Francis Asbury Society in Wilmore, Kentucky on Sept. 8, Fayette Circuit Court Judge Tim Philpot argued that same-sex marriage was “an oxymoron,” not unlike “jumbo shrimp,” The Courier-Journal reported Thursday . “The words ‘same-sex marriage’ don’t make sense to me,” Philpot told the crowd in his speech. “The union is in the difference.” The judge, who served as a Republican state senator from 1991 until 1998, didn’t stop there. Arguing that same-sex couples are in “sterile” relationships, Philpot went on to note that his “biggest bugaboo” with marriage equality was what he perceived as its impact on heterosexual men. “I meet with men four or five times a week and we hug; we love each other at a certain level,” he said. “I don’t hug the...