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TexasTowelie

(112,180 posts)
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 02:29 AM Sep 2016

Kentucky family judge: Gay marriage, like 'jumbo shrimp,' illogical

LOUISVILLE — A Family Court judge who routinely presides over gay adoptions said that gay marriage is an “oxymoron” like “jumbo shrimp” or a “magnificent Chihuahua.”

Appearing before a religious group, Fayette Circuit Court Judge Tim Philpot said he loves homosexuals but their relationships are “sterile” and “just entertainment.”

Addressing the Francis Asbury Society in Wilmore, Ky., on Sept. 8, Philpot called the Supreme Court’s decision last year legalizing gay marriage “pretty close to insane” and warned that “there is no question that polygamy is on the way.”

Philpot, a former state senator, said that the worst impact of gay marriage is its effect on children.

Read more: http://www.ydr.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/09/21/ky-family-judge-gay-marriage-like-jumbo-shrimp-illogical/90794982/

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Kentucky family judge: Gay marriage, like 'jumbo shrimp,' illogical (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2016 OP
Le dumbass shenmue Sep 2016 #1
The people in Kentucky better beware of the polygamy that is coming... TexasTowelie Sep 2016 #2
Disgusting beyond words get the red out Sep 2016 #3

get the red out

(13,466 posts)
3. Disgusting beyond words
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 04:53 AM
Sep 2016

Tim Philpot helped my husband's family by getting his nephew away from his abusive step-father by giving sole custody to my BIL, it is horribly disappointing to find out he is a raging homophobe when I thought he was a good man.

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