To cheers and shouts of “Amen”, Keyes attacked this week’s ruling in San Francisco that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry. (story) Keyes told the crowd of nearly 1000 that “one lonely judge comes along and says ‘No. That’s not how its going to be.’”
He told the audience that allowing a judge to rule that same-sex couples can marry is a form of tyranny.
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Alan Keyes, a former US Ambassador, conservative broadcaster, and failed senate candidate, said what is quoted above. Apparently, he hasn’t let his daughter’s coming out effect his anti-gay pronouncements in the least. I nominate Alan Keyes as the first person awarded the Indefual.ca Moron Award for grossly misunderstanding the definition of tyranny:
Noun: tyranny (plural tyrannies)
- A government in which a single ruler has absolute power
- The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler
- Absolute power, or its use
- Extreme severity or rigour
<mock>Oh no! Help! The government is being so tyrannical by… doing something that doesn’t effect me at all!
Help!</mock>