Linda Oliver, the mayor of West Union, South Carolina, is under fire
for comments she made on Facebook using the "Q-word" with regard to
same-sex marriage, and tells WHNS how she really feels about it:
"I don't want it rammed down my throat."
Oliver's online comments were in regard to the recent actions by Buncombe County Register of Wills Drew Reisinger in neighboring North Carolina, who began accepting marriage license applications for gay couples this week.
Said Oliver on Facebook:
"What's it gonna take to get these queers
to realize they don't need a piece of paper. God will not bless their
union because he plainly speaks against queers in the Bible. Want to
cover your queer with insurance? Buy a policy. Want your queer to get
your stuff when you die? Make a will."
Now there is reportedly a Facebook petition calling for Oliver to be removed from office.
Added Oliver to WHNS:
"All I can say is if people want to
crucify me that's fine. I know that following Jesus, I'm going to be
crucified...And I got lambasted because I quoted the bible and stuff
like that on Facebook and that's the way I feel...I have apologized,
it's on there if people would just read the feed. They're focusing on
the word and I apologized for that. If people would read the whole thing
they'll see that I plainly said I will not say that anymore, I'll say
homosexual...What I'm emotional about is because my feelings- the way I
feel toward homosexuals is how I've been brought up."
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