Labor Pains - It's the homosexuality, stupid!

Leaders of Christian Right certainly do spend a lot of time thinking about gay sex. Why is that, I wonder?

Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, is suggesting that gay marriage is one of the reasons that several labor unions are leaving the AFL-CIO.

Yes! Gay marriage and other social issues are the main source of trouble for America's labor movement. Who knew?

Brother Perkins writes:

Looking Away from the Union Labels

Four major unions, The Teamsters, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and Unite Here, walked out of the AFL-CIO's convention in Chicago. It is anticipated the four disaffected unions, consisting of a total 5 million members, made the move in anticipation of leaving the union federation completely. The move follows years of AFL-CIO involvement in issues that closely tied union members, normally seen as socially conservative, to very liberal causes such as gay marriage and abortion (emphasis added).

Last year, the AFL-CIO came out against the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment that defined marriage as between one man and one woman. Just this last March the union passed a resolution titled "Support for the Full Inclusion & Equal Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender People in the Workplace," which advocated for full marriage rights for homosexuals. Former Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa once said, "I have many faults but being wrong isn't one of them." Until the AFL-CIO realizes its mistakes and turns away from a liberal agenda and back to issues that actually affect workers, they can expect to stagnate and to alienate many Americans.

And, here we thought it had more to do with the coordinated assault that the Republican Party and the business community have carried out against organized labor for the past 25 years. Silly us.