Presidential praise--but for what?A letter sent by President Bush in October to the Metropolitan Community Church praising it in honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. of its 35th anniversary didn't mention the church's work in support of gay marriage. But that was no surprise, church members said, because the letter arrived the same week Bush endorsed the religious right's antigay "Marriage Protection Week." "We thought it was a very nice gesture," said MCC's founder, the Reverend Troy Perry, whose denomination Denomination The stated value found on financial instruments. Notes: This term applies to most financial instruments with monetary values. The denomination for bonds and securities would be face value or par value. oversees more than 6,000 same-sex unions A Same-sex union refers to an enduring relationship between two people of the same gender. Literary, historical, and archaeological evidence of such unions has been found for a number of diverse cultures as early as 2400 B.C. annually. "But it was also very weird because [Bush] had just come out against [gay] marriage. In one breath he says we've done good work. But in the next he belittles our relationships." Bush's letter praised MCC (The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, Austin, TX) The first high-tech research and development consortium in the U.S., created in 1982 by leading companies within the electronics industry. for "sharing the message of God's love and boundless mercy." |
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