Harris County Republican Party to rally against “sodomite” marriage, “dictator” judge on Monday

Calling gay people “sodomites” and U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia a “would-be dictator,” the Harris County Republican Party announced it will host a news conference Monday morning in response to Garcia’s ruling Wednesday striking down Texas’ bans on same-sex marriage.

The event at county GOP headquarters seems like a pretty obvious ploy to energize the conservative base in advance of Tuesday’s primary — when, among others, Chair Jared Woodfill faces a challenger from within the party.

According to a release sent out Friday afternoon, party workers and eleted officials will “stand shoulder to shoulder with people of faith to denounce the lawless ruling of a federal court seeking to impose the whims of unelected judges on the people of Texas.”

“President Obama set a precedent of lawlessness by intimating that he would now use his ‘pen’ and ‘phone’ to circumvent the will of the people and their elected representatives. Now every petty would-be dictator this side of the Rio Grande is advancing personal agendas by decree,” said Woodfill, who is referred to as “a staunch advocate of family values.”

More at http://www.lonestarq.com/harris-county-republican-party-rally-sodomite-marriage-dictator-judge-monday/ .

Equality Texas is planning a nonpartisan prayer vigil outside Harris County Republican Party headquarters to counter the GOP’s “Stand for Marriage” rally. Read more here.

Cross-posted in the LGBT Group.