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A few blocks away from the Capitol at the Living AIDS Garden, a slightly-larger counter-protest formed. Groups like Fairness West Virginia, the American Civil Liberties Union and WV Free gathered to support the California Supreme Court's decision. Many carried signs supporting gay marriage and gay rights.
Steven Skinner is the president of Fairness West Virginia, a group that advocates for gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual rights.
"We are here to celebrate the diversity of the West Virginia family," Skinner said. "There are some out of state groups that have shown up to try and tell us what a family looks like and we think it's important to show that the West Virginia family comes in all shapes, sizes and colors. Some have one mom or one grandmom, some have two dads. We value them all equally."
Skinner has it wrong. Families can only be valued if there is a traditional mother and father which is why these groups opposed to same sex marriage are also strongly opposed to divorce. What? They're not? I guess their whole sanctity of marriage argument is really a sham like Newt Gingrich's marriage vows.
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