At a press conference in support of a
proposed gay marriage ban amendment in North Carolina, Rev. Johnny
Hunter of the Fayetteville-based Life Education And Resource Network
(LEARN) said gay couples should not be allowed to marry because they
cannot consummate a marriage.
To illustrate his point, Hunter held up
a lock and inserted a key into it.
“The anatomy is not right for a
homosexual to even consummate a marriage,” Hunter asserted. “What
it takes to consummate a marriage is a lock and a key.” (The video
is embedded in the right panel of this page.)
Lawmakers will return to Raleigh on
Monday to begin a special session on constitutional amendments which
will consider whether to send the marriage amendment to voters in
2012.
Tuesday's news conference was the
second to be held by House Speaker Pro Tempore Dale Folwell. At last
week's presser, House Majority Leader Paul “Skip” Stam argued
that the
marriage amendment would protect children and that any
argument in favor of gay marriage would also support incest and
polygamy.
Opponents of the amendment will gather
on Tuesday across from the state's Legislative Building. Country
music singer Chely Wright, who married her girlfriend in Connecticut
last month, is
expected to address the crowd and meet with lawmakers.
(Related: Majority
of North Carolina voters oppose gay marriage ban amendment.)