Del. Emmett Burns and the Rev. Al Sharpton don't agree on the issue of same-sex marriage—and that's putting it mildly.
The five-term Democrat who represents Randallstown and Woodlawn, had some unkind words for Sharpton during an interview Thursday with Kenneth Burns, a State House reporter for WNAV in Annapolis.
"Al Sharpton is a pompous ass," said Del. Burns, adding that Sharpton "doesn't speak for anybody but himself most of the time."
Sharpton, a Baptist minister, recently released a video in which he supported the passing of a same-sex marriage law in Maryland.
Del. Burns, a pastor at Rising Sun Baptist Church, and in the past has sought to pass an amendment to the Maryland Constitution defining marriage as being between a man and a woman.
Burns went on in the interview to criticize Sharpton's preaching credentials.
"What kind of a Baptist preacher is he?" Del. Burns said. "He has never pastored a church. He's never had a congregation. All he does it run around the country and suck up to big movie stars so he can preach at their funerals when they die."
But I don't expect much from those who feel that THEIR Religion should be the basis of law. All it is is Sharia law under a Christian name!
he is nothing more than a first class race baiter..THAT he's good at!
I will argue with you the good/bad of single payer healthcare (Obama had 60/100 votes in Senate) all day long, but civilly. We can disagree about politics all day in a civil manner. But as I have said, when the "have-a-lots" attempt to convince the "haves" that their enemy is the "have nots", our country has serious problems. That is where we are today. My 23 year old son now has health insurance he would not have otherwise because of "Obamacare", many with "pre-existing conditions" now have care they would not have otherwise. What is bad about that? Helping the human condition I thought was always good? Tell me please otherwise and explain.
We are now fighting to get him SSA disability and Medicare. It is an uphill battle. After going with him to the Harford County Social Services I get the distinct impression that some of their employees are being paid to keep people from obtaining help and not to help them get the care they need. We were treated very rudely during our visit there. At least that is my impression. True health care reform could start with allowing or forcing all health insurance companies to participate in all the states in this country. Presently some states only allow just a few health care companies to do business in their regions. There is not enough competition in the states by all of the companies. I could go on and on to name different things to make health care better and cheaper, but I don't want to write a novel on this website.
Your comments on Feb 10th were absolutely spot on! I could not have said it ay more succinctly. Keep fighting the good fight as I will, too. As for Paul, forgive him for he knows not what he says. Probably bought the CNN, PMSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, etc etc line of BS real good...oh well.