''They're committing sin and that sin will keep them out of heaven.... But you don't hate the person. You hate the sin that they commit.... That means that they have a problem, and not me.... If I start yelling, 'Go Jesus! Praise God!' someone gets upset.''
Osby Davis, mayor of Vallejo, California speaking with the New York Times for an article about his city's evangelical residents voicing political opposition to incoming gay residents and their involvement in government. (New York Times)
''It's not okay for him to say that. That's his own personal belief and it's shocking to hear someone say that, especially today in California and Vallejo as diverse as it is.''
Sarah Tolai, a resident of Vallejo, a northern city in Calfornia, where an increase of out gay residents is colliding with vocally anti-gay Evangelicals who are voting against people who they label as living in "sin." The mayor, Osby Davis, who won his seat by just two votes against a gay candidate, has stirred up a pot full of controversy by espousing his view that the city's gay residents will not be allowed into Heaven. (KTVU)
''I apologize if my words were offensive, they were not intended to be offensive.... I'm not going to discuss my faith with anybody anymore.''
Mayor Osby Davis offering something of an apology for saying he believes that the Vallejo, California's sinful gay residents will not be allowed into Heaven. Vallejo, it is reported, has become a settling point for San Francisco-area gays who are seeking affordable homes. (KGO-TV)
