Marriage advocate pleads for civility

Yesterdays shooting at the conservative Family Research Council in downtown Washington, D.C., is symptomatic of a broader lack of civility in political discourse, the head of an organization promoting traditional marriage said Thursday.
“[The] responsibility is on the shooter but we need to have a civil debate over issues like redefining marriage, said Brian Brown, the president of the National Organization for Marriage, appearing on CNNs Early Start. “But we should not be attacking and labeling as hate groups those [with which] we disagree. We should condemn violence of any sort but we should also be responsible.

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