"Although they are pleasant men in their personal demeanor, their group is more than disgusting to our Lord and Savior," Drollinger wrote on the Capitol Ministries' Web site.
Drollinger is referring to another "fellowship group" that meets in the Capitol. The Bee article included some supportive comments from current and former Sacramento legislators, including Tim Leslie and Rick Keene.
But neither Leslie nor Keene got the space that Darrell Steinberg did. Steinberg, who who will serve as Senate president pro tem next year, got something like six paragraphs to air his views and call Drollinger's position "intolerant" and "offensive" and "deplorable." One of Steinberg's comments jumped out at me:
Steinberg said Drollinger has a right to free speech, but inside the Capitol – which he called the "public square" – people should respect differing views.
"There's just no place in civil society for intolerance of someone's different beliefs," Steinberg said.
The funny thing is, Steinberg doesn't seem to grasp he is being intolerant of Drollinger's views. Actually, it's not funny; Steinberg's stance is completely hypocritical.
I hope to have more on Darrell Steinberg later. FYI, if you want to see the full article by Ralph Drollinger, you can see it here. Wikipedia on Ralph Drollinger here.
UPDATE 5:25 PM: Correction, Rick Keene, a Republican from Chico, is actually a member of the group criticized by Drollinger. Keene's comments are completely postive about Drollinger. According to the article, Keene said about Drollinger, "I don't have any critical thoughts of him."
So if the Bee can't come up with somebody in the rival group to complain, why is this a story? And who made Darrell Steinberg the self-appointed speech monitor at the Capitol?
