McGuire, a River Valley graduate who now is the owner of a manufacturing company, J.L. McGuire and Associates, encouraged the graduates of the Marion County public school to pursue the “Biblical principles” of only romantic relationships between a man and a woman.
After opening his speech by encouraging the graduates to spend time “learning God’s word,” McGuire made the following comment about relationships:
“Choose a spouse, I suggest. I also strongly suggest to make sure to choose Biblical principles, you know, a male with a female and female with a male,” he said.
“When he made the comment that marriage should only be between a man and a woman, my jaw dropped to the floor, and I honestly thought I was hearing it wrong,” Osipow said.
“I had to look around and see if other people were having the same reaction that I was, and they were. I felt like crying when I heard some people in the crowd clapping. But I was absolutely outraged and so were my parents and brother. I heard people behind me whispering about how inappropriate the comment was as well.”