Originally Posted by
Dixie
Contrary to what the Left want you to think, I don't believe this has to do with hatred of gay people at all. Now granted, it is most likely a true homophobic bigot would likely be opposed to gay marriage, that doesn't mean that everyone opposed to gay marriage is a homophobe or bigot. I was rather surprised to read yesterday, where local 'celeb' (if you can call him that) Antoine Dotson (Hide yo wife, hide you kids...) who is 100% flaming gay to the max.... said he supported the Biblical view of marriage... one man, one woman. He was at Chick-Fil-a on Whitesville Dr. in Huntsville, to support Cathy's right to free speech. "That's what freedom is all about," he said. Yeah, I am sure he is the exception and not the rule, but the point is made, not all who support traditional marriage are homophobes.
I would say, a good 30% of my personal friends are gay or bisexual. I have always been a creative person working in creative fields, and therefore, have been around many gay people. I have often been mistaken for being gay, simply by the association with friends who were. And I have seen my gay friends discriminated against because they were gay. In fact, I think I have been discriminated against because someone thought I might be gay. So there are certainly homophobic people out there, and I won't say that many of them weren't at Chick-Fil-a yesterday. But there are a LOT of people out there, who may even BE gay, who support and respect the Biblical definition of marriage.
I think this is an area where our Federal government has somehow entangled itself in something it shouldn't be sanctioning. It is very much a Church and State argument, but instead of it being addressed as this, it is used by the left to foment hate and divisiveness, to call names and ridicule. This has become the left's MO of late... cajole you into believing like them, or reap the consequences, mofo!
You're absolutely right, this is a golden opportunity for the left, OR THE RIGHT, for that matter. This argument needs to be resolved by first pointing out, it is not the Federal government's responsibility to sanction marriage of any kind. And even State governments don't have such a right, because this is fundamentally a part of religious freedom of expression, and falls in that category most appropriately, by our traditional definitions. We have the inalienable right as free people to express our religious beliefs however we please, it's not up to the government to tell us how or to mandate it by law.
I have often proposed an amicable solution to this, by enacting comprehensive civil unions legislation. Whereby, the "government" both Federal and State, would not be permitted to issue licenses for marriage any longer, and in place of this, would only be allowed to issue 2-party civil union contracts, with no parameters regarding relationship, whether it's gay, traditional matrimony, domestic partners, friends, family... whatever, as long as it's two consenting legal-age adults, they can obtain this contract. It will serve the same purposes as traditional marriage currently serves, it wouldn't be an "in addition to" thing, it would just be the way we did things going forward, divorcing government from the marriage sanctioning business. No more "Gay Marriage" or hoopla... but the thing is, I don't think anyone wants this to be resolved.
I think the Left wants to continue using this as a wedge issue against the right. As long as they can get a rise out of the Bible-thumpers, they will! Because they view this as something that will eventually fracture the moderate/indies away from the more socially conservative base, and voila! Success! They don't give two shits about gay people and their little gay problems, this is about a political juggernaut remaining viable politically. Activism is the key, and how the hell can you do that if you solve the problem?
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