Posted by
Icarus on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:14:23 AM
John Nolte wrote at
Dirty Harry's Place, in response to the Anti-Democratic 'No on Prop 8' protesters disrupting religious services throughout California and elsewhere, "if you [No on Prop 8 Protesters] can’t take a breath and a moment to appreciate where we’re
coming from, why would we continue to for a bunch of, well,
religophobes?"
He didn't have to create a new word for these folks. It already
exists. The word is
BIGOT. Add further descriptors
as you desire. I prefer
'hate-filled' and
'ignorant'
If people didn't see this coming then they just aren't paying attention.
What did folks think was going to happen the first time a church denied a
same-sex couple a wedding ceremony? Did you think they would simply
shrug their shoulders and go home? This movement has never been about
marriage or equality. It is about
power to recreate
the central element of Western Civilization - The Traditional Family.
Is much attention being paid to the case in Hayward, CA where a kindergarten teacher had 5
year olds sign a
Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender loyalty oaths.
Don't believe me. Believe the Radicals now disrupting Mormon, Catholic
and Evangelical religious services. Their goals were spelled out
more than 2 years ago in
Beyond
Marriage.
The independent, traditional family has made America what it is. And
the Left hates what America is. What better way to "fundamentally"
change America, then to fundamentally change what a family is? And once
you have the children, the rest is easy.
You better think again if you think it ends with marriage redefinition.
Here's a few choice goals from that Beyond Marriage document linked
above:
"Ø The separation of benefits and recognition from marital status,
citizenship status, and the requirement that “legitimate” relationships
be conjugal
"Ø Separation of church and state in all matters, including
regulation and recognition of relationships, households, and families
"Ø Access for all to vital government support programs, including
but not limited to: affordable and adequate health care, affordable
housing, a secure and enhanced Social Security system, genuine disaster
recovery assistance, welfare for the poor
"Ø Freedom from a narrow definition of our sexual lives and gender choices, identities, and expression
While most folks marching outside of Mormon Temples, Catholic and Evangelical Churches might not have heard of "Beyond Marriage", but I'm sure the ones instigating the protests have. In fact,
lots and lots of
folks know about this document.
Including:
"Gloria Steinem, Cornel West, Rabbi Michael Lerner (of Tikkun
Magazine), and Barbara Ehrenreich ... over 90 professors ... a great
many from top schools like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, the University of
Chicago, Columbia, Georgetown, Brown, Cornell, Williams, Smith, Bryn
Mawr, Barnard, the University of Pennsylvania, NYU, Dartmouth, and U.C.
Berkeley. Quite a few of these schools had more than one faculty member
sign on. Popular writers like Terrence McNally, Armistead Maupin, and
Susie Bright joined big-name academics like Judith Stacey and Judith
Butler ... Quite a few professors from top law schools (e.g., Yale,
Columbia, Georgetown) also endorsed the statement."
The reactions you are seeing is being driven by the Radical Leftists
behind "Beyond Marriage". They are pissed that so many people will not
fall in line with their Socialist Utopian vision for America, a place
where the traditional family is dead.
I would like to think that these protests will wake some people up, but
I'm not counting on it. Most Americans will do like most Germans did
during WWII when they pretended they had no idea what "that place" over
the hill was and somehow never noticed strange smell.