Thursday, November 13, 2008

If I don't get my way, I'll throw a tantrum.

Okay, gay rights activists. I think I get it. You are feeling officially oppressed, denied your rights, cheated. You fought in the courts and have won some battles and lost some battles. Now you have had a victory in the courts snatched from you by the hands of the voters. It must be discouraging. So, as human nature dictates, you are looking for someone to blame. First you blamed the blacks. Then you blamed the Hispanics. Now you are blaming the Mormons.

You fought a fair fight in a democracy and you lost. You failed to build a winning majority in the electorate. Maybe you were out maneuvered. Perhaps you were outspent. Perhaps your political lies were not as believable as the other side's political lies.

You say they lied about elementary school children being taught to accept a homosexual lifestyle. If that is a lie, why is "Heather has Two Mommies" promoted to elementary school children?

They say you lied when you aired a TV ad depicting two Mormon missionaries brutalizing a lesbian couple and defacing their property. Really? Has anything vaguely like this happened in the last 150 years or so?

Lies happen in politics. Sad but true. The electorate gets to choose whose lies are closest to either (1) What they want to believe, or (2) the truth. Get over it and get on with your work.

One thing is for sure: Oppression, violence, and threats against other citizens will not win you any votes. Don't physically attack 69-year old women who come out to exercise their right to disagree with you. I sincerely hope that the persons guilty of attacking Phyllis Burgess are apprehended and tried for committing a heinous hate crime. Destruction of the property of organized religions will not play out well in the courts of public opinion. Peaceful protests; community outreach; voter outreach; lobbying; -- these are all time-tested ways of righting perceived wrongs.

My advice, keep working in the courts and with the electorate. Stop desecrating houses of worship. If you want rights and freedom, you must respect others rights and freedoms.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Every side of an issue has their whackos. If these gays were instead right-wing conservatives, they'd be bombing abortion clinics instead.

Sad, but true. Every group has their crazies, and crazies get a LOT more media coverage.