Tuesday, June 08, 2004
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader
June 8, 2004
The absolute worst scenario for the billion dollar anti-equality movement if a majority of states approved same-gender marriage would be for ... nothing to happen.
The legal recognition of durable, secure, stable and yes loving relationships robs these groups of a longstanding fundraising myth: homosexual as grotesque promiscuous sub-human.
It's not about morality, but political power. How serious is the fear among these groups that the nation will "reward" the families created by their gay friends -- the bland unassuming unremarkable neighbors they've never wanted to really know -- with legal responsibilities that extend far beyond the honeymoon suite?
Concerned Women for America's James Kimball invokes McCarthian paranoia, labeling a same-gender couple, legally wed in Canada, "Domestic Terrorists." Focus on the Family's leader, baring his claws, marks Anthony Kennedy "the Most Dangerous Man in America" for not falling in line with the fundamentalist agenda. Pat Robertson advised his (increasingly decreasing) flock to pray for the end to the terms of the appointed-for-life Supreme Court Justices who overturned the Texas Sodomy ruling.
Those profiting the most from a radical caricature of gay and lesbian society lose the most if sharing the ritual union of spirits dares result in societal gain.
June 8, 2004
The absolute worst scenario for the billion dollar anti-equality movement if a majority of states approved same-gender marriage would be for ... nothing to happen.
The legal recognition of durable, secure, stable and yes loving relationships robs these groups of a longstanding fundraising myth: homosexual as grotesque promiscuous sub-human.
It's not about morality, but political power. How serious is the fear among these groups that the nation will "reward" the families created by their gay friends -- the bland unassuming unremarkable neighbors they've never wanted to really know -- with legal responsibilities that extend far beyond the honeymoon suite?
Concerned Women for America's James Kimball invokes McCarthian paranoia, labeling a same-gender couple, legally wed in Canada, "Domestic Terrorists." Focus on the Family's leader, baring his claws, marks Anthony Kennedy "the Most Dangerous Man in America" for not falling in line with the fundamentalist agenda. Pat Robertson advised his (increasingly decreasing) flock to pray for the end to the terms of the appointed-for-life Supreme Court Justices who overturned the Texas Sodomy ruling.
Those profiting the most from a radical caricature of gay and lesbian society lose the most if sharing the ritual union of spirits dares result in societal gain.
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