Gay marriage reveals a different America
by Bill O'Reilly
DNN Staff - EXCLUSIVE!
Thursday, May 27, 2009
Here’s the thing about homosexual marriage in the United States: It is going to be legal in about half the states. There is no stopping the gay nuptials now, even though most Americans say they are opposed to extending marital law to same-sex couples.
Right now, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Iowa and Maine allow gays to marry. New Hampshire seems likely to join them soon. Once the legislatures of New York and New Jersey get finished taxing the life out of their citizens, they, too, will most likely pass gay marriage. And even though the folks in California voted down gay nuptials, the Supreme Court there is desperately trying to find a way to nullify the vote.
A new CNN/Opinion Research poll says 54 percent of Americans oppose gay marriage, while 45 percent support it. But if you oppose gay marriage, your opinion makes you a bigot. Did you know that? That’s what the Miss California controversy was all about.
Your humble correspondent doesn’t really care much about gay marriage because I believe it is no danger to the republic and the deity can sort all this stuff out after we’re dead. I take a libertarian position on issues such as gay marriage because I want all Americans to be able to pursue happiness equally.
However, I understand that most Americans believe heterosexual marriage deserves a special place in our society. Our Judeo-Christian traditions, which have made the United States the most prosperous and just society the world has ever known, speak to a family built around a responsible mother and father; certainly the optimum when it comes to raising children.
Not only that, but people who feel strongly about maintaining a special status for traditional marriage have allowed themselves to be intimidated. When was the last time you saw a Catholic cardinal or archbishop speak against gay marriage on television?
The truth is that pro-gay marriage forces have succeeded in their bigot-branding campaign and will not stop with marriage. Because they won this public relations war, you can expect to see the racist-bigot label marketed in other controversial situations. Already, abortion zealots are branding pro-life people “anti-woman” and “anti-privacy.” The left knows it has a powerful cannon with this bigot stuff.
So the gay marriage debate is just about over. Conservative states won’t pass it, but liberal states will. There was a time when we truly were united states. No longer.
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However, I understand that most Americans believe heterosexual marriage deserves a special place in our society...." - raising one group over another is the definition of bigotry.
ReplyDelete"Our Judeo-Christian traditions, which have made the United States the most prosperous and just society the world has ever known, speak to a family built around a responsible mother and father; certainly the optimum when it comes to raising children." - Seeing yourself as the most anything above another group which you see as less is, again, bigotry. Due to your intense opposition regarding marriage equality I doubt that you have many gay friends and have therefore not met many children raised by same-sex couples. The studies cited in many of these articles espousing "more well adjusted children" are based on studies of single parents vs. dual parents, not same sex parents vs. opposite sex parents.
Please think about the endgame in regard to such bigotted speech. Gay couples are going to continue to flourish, and with so many states headed in that direction the call for equal protection under the law will not go away. Many years ago there was intense opposition to the idea of civil unions from bigots, but now that seems like such a viable fallback for this same group, you included. Separate is not equal and until you realize such and write articles calling for equality instead of lawding your sexuality over another, then you will be a bigot. I know it's a harmful and hateful word, but at least it is the truth. Whereas I am not a turtle-lover.