First off, this is not a topic I really care about, much like abortion. I believe in God, and I don’t think either of these issues matters a bit, compared to what is in our hearts, and how we express it.
Further, I am not gay, so it doesn’t matter practically to me. If it doesn’t affect me, then I see no reason to make it my business, and would frankly appreciate people treating me with the same courtesy. Good fences make good neighbors.
What DOES bother me, though, is that the goal, it seems to me, is not standing up for gay “rights” per se, but denigrating the right of religious people to oppose homosexuality for no reason other than that their religion tells them to. The gay “rights” movement is a de facto assault on organized religion, and the right of people to voice their opinions without being subjected to harassment and social ostracism.
It is an extension, in my view, of the cultural fascism that is every bit as oppressive to me as would be an intrusive church. It is the antithesis of the idea of “live and let live”. No church is barred anywhere from recognizing gay marriage. In most places demanding gay “marriage”, the legal benefits of a civil union are already available.
The battle is force adherent Christians, Jews, Muslims, and others to reject important parts of their belief and religious heritage. As I have said before, once it becomes acceptable to engage in cultural coercion, where does it end? If gays get what they want, and the ability to marry nation-wide, do you seriously think that is the end? Does this aggressive and destructive energy disappear? No, of course not.
They will start demanding proportionate ad time on TV. They will start demanding proportionate billboard space. They will demand gay news anchors. Etc. There is no sense of proportion, dignity, or the respect of cultural others.
At root, these people believe nothing. Being gay is not a meaning system. The use and abuse of power IS a meaning system, albeit a poor one. Absent a cause, they are empty. They cannot leave others alone because in the end they are parasitic on those who still believe things. They are zombies. They are vampires.
That is what I feel.
Edit: I am speaking here of the people forcing this agenda, not of those who merely tacitly support it. Anyone willing to live and let live is fine by me. Goodness, as I define it, is the ability to take pleasure from the successes of others AND to live happily by oneself. If you cannot live happily without getting in other people’s business, you are not good. This would apply across the board, and include religious intolerance. The religious are not the problem at the moment, though, in my view.