Posted by
Playful Walrus on Sunday, August 13, 2006 5:49:28 PM
There was a very nice comment written in response to my last post. I'd like to write about some of the points raised.
>>Islamo-fascism is the biggest threat facing Western Civilization since 1939, when Hitler sent his panzers across the Polish border.<<
I'm glad that we agree on that.
>>I still intend to keep lobbying for the rights of GLBT people to live with the partner of their choice, receive the same employment and Federal benefits as anyone else and be able to live without fear of harrasement or violence.<<
That is your right as a human being - to speak out for what you believe, and to try to persuade others to agree with you.
>>I keep wondering why "Christians" oppose hate-crimes status for the beatings, torture and murder of Gay, Lesbian and transgendered people, but I digress...<<
There's a small percentage of people who oppose anything that the GLBT activists speak out for simply because they don't like anything different from themselves. I am not one of those people.
However, ultimately, I think employers (except government agencies) should be able to hire and fire anyone for any reason and should be able to offer compensation as they see fit. If an employer wants to offer single-sex couples benefits, then fine. If an employer doesn't want to do that, and you don't like it, find an employer who will treat you the way you want to be treated, even if that employer is yourself. If an employer only wants to hire vegans, that should be the employer's choice.
Those who physically harm people or property should be prosecuted for their harm (murder, assualt, battery, vandalism, etc.) and NOT for their thoughts. It should matter not to the law whether someone beats a gay person because they hate gays or because it is domestic abuse - either way, the perp should be prosecuted. Tammy Bruce, who is openly gay, has written extensively on this and expresses my thinking very clearly. I believe it was in her book The New Thought Police. Like me, Bruce also draws a distinction between people attracted to people of the same sex and people who dress innapropriately or have their reproductive organs mangled in surgery and take hormones in an effort to appear to be the other sex.
The bottom line is that a freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the rights to life and property belong to both the straight and the gay. That's a Western value that the Islamofascist terrorists seek to destroy, and although I may have little in common with say, a Wiccan vegan gay Democrat, we should both work together against the terrorists who seek to take the debates out of our hands. So, although I may disagree with you on the meaning of something like marriage, I will stand by you against those who would seek to kill you - whether they are Western or Islamofascist.