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foolthemall:
all i'll say in response is to suggest that you look through this thread--or any number of others like it--and notice the gap that seperates the content of the (often venomous) posts directed at gay folk from the goal you (and others) assign them above. it does not take a rocket scientist to note the assymetry. but i do notice that conservatives tend to adopt a kind of crackhead legalism when it comes to reflecting on the matter.
again, this is basically an equal protection issue.
on those grounds, the right is powerless to stop the extension of the protections of the legal institution of marriage to folk who are gay.
so the idea is to switch the ground.
the right apparently thinks it ok to exploit, structure and unleash bigotry so long as they are able to pretend that it is focussed on a narrow objective.
what matters, it seems, is that it is agreed upon amongst christian right conservatives that this linkage is logical.
but it isnt.
the implications of the sentiments expressed run far beyond the stated objective.
i simply think that, at some point, it would be nice to see folk from the right recognize what their machine is doing.
but i also know that self-criticism is not a long suit in that world, so i expect very little.
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