Sunday, September 5, 2010

Somewhere, Dylan Thomas is wishing he'd kept that line to himself.

It's fascinating watching the brushfires breaking out on the right over gay people.

GOProud's leader and WorldNetDaily's head are going to debate whether you can be conservative and gay.


Farah contends that groups like GOProud are trying to commit a “coup” to unroot the conservative movement with an “agenda…to take the homosexual agenda inside the conservative tent.”
Barron insists that his group is genuinely conservative and said he looks forward taking on Farah in front of a WND crowd.
The latter says no. Hell, no.

Which is nonsense.If you're a conservative you want to be part of a conservative movement, just as if you want to serve in the military you want to be able to serve, or if you want to marry you want the right to do so.Belief in the basic institutions of society is not a function of sexual orientation. It's not rational to argue their importance on the one hand; that certain sorts of people should be excluded from them on the other; and then to disregard and downgrade them in the casual way conservatives eliminated universal military service and embraced serial divorce.Not to mention earrings on men.

What I wonder about is the numbers conservatives throw about. How does Joe Farah know marriage began 6,000 years ago? Why did God not create it sooner? Or does he believe in the creationist, Wilma-and-Fred-riding-their dinosaur-to-church view?
Marriage is literally the building block of our civilization. Destroy it and you destroy thefoundation. The enemy knows this. Do our so-called allies? I am ashamed of these people who should know better flirting with the destruction of a 6,000-year-old, God-created institution with no regard for the unforeseen and unimaginable consequences. That's why I will not be silent. I will not go quietly into the night." 
Enhanced by Zemanta

No comments:

Post a Comment