Good response.
I guess I am just committed to fighting it in every way that I can, whatever it takes, contacting the White House, my representatives, educating others to whom the issue isn’t really important, and so on.
I have found that most liberals (and homosexuals as well)don’t understand the conservative attitude towards homosexuality.
Most (but not all) conservatives don’t give a rat’s ass what people do in the privacy of their home. That is their business, and is consistent with the conservative principles of staying out of the private affairs of others, if it doesn’t affect the rest of us directly.
What we DO care about are the attempts by the left and the homosexual community to publicly codify that behavior and give it the imprimateur of government approval and equality in all respects, legal, financial and moral with heterosexual couples whose primary function is (and should be) the raising and rearing of children. That is a difficult job and deserves the legal, financial and moral underpinnings of actual government support to encourage it and assist it in any way. And we all have a stake in the outcome of that, citizens who can participate in a meaningful way in our society.
I am married with no children, but I recognize that married couples with children need any breaks they can get from the government, and special privileges to boot to accomplish their jobs as parents. So I have a stake in it too.
Good response as well. I agree 100% with your comments. This is where we have a huge problem. Even those of us who for liberty’s sake would protect the privacy rights of two consenting adults in a private home are being duped by what appears to me to be a homosexual agenda to not only gain and secure rights but to undermine all institutions that don’t openly promote and support those rights.
There is almost a subversive or retributive aspect to the struggle. It is not enough to secure rights, others must be dragged down as payback and with that payback comes this “in your face” flaunting which is both immature and counter-productive. The result for the gay community may be more situations like Proposition 8 in California.
In that case, I believe there was a backlash. I believe the larger body politic looked at it and voted for Proposition 8 so much to say, “Hey, we didn’t mind you getting your rights but when you put your ‘gay parade’ morality up our noses 24/7, in our schools and on our streets...I individually will not be the one to deliver to you 100% of what you want.” The whole vote seemed to smack of spite as much as any base moral arguement by many.
And for that vote, the gay community can blame the Mormons or the Catholics or whomever but the last people they will examine is themselves and their own obstinant behavior in the streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
So, you see, you and I share common ground on this one.