But to answer your question directly...
Submitted by A.I. Watcher on September 9 2001 20:34:49
In reply to Surely you are not defending Phelps? submitted by A.I. Watcher on September 9 2001 19:53:59
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... there is no difference. If people want to yell at one another, they have the right to do that in most places, within the limits of certain laws about public order and so forth. But Christians want to limit the rights of gay people in many more ways. They are campaigning to keep sodomy laws on the books and to have them enforced. They are lobbying to keep the right to fire queers for nothing other than being who they are. They are lobbying to keep the right to evict queer tenants. They are lobbying for the right to withhold information about AIDS and HIV from queer youth. That's just downright evil, when you get down to it - working to oppress a class of people because those people refuse to adhere to Chrisitan religious beliefs. Why do Christians want to force non-believers to follow the precepts of their religion when those people do not believe in the religion? It makes no sense. |
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