Reply #29: The rise of the right wing fundies

[ninkasi]

has a lot to do with this. The article says "Statewide, though, there is an upward swing in the amount of violence reported toward people because of their sexual orientation. In the latest state report, for instance, hate crimes based on orientation accounted for a higher percentage of all hate crimes than ever before."

And some people don't feel that violence toward gays should be classified as a hate crime? Bush and his disgusting fundy base are to blame for this. I am not implying, by the way, that crimes like these are committed only by Christian fundamentalists. They could also be committed by any person, regardless of religion, who has been getting the message that it's ok to degrade, defame, and destroy, a segment of the population who are only trying to live the lives as they were born to live.

By making such a big deal out of gay marriage, though, it has given much publicity to the idea that being gay is wrong, and that allowing gays to marry would somehow lead to the destruction of civilization as we know it.

It's people like Bush, and his whole gang of thugs, and the religious fundamentalists who are extremists on the other side who are destroying the world. They are not doing it by permitting gay marriage, they are doing it with bombs, guns and any other thing that can kill and destroy.

I hope this couple will be able to have a nice home in a neighborhood that isn't so hateful.