Enough!: The Queer Assault on Freedom

Dr. Laura was hounded off the air because militant gays, and the mindless Americans who feel good about themselves for supporting such idiocy, bombarded her sponsors until they withdrew.  We’ve all heard about the Christian bakers who were forced to bake a cake for a gay couple or go out of business, and the printer who didn’t want to print t-shirts for a “gay rights” parade who was similarly hounded for “anti-gay” sentiments, and the list goes on and on.

At one point, back in the 80s and 90s, homosexuals asked to just be left alone to live their lives as they saw fit.  Our rights won’t infringe upon the rights of other people, they told us, and many believed them, choosing the “live and let live” approach.

But that wasn’t good enough.  Next came the “we’re here…we’re queer…get over it!” more militant approach by the homosexual lobby.  Instead of asking for tolerance, it became a more in-your-face demand to recognize something called “gay rights,” and those who refused or objected were promptly labeled “homophobic.”  Their objections were based on their religious beliefs?  Tough, say the militant homosexuals; guess you’ll have to give those up, else face the wrath of the LGBT activists.

The militant homosexual lobby has adopted fascism as their modus operandi: set up a situation (like the bake shop and print shop) where they know the Christian owners won’t go along with their requests, then get the gay-enamored media to shame the supposed “anti-gay” owners, which gets enough mindless non-gays into leaning on local politicians to “protect the rights” of those poor homosexuals, and voila: the rights and freedoms of another couple are washed away in another display of pure power, no matter how Constitution-shredding it is.

First, let’s get something straight (pun intended) – homosexuals should have zero rights as homosexuals.  They should, of course, have all the rights of other American citizens…no more, no less.  And they do!

It’s one thing if people were not getting jobs because they’re homosexual, or denied housing, etc.  But show me where that’s the case.  Don’t bother trying, because you can’t, for it’s not about those kind of “rights.”  It’s about special privileges that nobody else in American has (well, except for black people, and we’ve seen how well affirmative action has worked out).

We all have our own lives to lead, and whatever legal activities we choose to indulge in should be our own business and that of those who choose to participate in those activities with us.  And most people pretty much follow that pattern.

But not homosexuals.  Oh, no, a live and let live approach is not good enough for them.  If you dare to object or criticize their lifestyle choice, for whatever reason, you’re branded as homophobic and “anti-gay,” even if you’ve never done anything harmful towards a homosexual person in your life.  It’s a thought-crime, you see, and you have to “get your mind right.”

What about YOUR freedom of choice, or the right to believe what you want about homosexuals or anything else?  Sorry, according to the gay thought police and the spineless politicians and others who support their fascism, that’s a thing of the past.  Well, not for gays, of course, just for everybody else.

Their latest targets are the popular TV hosts of “Fixer Upper,” Chip and Joana Gaines.  What grievous sin have they committed against homosexuals?  Why, they attend a church where the pastor is “anti-gay” (because he has spoken against same-sex marriage and says homosexuality is a sin…which is what the Bible says!).

Now, I wonder if these fascists gays were as vocal in condemning Obama for attending a church for years where the pastor was a flaming anti-American racist lunatic?  Of course not, cause “just because he attended there for a couple decades didn’t mean he shares those views.”  But I’m not taking that path, because if Chip and Joana do share their pastor’s beliefs, it means they’re serious about their Christian faith, and they have every right to be.  Well, at least they used to.

Since when in this country does any splinter group get to dictate the thoughts and beliefs of everyone else?  If it were the KKK “demanding” special rights for their beliefs, would the media be carrying their water continually?  Of course not.  So why do we allow homosexuals – people who define themselves by what they do sexually, for pete’s sake! – dictate to the other 97% of the country, telling us we can’t even hold onto our religious beliefs, just so they can feel good about their choice of sex partners?

I wouldn’t tolerate anyone mistreating homosexual people any more than I’d tolerate someone mistreating women, or blacks, etc.  For that same reason I’m sick of seeing homosexual activists trampling on the rights and freedoms of Americans who don’t happen to agree with their lifestyle choices.  It needs to stop, because if one group can get away with it in order to punish the opposition, then at some point you can believe that those roles will be reversed.

Hey, “it’s yours…haul coal in it” if you want to.  But for pete’s sake, stop trying to force everybody in the country to accept or agree with your lifestyle, even to the point of trampling all over their freedoms.  You have all the “rights” as anyone else…how about stop abusing everybody else’s?

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Formerly a liberal and an atheist, Paul E. Scates served as a Marine in Vietnam and is a lifelong student of American history, politics and culture. A former contributor to national website TooGoodReports.com, he writes his staunchly independent Conservative and informed Christian commentary for his fellow ordinary, working Americans, the “we, the people” who are ultimately responsible for preserving our Constitutional liberties.

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