Posted by
Andrew Roman on Saturday, November 15, 2008 12:45:29 AM
Recently, in Lansing, Michigan, a group of self described “homosexual anarchists” stormed the Mount Hope Church while services were being conducted. The band of unruly radicals were shouting out such catchy slogans as “Jesus was a homo!” while pounding on buckets and brandishing upside down pink crosses. They also set off the fire alarms. Some of the squad was apparently hiding in a balcony inside the church before hand, waiting to spring their assault.
They called themselves “Bash Back.”
In Palm Springs, California, a woman named Phyllis Burgess, exercising her Constitutional right to free speech, was accosted when the cross she was carrying was torn from her hands and stomped on by an angry gay mob – including several strapping young men. (You can see the video of the incident here).
Ms. Burgess is 69 years old.
How brave of them.
On the Poe TV website, where the video of the attack is also linked, some bloggers are standing up against intolerance with insightful and solicitous comments like these:
-“Good. (expletive) that old bat”
-“This is awesome in so many ways.”
-“When somebody tries to deny you basic rights by hiding behind a big (expletive) religious symbol, (expletive) them and (expletive) their symbol. That is cowardly (expletive), and I am glad this happened as it did.”
-“I tired it the old way, I want to be an (expletive) now. (expletive) that old lady.”
-“A lot of people are furious and they should be. Can you think of another time in recent history when people voted to strip away another group's rights?”
-“Isn't really going to score them any converts, but I'm all for it.”
Sadly, these aren’t just a few isolated examples being perpetrated by the “fringe Left.”
Acts of vandalism and violence aimed at proponents of Proposition 8 (preserving the definition of marriage as one man and one woman) have been steady since Election Day – particularly against the Mormon Church – with no end in sight.
As reported on Friday in the Salt Lake Tribune:
"People of faith have been intimidated for simply exercising their democratic rights," President Thomas S. Monson and his two counselors in the (LDS) church's governing First Presidency said in a statement. "These are not actions that are worthy of the democratic ideals of our nation. The end of a free and fair election should not be the beginning of a hostile response in America."
Is this repulsive behavior indicative of all who voted against Proposition 8? Or even the majority?
Of course not.
However, you can bet your right ear that if a frenzied group of religious folks attacked a “gay rights” activist by ripping off his or her “Power to the People” ribbon, and stomped on it, it would have harvested round-the-clock “team” coverage from every network with a news desk, a working camera and a pulse.
Typically, these instances of genuine hatred are getting very little play nationwide - because they emanate from the Left.
The sad reality is … “We The People” means nothing to the narcissistic bundles of scum who are willing to respond to the democratic process with violent attacks on the elderly, the burning of religious books (as occurred recently at a Colorado LDS church) and disgusting acts of hostility and vandalism against people of faith and their houses of worship.
Who then, I ask, are the real arbiters of hate?
The notion that one can wish to defend the traditional definition of marriage and not hate homosexuals eludes even the most accommodating synapse of the Leftist mind. That the assault of an elderly woman, in the name of acceptance and tolerance, is infinitely more hateful and sickening than simply defending traditional marriage shirks Leftist comprehension. There is nothing hateful about preserving the traditional definition of marriage. Yet, to these bastions of open-mindedness, if the rest of us cannot give in to their demands, then we must hate them.
In truth, this isn’t about rights. It never was. Marriage, quite honestly, is not a right.
And as far as "equality" is concerned - there is no one I can marry that a gay man cannot marry. That he chooses not to, or has no desire to, does not mean that I – or anyone else – hate him.
This is really about acceptance.
The irony was always so striking – that gays on one hand insist that society at large stay out of their bedrooms, casting no aspersions nor passing judgments on the way they choose to live their lives … yet, demand acceptance and tolerance based on precisely what they do in their bedrooms.
Sorry to disappoint you.
I do not harbor any hatred for homosexuals. Anyone who knows me knows this is true. I frankly don’t care what goes on behind drawn curtains or locked doors. I do, however, care about my country - and this kind of intolerance from the Left cannot go unnoticed or unchallenged.
I will not alllow them to redefine the rules of the game.
Still, I advise Americans to be prepared for more news stories like the ones cited above.
Across the country today (Saturday), rallies will be held in a National Day of Protest as gay activists take to the streets, fuming over the defeat of Election Day same-sex marriage initiatives in various states. They’re expected to be carrying signs featuring their logo of a clenched fist, complete with phrases like “Fight the H8” (fight the hate) and “Ready to Rumble.”
“Fight the Hate?”
There are way too many punch-lines-in-waiting there.
Andrew Roman
Brooklyn, NY