Two Republican senators are
ramping up the right-wing crusade against gay people.
I’m pretty sure that Sen. Ted
Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) know lots of people who are gay—all of us
know lots of people who are gay. We may not actually know for sure about which
ones are gay, but gay people are our family members, friends, neighbors and
co-workers.
Cruz and Lee don’t want to give
full human consideration and respect to gay people. Why? Is it hatred?
My dictionary defines hatred to
be “intense dislike or ill will.”
I think it’s hatred.
Or, as my trusted personal
advisor suggests, maybe it’s fear.
Either way, it ain't pretty. I don’t understand
it.
Last week Cruz and Lee introduced the “State Marriage Defense Act” in the Senate.
The short version is: these
elected representatives of all the people in their states want to restrict the
federal government’s insistence that all individual states must recognize
marriages that are legal in other states. The senators want to exalt an
individual state’s right to deny marriage to two gay people who love each
other.
Cruz and Lee are flaunting their
doctrinaire bias against homosexuality. It ain’t pretty.
I wonder how many gay folks are
personal friends, staffers or campaign workers for Cruz and Lee?
Imagine that you are one of
them….
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