DALLAS — A group of anti-LGBT leaders today launched a coalition to fight the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. Calling themselves “REAL MARRIAGE: One Man/One Woman For Life,” the group aims to target unnamed businesses and politicians who don’t stand up against LGBT rights.
John Wright reported in the Texas Observer that an email announcing the news conference pledged “mass civil disobedience”—and speakers made mention of marches and protests—but for now the group doesn’t appear to have much more than a Web site. Unless you count fiery but familiar anti-gay sound bites.
“If we redefine marriage, the homosexual political movement will force churches, schools, families, businesses and individuals to accept, to affirm, and even to celebrate those who participate in anal sex, or anal sodomy,” said Dr. Steven Hotze, president of the Conservative Republicans of Texas. “It will be mandated to be taught to the children in the schools, at an early age, starting in kindergarten. They will be encouraged by their teachers to participate in anal sex.”
This makes me sad,angry and bewildered. How can you target people for not standing up against anyone’s rights? Target people for being compassionate human beings, for not being A-holes? You know who did that during the civil-rights movement? The KKK. No one teaches sex to kindergarteners of any variety. Should we teach them about equality? Yes. When you make it about the mechanics of sex, which between any two people is nobody’s business, you’re missing the point entirely. People don’t have to get married to have sex, but sex before marriage is ethically questionable so make up your mind. One man/ one woman for life? Really? Because no one has ever been divorced in the history of the institution, ever. If you stand against marriage equality because you don’t see it as real marriage, then the sad news is that your marriage is just a status symbol you can use to treat others as second class citizens. It went to the highest court I the land and they made their call, you lost get over it, move on.