Want To See A Magic Trick?

Watch as the Christians here try to reframe the debate into this magical anti-religious debate AND a "gays are racist" debate.  Amazing!  Just like that, they can wash their hands clean of the YEARS of torture they themselves have inflicted upon the LGBT community through their hate speech! 

As for the gays hate God issue, well, it's pretty simple really.  First, most gay people are in fact spiritual, in one way or another, as are most American people.  It's in our fiber (mainly because these Christian Activists could not let a day go by without trying to force down our throats).  Second, if you tell me that God hates me over and over again, because I am who I am, then a natural reaction for most people is to say "Oh yeah?  Well, I hate him more!"  It's human behavior.

Now lets examine this bitching that gays are "attacking" the religious.  I'm really fucking sorry, truly and deeply, that karma exists.  I really am.  I'd like to say that the years upon decades of mental anguish and spiritual torture should go unanswered.  I'd like to, but I can't.  Not to mention the COUNTLESS Mathew Shepard's of the world that would not happen if pastors and preachers did not sit on their pulpits week after week to tell their flock that gays are of the Devil and deserve to be put to death.  If you want to look at who's fucking with who the most, Christian Theocrats, you better start reading your history real damn fast.

Finally, the racist debate.  I will agree that there is a HUGE disparity in the gay community and race relations.  Racial minorities in the LGBT community are few and far between, and that needs to change.  But don't you dare come to me and say that you heard one gay guy in a crowd of THOUSANDS say n*gger, and then act as if the entirety of the gay community is racist.  Let me speak to your church members and find out how many of them talk about faggots every day.  Let me open up their record collection and see how many CDs they have that talk explicitly about killing gay people.  Our fights are not the same, you've made that abundantly clear.  But the fight for quality is the same, no matter who you are or where you come from or the color of your skin, we all must fight for equality to ensure that every one of us is protected.  If they can strip my rights, you better damn well believe they'll strip someone else's rights as soon as the fancy hits them.  Don't try to confuse the debate about MY RIGHTS with some petty ass, tired arguments that have been dragged out at every possible juncture, because they don't work here. 

Consequently, I'm super fucking happy for Dan Savage.  He's taken on this almost Super Hero role in the community since the election, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't prepared for it.  He's outspoken, for sure, but I'm guessing he never thought he'd be the go to guy for all things gay.  He's a sex advice columnist by trade, for goodness sake, not necessarily the training one needs for public advocacy.