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Last Updated: Oct 16th, 2008 - 20:23:27 |
So-called Christians have directed unadulterated viciousness at black people for more than 250 years. Christians turned Africans into slaves in Colonial America. Even after the abolition of their enslavement, inequality and unpunished murder are what the U.S. offered black people. They were harassed for being black; they were hanged for being black.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. inspired this country. Following the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, black people were empowered to excel and claim a sliver of what the U.S. pie had to offer.
Civil rights have come a long way from the early '60s, especially if a black man is about to be elected the country's president.
The pre-'60s nastiness that was directed at black people has today been transferred to gay people, and not just in the U.S. Across the world, gay people are being antagonized and persecuted and killed by religious nuts -- killed for their gay behavior.
Is it any surprise the bigotry stems from religion? The top three religions oppose homosexuality. Christians are openly against homosexuals in the U.S. The Torah's Leviticus calls for the death penalty for gay men. Several Islam-dominated nations execute homosexuals who have intercourse.
One Christian sect -- the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas -- protests with signs reading "God hates fags." Christian lunatic Jerry Falwell -- his death was a victory for gays -- claimed AIDS is God's punishment for homosexuals and for societies that give homosexuals rights.
People say, "Oh, but these people are the extremists!" Hardly. The country has started to display outrage at gay people's existence. They can't understand it, so they must protest it in hopes of getting rid of it. It's accepted to be against gay people. And why not? These savages are having gay sex -- in my country!
The perceived difference between straight and gay people has led to laws barring gay people from marrying. Instead, gay people are provided "civil unions" and denied many rights. Gays are upset, and so am I -- our Constitution is being violated.
Thirty-five states have passed the same-sex marriage ban, and Colorado is among them. Many of the 35 states ban not only marriage, but also any other same-sex unions, which provide gay people some rights.
What happened to the phrase "separate can never be equal?" And it's not even equal! When did being a deliberate bigot become so popular in this country?
California struck the same-sex marriage ban citing unconstitutionality, and more states should follow suit.
Why can't a gay couple be married in Texas when a straight couple can be? These same-sex marriage bans are the equivalent of the Jim Crow laws, and we must bust them.
Before people can open up to gays and reject the laws, though, they must first banish the influence against them: Religion.
Religion-dominated states do not want gay people marrying because they're afraid gay people might corrupt society. Maybe it's the sodomy. I'm not sure.
Because parents ingrain religion into children, nobody in psychiatry insists on the crazy peoples' hospital admittance. Religion is dangerous.
What could be more frightening than a suicide bomber who doesn't care about his death but only yours? That's religion.
Get rid of it! It once sought to explain the inexplicable but science revealed explanations, so religion was left with little else and encouraged its followers to violate people's civil rights. We must uphold laws that provide gay rights and strike those that revoke them, but unfortunately, the separation between state and religion means little to the pious.
So abolish religion yourself. People are entitled to act crazy. Just remember to challenge them.
The U.S. rejected the slavery of Africans. Will we need another 200 years or a civil war to grant gays their due rights?
The country was founded by secularists and theists, people who cherished the rights the Constitution provided.
Now religion is snatching those rights from Americans.
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