A Climate Of Tolerance

Through out the decades of debate, one of the leading mantras from the gay rights community has been that the religious community needs to be "tolerant" of their lifestyle choices. Yet as we saw the other night, tolerance seems to be a one way street.

Outspoken gay rights activist (and celebrity blogger) Perez Hilton was a judge on last weeks Miss USA competition. During the question and answer session, Hilton confronted Miss California...



In a video posted on his personal YouTube Channel, Hilton had this to say about Miss California.



HT to HA for the videos.

Hilton even went on to tell ABC News that Miss California "...was definitely the front-runner before that..." and that her answer "lost it" for her. All for expressing a lifestyle choice.

Yet people of faith are taken to task for their "intolerance". Perhaps Mr. Hilton should try to practice a little bit of the tolerance that he demands of others. Then maybe we can actually have a civil discussion on the issue.

What Is The Real Agenda?

Well I figure since I have hit the topics of abortion and elder health care this week I might as well go for the trifecta....

Earlier this week, Governor Huntsman started a local firestorm by saying that he supported civil unions for same sex couples. That led many of his supporters (from the past election) just a little upset. Several Legislators held a rally yesterday at the Capital to denounce the Governor, while a group of gay rights activists held their own rallies at the Capital and the Governor's Mansion. The rationale that gay rights activists use to push for gay marriage has to do (mostly) with the inheritance concerns and the ability to visit ones partner in the hospital as "family". This is a concern that many married couples and common law couples have. The good news is there is a way to solve these issues without getting the long arm of the Legislature involved. It's called hire a lawyer (it doesn't even have to be a "good" lawyer) and draw up a will (to take care of the inheritance concerns), a power of attorney (for making those life and death hospital decisions) and a trust (for other survivorship issues). A legal "guardianship" document may also be drawn up in advance for those times when (God forbid) one partner is incapacitated. The bottom line is your lawyer is far better suited to look out for your rights than nanny government will ever be!

Which is why so many people feel that the push for "gay marriage" is less about marriage and more about normalizing a lifestyle choice that the vast majority of Americans do not share. Based on the activities of the anti-Prop 8 advocates, many Americans are feeling like they are having this lifestyle choice "shoved" down their throats by the same people that excoriate the Mormons and Catholics for shoving their lifestyle choices down on them! That is probably the most ironic thing about this debate. The gay normalization advocates have no qualms about shoving their lifestyle choice down the throats of Christians all the while screaming at Christians not to shove "our" lifestyle choices on them. Here's a radical thought. Try showing a little respect to the Mormons and Christians. Their response just might surprise you.