The Domino Effect of Religious Bigotry and Hate
February 9, 2010 by James Hipps
Where the Religious Right in this country is concerned there is no such thing as equal rights for gay citizens. Even something as innocuous as adding sexuality and gender to the Hate Crimes act is under challenge from these “divinely” inspired bigots. The Thomas More Law Center, which prides itself as the “Sword and Shield for People of Faith” is filing a law suit challenging the constitutionality of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
For those who are not familiar with the Thomas More Law Center, it’s one of the projects that billionaire pizza mogul Tom Monaghan has spent his money on since being bought out of Domino’s in 1998. One of his other projects is a Ave Maria School of Law and an Catholic gated community that ran aground of ACLU. After some changes the project managed to get off the ground, barely.
Mr. Monaghan is, to put it plainly, a Catholic religious zealot. That his Thomas More Law Center is involved in trying to roll back the protections in the Shepard/Byrd act should come as no surprise. They have been involved in all kinds of litigation against providing equal rights for all citizens.
The Center is filing suit on behalf of three pastors and a private citizen. What exactly are they upset about? Here is what Richard Thompson the president of the center has to say about the case:
“This is part of the list of political payoffs to homosexual advocacy groups for support of Barack Obama in the last presidential election. The sole purpose of this law is to criminalize the Bible and use the threat of federal prosecutions and long jail sentences to silence Christians from expressing their Biblically-based religious belief that homosexual conduct is a sin. It elevates those persons who engage in deviant sexual behaviors, including pedophiles, to a special protected class of persons as a matter of federal law and policy.”
So here we go again! Anything by the religious right to thwart our first Black president. Anything by the right to maintain discrimination against LGBT citizens. Anything by the right to shove their “anti-gay agenda” down the throats of everyone.
I can only hope they spend millions upon millions and fail. I can only wish, those millions would have been spent to make the world a better place for all.
Apparently, these people don’t even understand the concept of “standing” in a lawsuit. Since they have not been arrested or otherwise interfered with by the Federal government, they have no standing. This case won’t get any further than the first hearing. It should be dismissed with prejudice for being a nuisance to the court.
Excellent Point! It reinforces the ignorance behind the bigotry!
“It elevates those persons who engage in deviant sexual behaviors, including pedophiles, to a special protected class of persons as a matter of federal law and policy.”
I would really love for these people to explain their ideas of “deviant sexual behaviors” and then they can tell me that they’ve never had a sexual fantasy in their life. As far as including pedophiles in this- WTF? Sure there are pedophiles who are homosexual, and there are pedophiles who are heterosexual so what is the point here?
There really is no point…they just hate gays and have nothing else to base their hate upon. The thing that always blows my mind away, when I think of “straight” people, I don’t think about, visualize, imaging or contemplate what or who they do sexually. I’m always curious though, why is my sex life so interesting to them? Perhaps they simply don’t have one?
Ever notice how right wingers have to link pedophilia to homosexuality, even when there really is no connection.
“I’m always curious though, why is my sex life so interesting to them? Perhaps they simply don’t have one?”
Either they don’t have one or theirs is just so weak they can’t stand their own -lack of- sex life. Sex is supposed to be an enjoyable experience, you can’t enjoy it unless you let your partner know what you like. Chances are the right wingers would consider some of the things I’ve done to be deviant, but at least I enjoy sex and I’m happy with my private life. It’s doubtful that these people can say that about their own lives.
I really revel in the hypocrisy of these people. They say one thing in public, then turn around and do just the opposite in private. That’s got to be some kind of psychological disorder.
It’s not a psychological disorder, it’s just fear. They’re afraid to submit to their own desires, so they attack those who are comfortable being who they are. It’s really pathetic how right wingers let themselves be controlled by fear.