Yes, There Is A 'Gay Agenda'
Folk who have various moral, ethical and religious / theological problems with 'gay marriage' have long been lampooned and lambasted for suggesting that there's no such thing as a 'gay agenda'. After all, what better way to prove your case than to caricature your opponents? Such caricaturing achieves its goal by demonizing and damning under the umbrella of 'the truth'.
It may surprise some, then, to discover that there is in fact a 'gay agenda' and it's been written down for one and all to see. And you can see it for yourself here. It was signed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal and the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD). Some of the highlights include, but are not limited to, the following.
"The fastest way to win the freedom to marry throughout America is by getting marriage through state courts (to show that fairness requires it) and state legislatures (to show that people support it). ... We need to start with states where we have the best odds of winning. When we've won in a critical mass of states, we can turn to Congress and the federal courts. At that point, we'll ask that the U.S. government treat all marriages equally. And we'll ask that all states give equal treatment to all marriages and civil unions that are celebrated in other states."
And
"As society gets more used to gay and lesbian couples being married, it will be easier to win cases in states that look iffy now. In a few years, the cases just won't seem like such a big jump. If we plunge ahead and lose cases in those states now, the courts will have to overrule themselves later to go our way. That usually takes a few years at least, and often much longer. That means it is likely to take longer to get a good decision than it would have taken if we hadn't brought a case early on and lost it."
Sounds like an agenda to me...



2 Comments:
The Civil Rights Movement had an agenda too.
Nothing wrong with an agenda when said agenda is JUST...
I was very glad to sign the statement. I hate Jim's bigotry.
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