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I swear to allah, by the amount of religious vitriol pouring out against gay marriage in California you would think gays were going around legally punching little kids in the face and then sodomizing them for good measure, all to spite Jesus and his Jesus-loving dinosaurs.

I don’t know that I would put the fight for gay marriage on the same level as I would black civil rights from a generation ago, but the comparison between the two is obvious, if for nothing else than the raw hate that some people are putting forth. I’m reminded of a section in To Kill a Mockingbird where young Scout wonders how her teacher can cry over the persecution of the Jews by Hitler, and yet get frothing-at-the-mouth mad when a black person asks for a little more out of life beyond a crappy shack and second-rate food for their kids. I know very few Christians who are this way about gay marriage, but the protesters I’ve heard are not sad for these gays; they’re out there to settle a score that comes from a place of pure hate. Rather than cry for their souls, you can tell they get cruel satisfaction from shouting “you’ll burn in hell” at people. This is not unlike the visceral hate blacks put up with during the civil rights movement (and still put up with in many parts of the US). It is not Christian love; it is malice, pure and simple. It was for blacks, and it is for gays.

It seems to me that if god exists, he can probably take care of himself. He doesn’t need John Q. Redneck painting up some glitter signs and standing outside a courthouse making gays feel like physical harm is coming their way. Do they really think Jesus is standing up in Heaven saying things like “hell yeah, did you see Steve sucker punch that stupid fag in the face when he wasn’t looking? Oh man, what I wouldn’t give to tie some gay kid to a fence and just beat the crap out of him.”

Seriously people, god can take care of himself. If gay people want to get married and suffer a life of monotonous monogamy and tax liabilities, how does it really affect you? If god rains vengeance upon the US and you and your family die as a result, aren’t you on your way to Heaven anyways? I honestly don’t see how you lose in this deal, so stop acting like someone has insulted you personally for a minute, and learn some of the humility Jesus wanted you to have. Let god be insulted if god wants to be insulted. He created the universe; I’m sure he can deal with a little buttsecks.

P.S. Dear gay men: I know you shouldn’t have to do this, but I would encourage you to put away the hot pants and the glitter and the makeup and the fairy-ass rainbow floats and parades until after the vote in November. It’s your right to do this if you want, but I honestly believe if most gay men acted like straight men you wouldn’t be in this mess. That is, it’s not homosexuality per se that people are reacting to, it’s the fact that you have so blown up what it is to be an American man that really rubs people the wrong way. I could be wrong, but having lathered up men in leather dancing around in public probably won’t help the amendment vote.