Reply #339: It's larger than sexual preference [View All]

[jumptheshadow]

Yes, sexual preference and the concomitant "sanctioned bigotry" is a big part of this.

But, even more to the point, we are dealing with a well-organized faction in the Republican party that has no compunction about defaming any of our candidates in order to gain a stranglehold on power in this country. We are dealing with a party that, in all probability, will demonize gays next year during the presidential race. This is a party that has made the word "liberal" an epithet, that questioned Max Cleland's patriotism, that hounded the Clintons, and that has spread unsubstantiated rumors about Wesley Clark. This is a party that supported Rick Santorum when he likened gay relationships to beastiality and argued that gays don't have a right to privacy in their own bedroom.

*They* are the ones who have put the issue of privacy and private lives on the table. I say that we should hold their feet to the fire.