The world is now fully aware that 2009 Miss California, Carrie Prejean, does not support gay marriage. So what exactly is the big deal? This is it: Carrie Prejean shocked the gay-marriage-supporting-community by nearly winning the 2009 Miss America Padgent. It wouldn't have mattered what Carrie's views were as long as she stayed out of the spot light. But now that she has the opportunity to say outloud what the majority of Americans think - chiefly that marriage should only be between one man and one woman - she is a threat. And the way that you deal with threats is to try to eliminate it. And so today, the many loud voices of Hollywood have launched an all out 
attack on Carrie's lack of intelligence, homophobia, backwards Christian beliefs, and value as a human being. Why? Because she said outloud something that Perez Hilton didn't want to hear. This, apprently, is what tolerance looks like. So what success will this approach of attacking your opponents bring the Gay Marriage lobby? None...that is unless their attempts to silence those who disagree with them, by intimidation, works. I find it quite ironic that during a week when the President has come out strongly against the practice of defeating your enemies through torture that we have a high profile example of doing the same thing in the name of tolerance and equal rights. So look out world, hate in the name of love has found a new cause.
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Whatever happened to Martin's legacy?
What I find fascinating, to add to your thoughts, is that Martin's legacy is still an option. YET largely the gay community has not chosen this route. The majority have chosen to continue to live in silent obscurity, not really getting involved publicly or in the press. A loud vocal minority show up in (often obscene) parades, bad mouth miss America, raise a stink, and graffiti churches in California. OK.
But where are the sit-ins? The boycotts? The peaceful marches? What has happened to Martin's legacy? Or is it that many in the homosexual community have rejected Jesus and therefore non-violence doesn't apply???
I totally agree: aggression against the traditional view (and those who hold it) only REINFORCES those who hold the traditional view. I'm not in favor of gay marriage at all, even remotely, and yet I've simply been solidified all the more by Perez Hilton's nonsense.
Bethel University (St Paul) did an awesome thing several years ago. A gay rights group was visiting colleges. Bethel said they could come. The week was filled with peaceful interaction, meaningful dialogue, public discourse, etc. They did it right. Martin's legacy won out there. Why not more of this???
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