Been a Long Time

I stopped updating this blog because it was making me crazy. Equality for the GLBT community just seems like such a no-brainer to me. The more I debate with people who pushed, and continue to push, the withholding of state and federal benefit from loving gay couples, the angrier I get at religion. I know that there are some within that camp who are not religious, that for whatever reason can't support gay marriage. But the majority of those pushing the anti-gay rhetoric are from religious conservative America and have simply followed the stance their church leaders "suggested" they take.

I highly doubt that many of these same people who voted down gay rights, or helped man phone banks or handed out fliers in support of "traditional" marriage, would have even noticed if suddenly gay people were legally married. I doubt they would have given millions of dollars collectively, to deny gay couples benefits for themselves and their families if their churches hadn't suggested they do. I doubt they would be screaming today that our society is in peril and on its way to annihilation because gay couples now have all the same tax benefits as heterosexuals.

Interesting what our imaginations can do when we are fed misinformation by organizations who lead through fear.