re: #412 Aceofwhat?

Because i think it’s closeminded to paint an opposition as “bigots” when there exists any potential that an opposing argument is not, in fact, steeped in bigotry.

And i have low tolerance for closemindedness here at LGF.

I hope that i’ve kept my nose clean enough not to offend anyone, and that i’ve stated often enough that i’m not actually arguing MY position on this affair…and i accepted your and Cato and Obdicut’s charges of naivete earlier.

OK. Let me be clear—I absolutely support marriage equality. I think the overriding purpose of those who oppose it is to institutionalize bigotry against gay Americans. I think the people behind these movements promote bigotry, and those who vote for their measures, for whatever reasons, are enabling bigotry, whether they themselves deserve the specific title of ‘bigot’.

Not everyone who supported Jim Crow was a racist asshole. Most of them were endorsing the way things had always been, and responding to fears about how the world might change. I’m not going to damn them to the outer rings of hell…their lives are a whole story, and only they and God know it, not me. But did they vote for bigotry, did they support it? Hell, yeah, and no one now will deny that.

I’m more concerned with combating bigotry than I am with being absolutely sure I don’t unfairly malign anyone who might have voted against marriage equality in California with the purest of intentions. If want to get out and explain their motivations to me, they are welcome, and I’ve had this discussion with several real Prop 8 voters, who know exactly how I feel, and I know how they feel. But I am not going to worry about the feelers of people on LGF who don’t want to be called bigots but can’t explain why they’re not.

And who, BTW, don’t really deserve that you should take up so much of your time arguing a possible case for them.