The biggest problem is (and here is where the root of the problem first started growing) that all of these people have one thing in common. They're using their perceptions of what they consider to be "Biblical truth" as a wedge. They're using personal religious beliefs to lobby, and convince lawmakers to keep discriminatory laws on the books. They use religion to keep all LGBT tax paying Americans from realizing equality in the land that was founded upon freedom of religion as well as liberty and justice for all. A land where all men are created equal, as long as they're white and not gay.
So I've arrived at solution. Complete separation of church and state, the way it's suppose to be. If you take personal religious beliefs against homosexuality out of the equation, there is no base or justification for legalized discrimination. Yet we allow churches to spend millions of tax-exempt dollars to fight against equality. We allow elected officials to base laws on their personal religious beliefs. We allow the religious right to be a political force. We allow people to use their religion to justify terrorist acts, acts that are killing innocent people. What's happening now and has been happening is nothing less than terrorism and those names mentioned above that are involved in shaping the political landscape of this nation are all terrorist. Does this sound extreme? Maybe to some it does, but is it any more extreme than a 15 year-old pointing a gun to his head and pulling the trigger? I think not. Yes, the Pope and George W Bush are to blame. Yes they have allowed Sarah Palin, Christine O'Donnell and Jim DeMint do be murderers. Yes they have allowed Maggie Gallagher and Tony Perkins to fund terrorist acts. How is this any different that "terrorist Muslims" using their religious beliefs to kill, the same thing these Christian zealots constantly shout about? It may not be as direct, but it carries the same result. In the end, we have a lot of innocent lives lost because of the religious based perception that those lives were somehow "less than."
So when it comes to pointing the finger, let's skip all of those who are stuck somewhere in the middle and go to where it all begins, the top. Until we finally get a leader who stands up and says, "ALL PEOPLE ARE EQUAL REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION, CREED, GENDER AND SEXUAL IDENTITY -- PERIOD," the the problem will never be solved. Even with that, it won't be solved immediately, because even though sh*t may roll down hill, it takes time for it to reach the bottom. But that is where it has to start, before it will ever stop.
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