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Saturday, March 23, 2013

The Rainbow Gag

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They assured us they were fighting to gain something for themselves, not to infringe the rights of anyone else.  They assured us — promised! — that the rights of other people would remain unaffected.  
Well … they lied.
“Don’t like same-sex marriage?  Then don’t have one.”  That was the slogan.  It was catchy, and pithy. With others like it, the slogan took root in the public thinking and conversation. Such slogans went a long way to re-shaping public opinion in its favor.
But some objected, raising very specific concerns about freedom of religion, and of conscience. “Easily solved,” was the reply, “those freedoms will be preserved.”  And, like suckers, we believed them, or worse, didn’t care.

 

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