So the Mormons have to be protected from a few gay protesters? If the Mormons can’t take the heat they should stay in temple and out of electoral politics. Once they entered the Proposition 8 campaign they became a target. They can’t expect to hurl bombs against gays and then wrap themselves in religion and pout when those terrible gays scratch back.
One thing is clear, gays will come out victorious on this issue, as they have in every other. I know this by looking back at every single battle the gay rights movement has fought since it’s inception in 1969 after the Stonewall Riots:
1. Removing homosexuality from the list of mental diseases. CHECK
2. Invalidation by the Supreme Court of sodomy laws in all 50 states. CHECK
3. Recognition, including domestic partner benefits by the largest companies in the country. CHECK
4. Election of openly gay politicians, including the powerful Barney Frank in the Congress. CHECK
5. Visibility in the media with such hit shows as Will & Grace on prime time. CHECK
6. Gay marriage in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey … CHECK
7. Election of a gay bishop in the Episcopal church. CHECK.
I could go on with a 50 point list, but you get the idea. The gay community achieved all this not by staying quiet but by engaging in the only tactic that bigots and bullies understand–confrontation. Gay marriage will happen in all 50 states even though the Mormons, the Baptists, the Catholics and others don’t like it. History tells us so.
