What A Gay Day For Christians

National Memo

I am embarrassed to hear narrow minds masquerading as God's spokesmen. If you feel free to say to others that God doesn't approve of who they were born to be, you are inflicting nothing but pain.


This column is in response to my fellow Christians who insist they’re not bigots just because they oppose marriage equality. I’ve been hearing from them a lot after writing a short essay and posting it on Facebook in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage.

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My Facebook post:

I’ve seen quite the flurry of social media posts suggesting those of us who are celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision are not behaving as gracious winners. We should show more understanding toward those who are disappointed, the critics say. We should not “rub it in.” Other commonly spotted criticisms of our joy: We are gloating. We are insensitive. We are being poor sports.

For decades, I have seen the bigotry of homophobia break up families, ruin careers and destroy lives. ...

... . I have watched so-called Christians pray publicly for the death of people I love. I have seen them do this outside of funerals, their young children holding signs that say, “GOD HATES FAGS.”

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As a straight ally, this has been our shame to bear, this government endorsement of second-class citizenship to people we know, ...

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I don’t want to harness my joy to make the bigots feel more comfortable. I will not temper my celebration to make those who oppose same-sex marriage feel better about their self-righteousness. I am not celebrating their misery. They didn’t lose anything.

My objection is to those Christians who wield their Bible as a weapon to oppress others. When we talk about marriage equality, the difference between “I don’t approve” and “it ought to be illegal” is the difference between intolerance and bigotry.

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