Well,
it’s June, which means it’s officially Gay Pride Month. And I do mean official.
President Obama declared it himself, which I think is a pretty important
endorsement.
Not only
is June time to come out of the closet, it’s time to haul out all of your rainbow
paraphernalia. Hang that flag from your porch. Slap that colorful cowboy decal
on your window. Bust out the "I’m not gay but my boyfriend is" t-shirt or the
one that says, "Chapstick lesbian." Put that rainbow dog collar on your beagle
and walk him on his rainbow leash. If you’re really serious, pin a pink
triangle to your lapel.
The goal
is to make yourself as conspicuous as possible so that you can lure children
and young adults over to the gay dark side. All under the guise of showing your
pride.
Needless
to say, anti-gay groups like the American Family Association are none too
pleased with June being pride month, and they’re especially pissed about
Obama’s official declaration (though he’s not the first president to have done
so).
Because
to the AFA, LGBT Americans are nothing more than orgy-seeking sex addicts and
are therefore not deserving of any civil rights, let alone Obama’s Pride
Proclamation.
And no
wonder they’re pissed. Just look at how the Proclamation begins: "The story of
America's (LGBT) community is the story of our fathers and sons, our mothers
and daughters, and our friends and neighbors who continue the task of making
our country a more perfect Union."
My gosh,
the way Obama talks about it, it’s as if he’d been talking about real people
who actually contribute something to the country. Imagine that.
Obama
continues, "It is a story about the struggle to realize the great American
promise that all people can live with dignity and fairness under the law. Each
June, we commemorate the courageous individuals who have fought to achieve this
promise for LGBT Americans, and we rededicate ourselves to the pursuit of equal
rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."
This, of
course, is not something the AFA will let stand.
Enter
the AFA’s Ed Vitagliano and Buster Wilson to set the record straight.
Instead
of "normalizing" homosexuality, something they claim Obama is doing, they
believe it’s important to keep marginalizing it as much as possible. Keeps gay
people self-hating and meek.
Vitagliano
explained what’s at stake in a world where gay people are treated like fellow
citizens deserving of rights: "We’re talking about a return to pagan sexuality,
a pagan view of sexuality that says that it doesn’t matter with whom you have
sex and that God’s laws do not apply to us and there are no absolutes when it
comes to sex."
Wow.
Does this guy know every gay person here or what? With how sex-crazed they are,
it was only a matter of time before someone figured out the Big Gay Pagans
plan. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.
Wilson
then mentions the 30th anniversary of the AIDS epidemic, which Obama also
mentions in his proclamation, and says he doesn’t want to be criticized for
saying that AIDS is a gay disease right before saying essentially that.
Vitagliano
concurs and says that AIDS is a result of "the abuse of the body and the
flouting of God’s laws about human sexuality."
They
also piss on marriage equality and the repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" and
say that America’s decreasing discrimination against and oppression of
homosexuals is evidence that the country is turning its back on God.
But
don’t get them wrong. "We don’t support discrimination against anyone. We don’t
want anyone harmed or bullied," Wilson says. "God loves everyone."
That’s
right. The AFA, which calls itself "The Culture War Machine," means gays no
harm. They just think gays are AIDS infected sex addicts out to destroy the
military, marriage and God. And it’s not discrimination if God is telling them
to do it.