Gay
Couples Need to Stop Being Intolerant Crybabies
By Chuck Muth
October 9, 2014
It
was ten years ago that I testified, for my first and only time, before a government
legislative body – the United States Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution. It was surreal.
Up
on the dais, on my side of the issue, were some of the most liberal elected
officials in all the land, including the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, then-Sen. Joe
Biden, Sen. Diane Feinstein, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Russ Feingold. The issue was gay marriage. I was arguing against the proposed Federal
Marriage Amendment.
It
was obvious to me that the concept of equal protection under law would
eventually end the practice of government extending special benefits to married
couples while denying certain individuals the right to marry the adult person
of their choice. This was no longer a
religious issue, thanks to foolishly allowing the government into the
institution of marriage in the first place.
The
way we’ve now foolishly allowed the government into our health care
system. But I digress.
The
point is I’ve been a live-and-let-live libertarian on this issue for a long
time. As such, I have a completely clear
conscience in telling certain members of the gay community to stop being such intolerant
crybabies!
Look,
folks. You won. You now have, or soon will have, the right to
marry the person of your choice in every state, coast-to-coast. But that doesn’t mean you have the right to
force others who object to gay marriage to support the exercise of your right.
If
I’m a wedding planner who doesn’t want to plan gay weddings, leave me alone and
go find another wedding planner who will.
If I’m a photographer who doesn’t want to photograph gay weddings, leave
me a alone and go find another photographer who will. If I’m a baker who doesn’t want to bake cakes
for gay weddings, leave me alone and go find another baker who will.
Indeed,
as Kelsey Harkness reported last month in The Daily Signal, a bakery owner and
his wife in Oregon are facing a whopping $150,000 “discrimination” fine after a
crybaby lesbian couple filed a complaint simply because Melissa and Aaron Klein,
owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, didn’t want to design their wedding cake
(boo-hoo).
After
the complaint was made public, the Kleins were subjected to “threats, vicious
protests and boycotts.” One email the
couple reportedly received read, “I hope your kids get really, really, sick.” Another read, “Here’s hoping you go out of
business, you bigot. Enjoy hell.”
For
choosing not to bake a cake? Seriously?
The
Kleins have already closed down their retail store and are now operating the
business from home. They’re appealing the
“discrimination” ruling. If they lose,
they’ll lose their business completely.
Bankruptcy.
This
is not right. And the greater gay
community itself needs to rise up against such intolerance. Live and let live has to work both ways.
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