Maggie Gallagher loves to complain about being called a bigot. It’s a favorite talking point. She writes whole columns about it. In fact, I’d bet she hopes people call her a bigot, just so she can roll around some more in the broken glass of victimhood.
The problem with this pose is that she runs a website. And on that site is a page called “SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Answering the Toughest Questions.” I see much claptrap on that page, but one mild statement shines out as the most offensive of all. She suggests this answer to a frequent question (or so she claims):
5. Why do you want to interfere with love?
A: “Love is a great thing. But marriage isn’t just any kind of love; it’s the special love of husband and wife for each other and their children.”
Logically, this answer is easy enough to pick apart. Certainly we’d laugh at the idea that there is a specific kind of love common to every husband/wife couple. There’s not even a love requirement for marriage in the first place, much less a legal obligation to feel some vague, undefined “special love.” In fact, Maggie and her ideological kin would argue that lack of love is no reason for heading to divorce court.
But NOM’s offense to logic isn’t what pisses me off. It’s the implication that gay and lesbian couples aren’t capable of feeling the same sort of love that straight couples can. Even more outrageously, that we can’t feel the same love for our children that straight couples can.
No. No, no, and no.
Gays and lesbians are not lacking in our ability to love. It’s literally dehumanizing to claim such a thing — to argue that we’re missing some essential component of what makes people human.
Is Maggie Gallagher a bigot? I can’t claim the right to judge the whole of her character. But in this case, to be sure, the answer she gives is the answer of a bigot. So Maggie, if you want, cry victim and roll around in that broken glass. You’re the one who put it there.
God, she’s repulsive. She would certainly benefit from a few hours on a therapist’s couch.
Even a few years on a therapist’s couch would not help that woman. She is one sick puppy, and no doubt in my mind she is going straight to hell.
Bottom Line: People who are against same sex relationships only focus on the sexual aspect of our relationships. All relationships are multi-faceted, ALL, so it is amazing to me that the ridicules debate only focuses on one aspect from both sides of the isle.
Even more disturbing is the fact that laws exist to protect us not deny us of equal rights.
[...] “Ah, but some things,” said the Cynic, “are immortal.” [...]
What, exactly, are Maggie and her ilk so afraid of that they make this issue their life’s work?
Dear Mrs. Chili: They aren’t afraid of anything. They are exploiting the fears of others through religious tyranny and taking that money to the bank. These people are an industry of hate. Don’t believe otherwise.
Exactly what she and her ilk want all future generations of kids to learn. So they can dehumanise, demonise, discriminate against, pursue and finally exterminate us. I can’t see any other so-called “justification!”
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