Calling the Christianist bluff

Andrew:

In another smart move, a Colorado Democrat is proposing a streamlined way to ensure that gay couples denied the right to marry (or straight choosing not to) can

designate each other as emergency decision makers, ensure that property goes to their partners if they die and list each other as health insurance beneficiaries.

Even evangelicals like Joe Carter would support this, right? And Christianists insist they are not anti-gay and do not want to hurt anyone. So why not? And, on cue, a Christianist Republican who once supported the exact same legislation when he was opposing marriage equality now opposes it. Why? It's a threat to marriage!

So let's review:

Liber(al/tarian)s propose opening civil marriage to same-sex relationships, but that's a threat to marriage.

As a pragmatic compromise, liber(al/tarian)s propose setting up a parallel "separate but equal" civil recognition for adult relationships, but that's also a threat to marriage.

Anything that gives same-sex relationships similar rights & responsibilities to marriage is a threat to marriage.

But it's not discrimination! Nor theo-traditionalist bigotry! It's all really being done to protect marriage and the children.

If you're gay, you should be considered legally "single". Forever. Because having a same-sexed partner who loves and cares for you under an equitable legal framework is evil.

Or so Republo-Christianists honestly believe. And vote.