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Monday, December 29
It's actually not about denying marriage, it's about denying love
Prop 8’s real purpose? Denying the possibility of homosexual love.
This makes a lot of sense. Speaking as a former fundie, I can tell you with certainty that 10 years ago I would have claimed: "Homosexuals don't really
love
each other, it's just a sinful lust of the flesh!". And I was 100% convinced this claim was true.
But now that I've met gay people like Mr. Rodriguez who've lived with their partner for 30 years and well and truly love each other, I realize how terribly wrong I was.
Religious fundamentalists will not admit this. They are terrified of a society which openly acknowledges the genuineness of homosexual love. You need look no further than the repression of gays in the most insular Islamist societies to understand this sad reality.
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