Carson:Let's talk less about anti-gay bigotry, more about anti-Christian bigotry

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Just because folks like myself and CountryClassSF oppose gay marriage doesn't mean we want the LGBT community dead. ISIS and those who would defenestrate gays in the Middle East have a twisted and perverse view of who God really is. Until the left is willing to truly address the ISIS/Sharia persecution against non-Muslims in countries where Islamic law is cruel and supreme, we should stop any sort of dialogue on the marriage issue here.

Don't pretend you give a sh!t about LGBT rights or the community.

What is going on in other countries (not just Sharia Law countries) is that homosexuals are actively persecuted, by law and by mob.  Not just in Arabic and Muslim nations, but in Russia (most notably) are there anti-homosexual laws that institute Draconian penalties for homosexual practices and blatantly look the other way at vigilantes and mobs taking matters into their own hands and threatening, using violence against, and even killing homosexuals just for being homosexuals.

What is going on in America is something quite different.  What is going on in America is an organized campaign by homosexuals and their supporters to publicly shame and ostracize Christians to the point where they will deny things they believe (that homosexuality is a sin, and that Scripture plainly says so), force them to say things that they DON'T believe (that homosexuality, and homosexual marriage is OK in the eyes of God) and require them to participate in rituals they are morally opposed to (e.g. making wedding cakes for same sex weddings) under threats of lawsuits and "anti-discrimination" laws.  (I sincerely wonder what the folks calling wrath down on the cake shop proprietor in Indiana if he refused to provide decorations or a special cake for some sort of KKK or Nazi Party event.) 

The "gay rights" movement isn't for "rights"; it's a demand that Christians publicly (A) cease and desist the preaching and teaching of those parts of Scripture that define acceptable and unacceptable sexuality and (B) acknowledge that their lifestyle choices are "as good" as heterosexual lifestyles in the eyes of God, with the threat of retribution if these demands are not met.  It's not about "marriage equality"; it's about redefining marriage for the purpose of receiving ratification for their lifestyle.  It's also about redefining "tolerance".  It's no longer enough to "live and let live"; it's now about acknowledging how every lifestyle choice is equally valid. 

I'm not for government jackboots kicking bedroom doors open, and I'm not for employers being able to know every detail of your private life before hiring you (with some exceptions) outside of a standard background check.  But I'm also against coercing people into silence, and this is something the homosexual movement is OK with.  They WANT Christians to both shut up AND go away, in that order.  I'm always willing to live and let live (and be hired and be evaluated on the job on the basis of qualifications and performance) without regard to people's private lives.  I'm not willing to allow the coercion and the cries of "homophobe" to be conducted without a reasonable response.