Michael Savage and Glenn Beck did this to your brain. They program their minions to believe that if I think gay people deserve the same health insurance benefits through marriage as my spouse, that somehow means I couldn't possibly understand what conservative Protestants think, feel and live.

I think Jesus would have us all treat our brothers and sisters more kindly than that. I think Jesus forgave everyone who sinned, down to the gent on the cross next to him. Adulteressess and thieves, he forgave them.

And he said to do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. That means if you're asking me to shun my fellow man because of sexual preference, you're asking me to violate the golden rule. That goes against what the gospels instruct us as Christians to do.

Yet I will not judge you. I'll let you sort that out when you meet St. Peter. But I'm not going to follow your Glenn Beck-ish interpretation of the Bible, my brother. Peace. Out.

You may disagree. You may believe that it is perfectly healthy. Against evidence to the contrary. (What is the life expectancy of the average practicing homosexual, anyway?) But it is out of concern for people — all the people of our nation — that we object to sexual immorality, not simply a prejudice against that which is different. And that is a sincere belief, motivated by wanting people to suffer fewer problems and achieve greater peace and success in life. (Which is what we believe and perceive God wants.)

Again, you may criticize the belief, and you may cite any evidence you wish, and claim we are wrong. But I think that if you attack motives by implying simple bigotry, you err. (Not to say that the motives of politicians who might use certain positions for their own gain are pure. That's another question entirely.)

Michael Savage and Glenn Beck did this to your brain. They program their minions to believe that if I think gay people deserve the same health insurance benefits through marriage as my spouse, that somehow means I couldn't possibly understand what conservative Protestants think, feel and live.

I think Jesus would have us all treat our brothers and sisters more kindly than that. I think Jesus forgave everyone who sinned, down to the gent on the cross next to him. Adulteressess and thieves, he forgave them.

And he said to do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. That means if you're asking me to shun my fellow man because of sexual preference, you're asking me to violate the golden rule. That goes against what the gospels instruct us as Christians to do.

Yet I will not judge you. I'll let you sort that out when you meet St. Peter. But I'm not going to follow your Glenn Beck-ish interpretation of the Bible, my brother. Peace. Out.

Michael Savage and Glenn Beck did this to your brain. They program their minions to believe that if I think gay people deserve the same health insurance benefits through marriage as my spouse, that somehow means I couldn't possibly understand what conservative Protestants think, feel and live.

I think Jesus would have us all treat our brothers and sisters more kindly than that. I think Jesus forgave everyone who sinned, down to the gent on the cross next to him. Adulteressess and thieves, he forgave them.

And he said to do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. That means if you're asking me to shun my fellow man because of sexual preference, you're asking me to violate the golden rule. That goes against what the gospels instruct us as Christians to do.

Yet I will not judge you. I'll let you sort that out when you meet St. Peter. But I'm not going to follow your Glenn Beck-ish interpretation of the Bible, my brother. Peace. Out.

You may disagree. You may believe that it is perfectly healthy. Against evidence to the contrary. (What is the life expectancy of the average practicing homosexual, anyway?) But it is out of concern for people — all the people of our nation — that we object to sexual immorality, not simply a prejudice against that which is different. And that is a sincere belief, motivated by wanting people to suffer fewer problems and achieve greater peace and success in life. (Which is what we believe and perceive God wants.)

Again, you may criticize the belief, and you may cite any evidence you wish, and claim we are wrong. But I think that if you attack motives by implying simple bigotry, you err. (Not to say that the motives of politicians who might use certain positions for their own gain are pure. That's another question entirely.)