Who supports same-sex marriage? A Reich Wing view.

...for the record, I consider the great majority of supporters of same-sex marriage to be thoroughly decent people...

...they're still wrong, though, and they're going to burn in hell for their herecy.

In my view, proponents of same-sex marriage fall into three categories.

One is the secular Left -- people who seek to end the dominance of Judeo-Christian values in American life.

They are animated by their fear and loathing of Bible-based Christians (and Jews) whom they regard as religious fanatics.

I don't fear religious fanatics...I pity them. Well, okay I fear the ones with guns. And the ones with the intelligence of a grade-schooler who've usurped the will of the people to gain power in this country; the ones with their fingers on the nuclear trigger. Okay, fine...I fear religious fanatics. And that would be wrong, why?

A second group consists of many well-meaning Americans who are not leftists and who do not yearn for the end of Judeo-Christian values. They simply believe that same-sex marriage is either the right thing to do or, even if wrong, not a big deal.

You can get almost any policy approved by vast numbers of Americans by appealing to their goodness -- which is what the cause of same-sex marriage does.

Damn those evil Leftists! Damn them for wanting us to act out of goodness for the cause of equality!

When the average American hears the word "intolerance," he jumps through hoops to avoid being associated with such an awful thing.

Unlesss, of course, he's a rabid religious Bonk Job. In which case, he embraces -- nee, celebrates! -- his bigotry and intolerance.

One can tolerate gay couples, move next door to them, invite them over for a barbecue, love them as fellow family members or just as fellow human beings, and still fight for the preservation of marriage as every civilization has known it.

Bzzt! Wrong! This is typical Christian blather about "hating the actions but loving the person". It's crap because the not-so-subtle message they send to their gay family and friends is that they despise a part of who they are. And that's no way to love a person. And another thing...marriage as it is known today is hardly a traditional social institution. The Romans viewed marriage as a civil contract which protected children and property. Licenses were granted and revoked. And they were granted to same-sex couples just the same as to hetero couples. It wasn't until that uptight wonk Constantine came along that gays were persecuted in ancient Rome.

The third group of supporters of same-sex marriage is the religious Left. Their social values are generally identical to those of the secular Left, but they think of those values as religious. These Jews and Christians say they support same-sex marriage not despite their religious identity, but because of it.

This is the group that are the most wrong! Bastards! Trying to use my hateful, bigoted, intolerant religion to justify equality and tolerance and geniune love!

Of the three groups, these individuals, whose sincerity I do not question, are the most confused.

You must learn to embrace the hateful undercurrent of fundamentalist Christianity!