I was so disgusted and disturbed by the woman in the episode on gay parenting that I just had to write.
The two gay men were very brave to welcome a religious bigot into their
house, and I honestly thought she'd open her heart and eyes and see the
truth before her, that these two guys were wonderful parents, doing a
great job raising kids. But she was so stuck in her religious
intolerance that she couldn't see it. The entire episode her eyes were
filled with
fear and she held a defensive posture. I was amazed that she thought it
was strength to hold onto this belief that because of sexual
orientation they were unfit to raise children. How disgusting that she
actually said her heart told her such bigotry was correct, that "god"
told her to do what she could to strip basic human rights from a class
of people. Lady, I don't think that's your heart talking there. All too
often religion becomes a breeding ground for intolerance, a support
group for people who prefer to raise themselves up by bringing others
down. And the worst part is that people like this think they're so
righteous, when the opposite is true. These are the hatemongers,
interfering with the lives of good people, spreading intolerance and
fear.
A couple basic questions this woman might ask herself if she wants to
wake up. How would you feel if a group of people wanted to strip women
of the right to drive because god told them to? Because they felt in
their hearts that women shouldn't drive? Next, what if the bible said
bad things about a certain race? Would you become racist? What about
other religions that say if you don't believe in their god, you don't
go to heaven? What if you were born into that religion?
I could go on and on. Obviously none of these questions has occurred to
her. She was given a justification by her religion to be nasty to a
certain group of people, and she embraced it with open arms.
