How much of this anti-gay hatred is fear based?

I realize that sentiment is cliché, so I only wish to explore an aspect of it here.

That said, as Box Turtle Bulletin has been relentlessly following this story about California county employees refusing to do their jobs, something for me has come to mind.

In one of the BTB threads, Evan linked to his coverage of the Kern County / Ann Barnett story, in which he linked to another article on the situation:

At her request, County Counsel Bernard Barmann filed a brief with the California Supreme Court opposing implementation of the May 15 ruling allowing gay marriage.

She tried to resign her elected position as county clerk — while keeping her positions as auditor-controller and elections boss.

“She really wanted to get rid of it,” Barmann said.

And finally, when the ruling came down Wednesday that she had to license same-sex marriages, she decided to stop performing all weddings. That involved canceling 25 heterosexual ceremonies that had been scheduled after June 13, according to her staff.

The portion in bold, above, coincides with these types of efforts:
(link, re Pam's House Blend)

A South Carolina school district has delayed until later in the month a vote on whether to ban all student clubs that don't relate to academics or sports as a way to close a gay student organization.

And now back to Kern County's Ann Barnett. She’s not the only CA county clerk who's determined to oppress all for the sake of ensuring the oppression of some, other CA county clerks have also jumped on the dereliction of duty bandwagon.

Now we know that those involved in the anti-gay industry lifestyle define themselves by their love of hatred. Namely, their love of hating gays "homosexuality." We also know -- according to the anti-gay industry -- that same sex attraction is the highest form of God-mockery that exists.

And given that they believe that gay marriage equality will bring about the destruction of civilization, especially since every society in human history that has fallen, has fallen specifically because of gays, then therefore, the presence of gays, is a precursor to the fall of that civilization.

So if the presence of gays homosexuality is the precursor to the destruction of civilization, then it would naturally follow that the acceptance of homosexuality would lead to the acceleration of that destruction.

Authorizing same-sex unions would then constitute a recognition of this 'God-mockery,' making these county-clerks willing accomplices, not only in the “mockery” of God -- personally and professionally -- but also in the “destruction of civilization.”

So as you can see, they’re in quite a bind.

California Supreme Court: "Gay couples will begin marrying in California in less than two weeks"

Opponents had petitioned the court to delay its decision until Californians vote on a November ballot initiative that would define marriage as between a man and a woman. The court ruled 4-3 not to stay its May 15 decision.
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The Anti-Gay Industry immediately released this statement in response:
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"Just because we're against gay couples, doesn't mean we don't love homosexuals."

Focus on the Family: No seriously, we made this within 24 hrs of the CA ruling.

And now for a sneak peak into the Focus on the Family "has its own zip-code" Headquarters…

Pay no attention to the red curtain behind the man:



Hi, I’m Stuart Shepard, this is Stoplight.
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Woman: What if?

Man: What if?

Stuart Shepard: What if a court ruled that it’s unconstitutional to say that only H2O can be water?

What if judges declared it just wasn’t fair to oxygen… (“pours” empty glass of air into another empty glass (of air))

And hydrogen… ("fills" upside down glass with contents of an inflated balloon.)

So it mandated that all three are now…water.

Second woman: What if?

Third woman: What if?

Stuart Shepard: What if public schools were forced to teach it?

Original Man (now as teacher): Today we are going to study the properties of water.

It is at room temperature, a liquid. It is also a gas that you can breathe. And, it is lighter than air, and highly flammable. And that is the reason that the Hindenburg went up in flames, it was full of water.

Second man: What if?

Fourth woman: What if?

Stuart Shepard: What if ordinary people were confused by the change?

First woman: I don’t know why my plant’s not growing, I water it every day. (pretends to pour water onto dead plant with empty watering can)

Stuart Shepard: What if the health department made restaurants follow the law?

First woman (now as waitress): Alright sweetie, here’s your spaghetti, and your sweet tea. (delivers uncooked spaghetti on plate, and glass of powdered tea)

Stuart Shepard: Thank you. (*CRUNCH* - Shepard cuts into uncooked spaghetti with fork)

As an astute stoplight viewer, you already know this is not a hypothetical, it’s…California.

And it isn’t water, it’s marriage.