Bigotry is expensive

Have you ever noticed that the religious right always use the word “pro” for things they are vehemently opposed to. When they say “pro-life” for instance, they aren’t claiming that ALL life is precious; just embryos (I’ve always joked around that pro-lifers write on both side of their picket signs so that after protesting at an abortion clinic, they can head over to the local prison to support capital punishment). I also like that these same people try to use the word “pro-marriage” to mean that they are opposed to gays marrying. I would think if you were pro anything, you would want to make sure that EVERYONE could marry. That’s kind of what “pro” is supposed to mean, you know.

Then again, double-speak is a classic tactic of the right. Say one thing; mean the complete opposite. Here is an article about a “pro-marriage” charity that is crying foul after their coffers were drained trying to prevent gays from adopting from their service.

The Leeds-based charity, Catholic Care, was recently told it must consider gay couples as potential adopters under the Sexual Orientation Regulations (SORs), despite its belief that children need a mother and a father.

Now I won’t shit on them too much; after all, they probably do an otherwise fine job of finding parents for kids. But that does not mean that their bigoted ideological stance is appropriate. Kids need parents; not just a mom and a dad. Human beings require love and commitment, and there are plenty of homosexual couples that would bend over backwards to adopt(what, I’m not allowed a good gay joke once in a while?). I don’t doubt that the love these kids would receive would be grand indeed.

I wish in situations like this that everyone could agree to be reasonable, but that’s not always possible when someone holds a bigoted view of you. If the charity refused to let people adopt because they were a different color, would we really be that surprised that they found themselves buried in legal documents? It turns out that if you discriminate against people, you get the bitch slapped back to the Stone Age. How shocking.

The real losers in this whole affair are the kids. Everyone is so busy trying to defend their ideological viewpoint that they forgot that the first mandate is to get children to be cared for by loving people, not to make a political statement.

On a side note: does anyone think it’s weird that a bunch of celibate guys in dresses condemn homosexuals for living a deviant lifestyle? Just asking…

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