Denying Civil Liberties to a
minority, normally granted to the majority, is counter to all that is American.
Single out any group of Americans and deny their Civil Rights, is discrimination
when those same Civil Rights are enjoyed by others. That is the soul of discrimination.
According to our laws, homosexual
activity does not violate our Constitution. Sexual orientation is not an issue
our Founding Fathers addressed. Our founders did not inject religion into the
secular document governing our nation. Religious laws do not govern us. That
distinction belongs to countries whose views are more primitive than ours are.
Tax-paying individuals, denied
Civil Rights, other taxpayers enjoy, are only partial citizens in America. You cannot
demand all Americans pay taxes then choose who have Civil Liberties and who do
not. Those denied Civil Liberties should be exempt from paying taxes.
This principle applies to any
segment of society whose rights granted in the natural order, are violated.
Sexual orientation is a function of the natural order of existence and in most cases,
it is something endowed upon the individual from birth. One cannot violate
individual Civil Liberties based solely on the characteristics a person is born
with.
Those who decide upon themselves to
discriminate against others, not born like them, are themselves a threat to
society. No one is superior to God’s creation and no one is entitled to
question God’s creation. Doing so, betrays the notion that God is superior. Men
exercising superior opinion over God’s creation, is an affront to God.
People claiming to know better than
the creator are not true followers of that creator. Not being Godly and discriminating
against people created in nature, is the real danger to the American dream. Discriminatory behavior is a danger to humanity.
Millions of people practicing
religious superiority over others is the greatest danger facing our nation
today. The problem of course, is their absolute belief in their own superiority.
Notions of superiority have always led mankind down the wrong path. Notions of religious superiority have kept mankind relatively primitive.
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