...most wearing red T-shirts — [they] rattled plastic bottles filled with coins as a distraction, the group’s president pointed to their tactics as yet another example of why same-sex marriage should not be legalized.You know what? That's proof that their group's president was acting like a complete dickhead. There is a reason why these people were drowning out your words of bigotry and hate.
Personally, I am pro-gay marriage. And I'm a straight man. I've heard all the arguments against gay marriage, and none of them hold up. What's more telling is that a good portion of them come from people with a religious axe to grind. Case in point are the NOM representatives at the State House themselves:
“I love you,” one man with the National Organization for Marriage said as he walked toward his opponents with open arms. Later, he and another group member linked their arms and began passionately praying for the devil to leave their adversaries.I really have no idea what these people are so afraid of. They are spoon-fed lies that gay marriage will tear down the fabric of American society and that marriage as an institution is under attack.
Really, now? I've heard it before, and I'll say it here. If you don't like gay marriage, don't marry a gay person.
NOM needs to get it through their heads that they do NOT represent all Americans, and they certainly do not represent all Rhode Islanders. They certainly do not represent me, and I deplore any such efforts to push the opinion that they do. This organization is egregiously religiously motivated, and the response to the counter-protest on Sunday is very telling of that.
If you would like to see pictures and hear stories of the counter-protest, attended by my friends Paul Ruggieri and Jennifer Curley (who spearheads Queer Action RI), let me know. Give them your support and feedback.
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