SOCIAL: gay marriage supporters are marching on the westwood mormon church

[Randall Isaac]

I understand the anger, but these kinds of protests are a *really* bad 
idea (I understand there's one planned in SF tonight as well).  The 
problem is that it feeds into the Religious Right's contention that gays 
are against religion, and reinforces their persecution complex.  If you 
listen to any Christian media an oft-repeated motif is that Christian's 
and Christianity are continuously under attack. 

Worse, protesting a particular religion paints the gay community not as 
the oppressed, but as the oppressors; not as the victims of intolerance, 
but the perpetrators of intolerance.  Do we even know if the Mormons in 
SF supported or opposed Prop 8?  I know a lot of Catholics that didn't 
support it, even as the Knights of Columbus was pouring $ into the Yes 
on 8 campaign.  Lumping all people of a group together is 
called....wait.....let me think......oh yeah: "prejudice".  Progressives 
are masters of the grand gesture that makes them feel good but 
undermines their support in the wider community.  This is one of those 
counter-productive gestures.  Anyone who can rub two neurons together to 
make a spark knows exactly how this will be played to the rest of the 
world.  Those people won the battle on Prop 8, let's not give them any 
more ammunition for the next fight.

We are all justified in our anger over the passage of Prop 8.  But 
remember that anger and stupidity are kissing cousins.

Randall

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