Gay Marriage Backers Should Not Copy McCarthyism

I am in favor of gay marriage as long as it's state legislation, as opposed to court order. Further, I think that all 50 (57?) states should have to recognize marriages performed in other states, whether or not the marriage could be legally performed in the state that the couple moved into.  That said, I find the hounding of people out of their jobs on this issue to be appalling and Un-American.  (Harry Reid said it first.)  These black listings go much farther than Joe McCarthy ever thought of doing, because the targets this time are much more numerous, and the alleged actions so minor. A $1000 contribution in 2008 to a group advocating marriage be limited to one man with one woman should not be an offence that gets you fired.  The only way the gay marriage issue will be worked out is if both sides play by the traditional American rules for political disagreements, and avoid retaliation for opposing viewpoints.  I don't understand how zealots like the Washington Blade editorial staff think this kind of behavior helps their cause.  It doesn't.  It makes opponents dig in and resist.  It seems clear to me that gay marriage is going to be enacted in most states in the next 15 years.  Civil recognition of marriages performed in other states has traditionally been the law. Harassing people for small political contributions will only make it take longer and leave a deep residue of bitter distrust.  The whole point should be that this change is not a big deal that's going to revolutionize America.  Gay couples that I know just want the house with a white picket fence and legal rights equivalent to straight couples.  The contractual obligations and benefits of marriage are desirable, and are well defined in law.  This change requires only that magistrates can legally marry gay couples.  It does not and should not require religious institutions to marry gay couples against their faith.  Marriage is a civil contract upon which inheritance is based.  The true American way is for everyone to be as tolerant as possible.  Gay couples should not force themselves on churches who do not want to marry them.  Conservative churches should allow as how civil marriage, as opposed to religious marriage, is not really their business from a legal point of view.  They can talk against it and don't have to recognize it religiously, but once it's the law they have to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s. 

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/375159/new-pitchfork-persecutors-john-fund

The ghost of Senator Joseph McCarthy is green with envy. Being anti-gay marriage gets you fired almost as quickly as being labeled a communist did back in McCarthy's day. I can imagine the questions Leftists will be asking soon in Senate hearings. "Are you now, or have you ever been, opposed to gay marriage?" It was only 2 years ago that the Community Organizer in Chief made the change in his position on gay marriage that we all were waiting for. Should our Dear Leader be censored for his position back then? I think Mr. Capehart was right in his original off-the-cuff position on the air. I wonder if his change in opinion was due to management threats to fire Mr. Capehart if he didn't correct his statements to the new, intolerant orthodoxy. Personally, my view of gay marriage has evolved over time. I would vote in favor of it on any referendum now. Twenty years ago, I don't think I would have. However, I have been publicly in favor of it longer than the Chicago Prodigy in Chief. At this point, I think it would be wise for the gay community to take yes for an answer. Once the opposition to gay marriage sees that not much has changed after it's legal, the opposition will lose strength based on experience. Right now, they just have fears that are being reinforced by the McCarthyism of militant gay marriage supporters. I think their fears are summed up by an old Bob Hope joke. In 1975, Hope said, “I’ve just flown in from California, where they’ve made homosexuality legal. I thought I’d get out before they make it compulsory.” Give the opposition time to work through the fact that they have lost and then discover that not all that much has changed. 

The article I reacted to:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/05/13/no-tolerance-for-discomfort-over-michael-sam-or-the-kiss/

McCarthy is Seriously Dead since 1957

Liberals are fond of calling Republicans they don’t like the latest  reincarnation of the spirit of Joe McCarthy.  This week Ted Cruz is the new Joe McCarthy.  Note to liberals: Joe McCarthy died in 1957.  Further, the Verona intercepts show that at least a few of the people he initially complained about were communist spies in communication with the Soviet Union.  Where Joe went way too far was in accusing a lot of people individually by name with no proof whatsoever.  He slandered hundreds, maybe thousands.  These people got fired from their jobs and many could not work under their own names for years afterwards.  Who has Ted Cruz accused of being a communist?  Is being accused of being a spendthrift the same as being accused of being a communist?  I think nobody should mention Joe McCarthy unless they were alive when he died.  I was 7 years old when he died.  Were you even born yet?