The U.S. theocratic movement is pushing the idea that Christian religious rights trump all other rights in this country. In their perfect world, women, gays & lesbians, and non-Christians can only enjoy rights that Christians permit them to retain.
These delusional nut jobs want a culture war. If we do not defeat them soundly in the ballot box, we will have to fight them elsewhere. We may have to regardless. (At least we know where to find them every Sunday morning...)
We must defeat all attempts to create the establishment of tiered rights within our country. We must strengthen the separation between church & state, not weaken it.
The Christian Taliban in the US will do to our country what the Islamic Taliban did in Afghanistan. If that scares the shit out of you, it should. We need to challenge these notions at every water fountain conversation and dinner table. Grant them no intellectual or conversational quarter.
I defend their freedom of speech as I expect them to defend my right to call them what they are: Bigot, misogynist, or racist.