Now that the Christian right is no longer able to pick on gays with impunity, and gays are asserting their right to be treated the same as every other American citizen, the righties are, at long last, getting a taste of their own medicine - and they don’t much like it. In fact, they’re in full-on Pity Party mode.
Their new defense is to now cast THEMSELVES as the victims of intolerance and gays as the perpetrators of it.
But if they can claim to have experienced EVEN ONE of the following indignities, maybe then we can talk about how mean-spitted, bullying and intolerant gays are:
1) Been denied the right to legally marry the person they love.
2) Been denied the right to serve in the military.
3) Been denied hospital visitation rights.
4) Been denied inheritance rights.
5) Had their rights put up for a vote by both legislatures and popular referenda.
6) Not been able to attend the prom with the person of their choosing.
7) Not been able to hold hands in public.
8) Been kicked out of their homes for being a Christian.
9) Been fired from a job for being a Christian.
10) Been denied housing for being a Christian.
And these are just some of the many indignities that gays have had to endure at the hands of Christian rightists from time immemorial. Makes being forced to bake a cake kind of pale in comparison, doesn‘t it?
Yet, now that the tables have turned, those on the right (who will often lash out at you if you so much as say “Happy Holidays” to them instead of “Merry Christmas”) now want us to believe that it is THEY who are the victims of bullying. I guess they should know from bullying. They’ve spent the past few millennia perfecting the art of it.
Oh well, guess what goes around comes around. Hope they enjoy it.