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I love statements like this in which narrow-minded bigots like Musgrave show their ignorance. The two--gay marriage or, more to the point, straight marital rights for gay couples, and religious freedom--have nothing in common in the strictest sense. How does my wanting to spend time at my partner's hospital bedside destroy anyone's freedom to practice religion as they see fit?
It doesn't, of course. See, in one sentence, their sleazy, catch-phased argument is blown away like dust in the wind.
And I think more and more open-minded people, as they meet more gays and lesbians, are coming to realize that. Politics is indeed personal. Get to know us, look us in the eyes (or better yet, find out your beloved aunt, daughter, son, et.al. is gay) and then try to tell us why we shouldn't be allowed to comfort the person most beloved to us in his/her hour of need.
In addition, how much does two queers holding hands really matter when your son or daughter just came home in a body bag, when your job was just outsourced, when your health insurance dries up?
It's real-life, real-world issues, stupid. Just ask Rick "man-on-dog action" Santorum that on Nov. 8th.
