Less value than monkey meat

Why is it that killing and eating monkey meat for religious purposes (no, I'm not making it up) is considered against the law, yet bashing gays for religious purposes is permitted? There is a clause in ENDA that does just that. Way back in 1689 English philosopher John Locke said that freedom of religion cannot take precedence over law. If it does, lawlessness results, simply because anyone can claim they do something, anything, for religious purposes. If you want to remove the clash, change the law. Alas, that has happened to our detriment with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 which moved the burden of proof of conflict from the practitioner to the government. It has also happened in ENDA, in which religious organizations were specifically exempt from the law. Now, I understand expediency in getting laws passed, but think of what that says to our gay youth. You are of less value than monkey meat. Religious institutions are free to eat your heart and soul.

http://rjr10036.typepad.com/proceed_at_your_own_risk/2007/12/queers-fewer-ri.html

This is rich: Western Civilization came about only because the Jews suppressed homosexuality and stuffed hetero-sex into the confines of marriage. Considering how violent Western Civilization has been over the millennia maybe we should have stuck with the uncontrolled sexual hedonism of the pagans. Alas, the guy who came up with that gem is Dennis Prager who works for the Catholic Education Resource Center.

http://rjr10036.typepad.com/proceed_at_your_own_risk/2007/12/the-enduring-cl.html