Discrimination? Not here

Gabriel Arana of Box Turtle Bulletin has started a series looking at some of the anti-gay arguments we tend to ignore. BTB is good at dissecting the phony science of the anti-gay crowd. However, the arguments should be dealt with because some people truly believe them. Here's the first:

Any man, even a gay one, can marry a woman. Therefore it isn't discriminatory to deny that gay man from marrying another man.

The absurd continuation: Requiring everyone to practice Christianity means everyone is treated equally. Jews may not be able to practice Judaism, but Christians can't practice Judaism either.

Now to pick it apart. The original fundamental right is to be allowed to marry the person you love. Next, there is a difference between "equal treatment" (which implies "same treatment") and "equitable treatment." Requiring a man to only marry a woman is equal. Allowing him to marry the person he loves is equitable.

These comments appeared in the feedback.

Next time someone says a gay man can legally marry a woman, ask them if they want him to marry their daughter. Even if that marriage happened, there would be lots of people (such as insurance agents) willing to swoop in and claim the marriage wasn't a real one. And that's because a gay man marrying a woman is fraud. So much for the sanctity of marriage.

Equal treatment is like saying that under a dictator everyone has the right to vote. Never mind there is only one name on the ballot.

It's annoying that the same logic was used to say it was not discrimination to ban whites from marrying blacks because whites could still marry whites. Yet they claim gay rights aren't civil rights. Oh? You're using the same silly arguments.

Up next will be a discussion of how gay marriage leads to bestiality -- and the seeds are here: Isn't marriage about the one you love? Well, I love my dog. (Laney, that's a figure of speech. I don't have a dog.)