Because you remind them of the “mosque at Ground Zero” guy.
The ‘gay issue’, such as it exists in US politics, is now just another tribal dividing line for the urbane elites: it distinguishes us from them; it is a way for aloof liberals to scorn ordinary people.
People do not change their minds by being told they are backward and ignorant.
With such a snobby dynamic at play, it is hard to see how the judicial defeat of Prop 8 will do very much for gay rights.
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More about that “F*ck Tea” project, the latest effort by folks who sincerely believe they are smarter, more compassionate, more mature and more enlightened than we are…
* They’re “promoting the progressive cause” with a campaign that can’t be named in public.
* You can’t say the name out loud unless you want people averting their eyes and declining to associate with you.
* Broadcast media will talk around it, if they admit it’s there at all.
* Politicians will agree with you in secret, but will publicly pretend that you don’t exist.
It’s just like the “progressive” political agenda!
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