Another victory for tolerance!
[quote]If two gay rights protesters were beat-up at a Christian rally, wouldn’t that have been front page news and banner headlines across the country?[/quote]
I think people have misinterpreted me here, I should have made it more clear that the above quote was not my own and I only partially agree with it (and the source as a whole). I have no persecution complex; Christians are in the majority in the US, and yes, they are often aggressively oppressive against issues like gay rights. That said, the [i]very moment[/i] that you say this attack would be [i]in any way[/i] more justifiable than an equivalent attack with the roles reversed, you have debased yourself to the level of the Christian fundamentalists.
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I'm very much in favor of marriage equality and equal treatment of members of the LGBT community. That said, I don't think politics apply here. That guy who took his shirt off was eager for a fight, as were the women who were advancing on the preacher. It's good to know that the police arrived as quickly as they did and were able to handle the situation, and even better that the incident was clearly caught on camera.