In California the just-passed proposition amending the constitution to allow gays to marry has met with stiff resistance from backwards religious conservatives.

Anti-gay extremists have assaulted a college freshman for wearing an anti-gay marriage T-shirt. The girl suffered a concussion.

A gay marriage supporter was arrested at an anti-gay rally for wearing a T-shirt saying “Gay marriage - Yes!” The gay-hating crowd was so enraged by the blatant racism that the police told the gay marriage supporter to leave in order to keep the peace. He was arrested when he refused.

An eighth grade girl bravely wore a pro-gay marriage shirt to her conservative school and was verbally assaulted all day - called stupid, told she shouldn’t be wearing a shirt like that, even told to “go die!”

Anti-gay bigots have even targeted individual businesses for demonstrations and boycotts because they supported the gay marriage amendment.

This is tolerance? This censorship and lack of respect for diversity?

Aren’t we all hurt, isn’t our entire political system hurt, when citizens are not free to express their opinions…without fear of tribunal, intimidation and boycott? Aren’t we all threatened when purity of orthodoxy…becomes a requirement for social inclusion?

The stage is being set … for intolerance.

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