Those on the right claim that opposition to marriage equality and opposition to interracial marriage is like "comparing apples to oranges."
If that's the case, then why do folks who oppose both use the same tactics?
Many who oppose marriage equality, like Bob Vander Plaats of the Iowa Family Leader, say that their opposition is because of the supposed "health risks" of homosexuality:
Just like racists (The Nationalist Coalition) who made the following video claim that interracial dating is wrong because supposedly African-Americans are a high risk group for sexually transmitted diseases.
Apples and oranges my foot. Strip away all of the lies and cherry-picked science and what you are left with are lies and fear tactics manipulated to exploit people's ignorance.
There is no difference.
If that's the case, then why do folks who oppose both use the same tactics?
Many who oppose marriage equality, like Bob Vander Plaats of the Iowa Family Leader, say that their opposition is because of the supposed "health risks" of homosexuality:
Just like racists (The Nationalist Coalition) who made the following video claim that interracial dating is wrong because supposedly African-Americans are a high risk group for sexually transmitted diseases.
Apples and oranges my foot. Strip away all of the lies and cherry-picked science and what you are left with are lies and fear tactics manipulated to exploit people's ignorance.
There is no difference.
That... second video...
ReplyDeleteI would have SWORN it was a parody at first blush, but wow. Words can't describe how despicable that is.