thomascwaters.com

This, like so many other recent stories details the hypocrisy within the far right -wing Family Values contingent. Not that Family Values, themselves are wrong or problematic. But rather what is wrong is when people hold up their own moral superiority as justification for withholding rights from others- that’s where a problem is found.

I wholeheartedly support any conservative who feels that s/he needs to focus on his/her own family and measures that support “the family” as a cultural unit. More power to them! Just stop working so hard to keep gays and lesbians from having equal rights, claiming that your moral position is superior.  Those things in our society that are truly harming the family are:

1. Adultery and sexual infidelity.
2. Domestic violence, especially against women.
3. Alcohol and drug addiction
4. Poverty

Not necessarily in that order. That two men or two women want to be in a legally recognized relationship isn’t harming anyones marriage or anyone’s family. That gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people want to be treated as equal in the areas of housing, employment, and public accommodations isn’t going to cause one heterosexual family to falter or fail.

Alex Constantine’s Blacklist: Tennessee: GOP State Sen. Resigns Amid Lurid Sex Scandal With 22-Year-Old Intern.