Mind Your Own Business!

There is an article in the NY Times today about religious conservatives pouring time, energy, and money into battling against the legalization of same-sex marriages in California (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/us/27right.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin).

I DON'T understand these people. I quote from the article below:

“This vote on whether we stop the gay-marriage juggernaut in California is Armageddon,” said Charles W. Colson, the founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries and an eminent evangelical voice, speaking to pastors in a video promoting Proposition 8. “We lose this, we are going to lose in a lot of other ways, including freedom of religion.”

....are you SERIOUS homie? Are you really about to say that allowing gay marriage in CA will lead to a loss of freedom of religion? We may very well have a black president here in America, and after that the gays might take over, and after that the non-believers. It's Armageddon, the world's coming to an end! Quiver and quake in your boots! While it seems that the world is becoming increasingly secular, and in response to that increasingly conservative religiously, that statement is NOT ok. Your whole point is that you should have the freedom to express yourself and your religion - ok, great, go ahead and do that. But YOU do that, don't try to impose your own religion and beliefs on others. By allowing same-sex marriages, no one is trying it outlaw your religion. Just as you should be allowed to practice your religion, others should be allowed to practice their own beliefs.

The classic: If you don't want a same-sex marriage then shut up and don't get one!