Vermont is now the fourth state to recognize marriage equality.  Unlike Iowa last week, it was legislature, not the courts, that legalized gay marriage in Vermont.  The best part of this, of course, is that it really fucks with the heterosexual supremacists.  Screaming about activist judges is of no use here, so how would they respond?  Apparently by crying and getting confused.  First up is this choice press release from the Anal Sex Family Research Council:

Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins today condemned the vote of the Vermont State Legislature to overturn the Governor’s veto on same-sex “marriage” as well as the vote by the District of Columbia City Council to recognize same-sex marriages performed in the 50 states.

“Same-sex ‘marriage’ is a movement driven by wealthy homosexual activists and a liberal elite determined to destroy not only the institution of marriage, but democracy as well. Time and again, we see when citizens have the opportunity to vote at the ballot box, they consistently opt to support traditional marriage,” said Perkins.

Well, as long as you’re being reasonable, Tony.  Let met get this straight.  Last week when the Iowa Supreme Court overturned a law banning gay marriage that was passed by the legislature, that was another example of activist judges overturning the will of the people.  But this week, the legalization of gay marriage by a state legislature is further evidence of a grand homosexual scheme to destroy democracy.  If legislative action isn’t democratic, then what the hell is?  Ballot initiatives?  And what happens when a ballot initiative legalizes gay marriage?  No doubt Tony Perkins will find some way to decry it as undemocratic, and it will be a sight to behold.

Next up is a video being pushed by the National Organization for Marriage that is just a tad overwrought:

Got that?  Allowing gay people to marry infringes on homophobes’ right to….well I’m not sure.  Apparently anything that interferes with their effort to completely shield their children from things they find objectionable is an affront to their civil liberties.  Or something.  Shit, this argument is so fucking stupid that it’s insulting.  The same exact argument can be made against allowing interracial couples to marry.  I mean, what about those poor racist parents who have to watch their children go to schol and learn that white people and black people can get married.  The horror!  Oh hell, let’s go back even further.  What about the rights of many American men in 1920 when women were given the right to vote?  There they were, just trying to raise their children, and all of a sudden their sons are exposed to radical notions of gender equality.  And they couldn’t even make shitty internet videos complaining that their freedom was being taken away.

Fuck these people.  The tide is turning and they are on the losing end of history.  This is just the death rattle.

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