Evangelicals vs. Gay Rights

Dear editor:

Before and during the recent national elections, that saw the Democratic Party take control of both houses of Congress, the Evangelical Movement pushed their membership to vote so that they could cast a ballot against any so-called gay rights bills, specifically “Same Sex Marriage” referendums. To these right wing, extremist religious leaders these ballot initiatives were the keystone item on the ballots of many states and outweighed the importance of the war in Iraq, the scandals in Washington, the loss of American freedoms to the secret actions of our government, and the death of over 2,800 and wounding of tens of thousand of our service people. The Evangelical leadership felt all of these problems paled in comparison to stopping the rise and danger of gay rights.

Here’s hoping, for the sake of our country and its defense, that these same fanatics never have to face the return of a draft to fill our needs of the armed forces. After all, if gays are not allowed to be in the service of our country (except for “don’t ask, don’t tell,”) all anyone has to say to get out of the obligation to serve is, “I’m gay,” and they are exempt. Whether it’s true or not, they’re out……legally. Sure beats running to Canada to avoid the draft.