via andrewsullivan (yaaay, am so glad he’s back from vacation, i enjoy reading his blog so much), a bit of a heartwarming example of anti-gay hate at the RNC … okay, maybe a bit more than an bit; i hope you’ll excuse me:

This escalating situation reminds me of a statement of a World War II journalist by the name of Dorothy Thompson who wrote for the Saturday Evening Post in Europe during the pre-World War II years when Hitler was building up his armies and starting to take ground. In an address she delivered in Toronto in 1941 she said this: Before this epic is over, every living human being will have chosen. Every living human being will have lined up with Hitler or against him. Every living human being either will have opposed this onslaught or supported it, for if he tries to make no choice that in itself will be a choice. If he takes no side, he is on Hitler’s side. If he does not act, that is an act—for Hitler.

May I take the liberty of reading this statement again and changing just a few words, applying it to what I fear we face today? Before this era is over, every living human being will have chosen. Every living human being will have lined up in support of the family or against it. Every living human being will have either opposed the onslaught against the family or supported it, for if he tries to make no choice that in itself will be a choice. If we do not act in behalf of the family, that is itself an act of opposition to the family.

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I found myself reading the latest edition of one of the nation’s most popular news magazines. One of the major articles was about gay “marriage.” There were several statements that stood out for me in a dramatic and terrifying way, but one of the most sobering features of the entire article was a picture of two handsome, young men, getting “married.” What distressed me most was the fact that they were both holding an infant “daughter” – twin girls they had adopted. I was, frankly, heartsick. What kind of chance do those girls have being raised in that kind of setting? What will their understanding of men and women, marriage and families be? Is there any chance that, as adults, they could expect to marry and enjoy a healthy relationship with a man, including rearing children together? In addition, there were alarming concepts about “family” presented throughout the article – concepts that even questioned the validity of heterosexual families.

this sort of attitude both angers and utterly baffles me. there are some things that i go beyond not agreeing with, to just not understanding. it is beyond my comprehension to think why someone would consider someone else less than a human being with all the rights and privileges bestowed upon themselves for any reason that has anything to do with their physical or philosophical self (save obviously antisocial or criminal behavior, such as being a genocidal fuckhead). i can’t even argue the point effectively, because i just can’t understand the rationale behind the other point of view. it is, quite literally, two plus two equals five to me.

I am not subhuman. I inherently possess every right to live my life and pursue my happiness and every single civil right given any citizen under the United States Constitution, and I have every reason under the sun to exercise them as I so choose. I categorically reject the idea that I am necessarily differently favored in the eyes of the law due to sexual orientation equally as I categorically reject the idea that I am necessarily differently favored in the eyes of the law due to the color of my skin. I am a human and I demand to be publicly recognized as such.

there is, however, at least one portion of the speech with which i can agree:

It actually bolsters our faith to know that were not the only ones who believe a certain way or are concerned about certain kinds of issues.

yes, it does. and i have faith that, much like how many of the current school-age generation can’t understand the idea of a Jim Crow car (if indeed they know what one was), when today’s children grow up, their children will not understand why people of this age would think that just because of one’s sexuality, they would not be capable of having loving, stable familial relationships including the bearing or raising of children in those families. the fight may still be going on, but eventually such bigoted mindsets will succumb to entropy, and the world will be one step closer to the kind place i wish it was today.