Gay rights amendment

[Courage the Cowardly Dog]

Now that we have enough democrats to pass it (and the big asshat one from my state, Claire Mckaskil D-MO, note I call her asshat for unrelated reasons) I was wondering what you think.

Do we really need to amend our constitution to avoid persecution of them as a group? I'm all for the equality of races (although i hardly consider preference a race it's more of a desire) but if such an amendment does pass I'd like to see it have stipulations so it doesn't get out of hand.

For instance I myself am opposed to affirmative action, if you aren't judging someone on their actions but are giving them special treatment that's not equality. I hope that the colleges won't have to meet a "gay quota" just that they can't discriminate, it should be based on academics. Just like jobs should be based on skill and potential, not how much you know about Celine Dion.

The exception i absolutely must make is private organizations like churches I for instance belong to a church which views teh ghey butseks as shall we say, not kosher, and we are in the midst of changing our church constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman so we would not be forced to perform marriages that violate our morals, or allow what we consider an unBiblical couple to join. Which is exactly how we'd treat swingers, fornicators, or any other sin. We are not hate mongers, we love the sinner but hate their sin and it's not like anyone ever complained the Jews are being exclusionist by not allowing people who enjoy pork right or Muslims deny people who use Alcohol, have we not the right to deny people who engage in butt-piracy?

Anyway that's my view and I try to be as tolerant of others as possible without violating my own personal morals and what my church believes is a statute set by God. We would fear punishment by our Deity for violating it or allowing it where we have the authority.

Questions? Comments? Flames? Conspracey thoeries?