An open letter to Ron Coleman
Currently Opposite-sexed couples may apply for– and be granted by the state– a bundle of legal rights. These rights include inheritance and hospital visitation to name just two of the more than 1000.
Do you believe that same-sex couples should be denied the ability to apply for those rights? Do you believe that finding someone’s love “viscerally offensive” should be grounds to deny them rights you enjoy?
I really do think you’re a nice guy, Ron.
Yet you’re turning the basic ability of an entire group of people to be with the ones they love into a “political question”. It is nice of you to grant gays the right to be “[left]alone regarding [their] private lives. Just show up for work like the rest of us, dress as flamboyantly as you like or as straight as you like, and really, we won’t think you’re “bad” or anything.”
Of course, the alternative to being “left alone” doesn’t bear thinking on. But here’s the thing: grant gays full rights without distinction as to sexual orientation, and I guarantee their political agenda will disappear.
Its’ a lot simpler than you think.
