While the subject of marriage between same-sex couples makes the rounds on Capitol Hill, conservative, anti-gay organizations in the media have increased their efforts to convince the public that same-sex marriage is morally contemptible. Groups such as the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) have saturated media outlets with their condemnation of same-sex marriage and gay rights, advocating for the legislative enforcement of traditional, Christian values in America.
One television advertisement created by NOM went so far as to claim that homosexuals want to take away our freedoms and interfere in our lives. The self-entitled “Coming Storm” commercial describes marriage between same-sex couples as a dark force that, unless stopped, will destroy everything we once held dear. This commercial, and others like it, are prime examples of the idiotic, fear mongering rhetoric used to distort the true intentions of American citizens who want nothing more than to have the same basic human rights that everyone else in this country is afforded.
I am astounded when I hear someone support a bill or a law because “the Bible says so,” and I am perplexed when I hear someone respond to an equal-rights advocate with the words, “That’s not what God would