KKK protesting same-sex marriage
The Des Moines Register article “Iowa klansman wants protest of gay marriage” talks about a KKK member, Douglas Sadler, who is attempting to organize a protest against efforts in Iowa to recognize same-sex marriage. He expresses his opinion this way:
‘‘We don’t believe God’s law should be perverted any more than it already has been,’’ said Sadler, a Charles City resident and father of four. ‘‘The further we go away from God’s law, the further we get away from God.’’[…]
‘‘We don’t believe they have the right to marry,’’ Sadler said. ‘‘In fact, we don’t think they have the right to exist.’’
I wonder: would he accept one of the Right’s “conversion therapy” shams as an appropriate means of ensuring non-existence, or does his faith requires death by stoning or beheading like that of his fundamentalist brethren? Following in the footsteps of Sam Harris, I have to note that the problem is not primarily with the lunatic fringe—it lies more with the religious moderates who tolerate, to whatever degree, people like Sadler solely because he’s a fellow Christian conservative.
(Thanks to AmericaBlog for the tip.)