I’ve often wondered, on a practical level, what conservatives think will happen if gay marriage ever became law. We got a hint of the far-right’s irrational and delusional fears a few months ago when Sen. Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum (R-Pa.) announced:
“[T]he consequence is very clear. Marriage loses its significance. People will stop getting married. Homosexuals will not get married; heterosexuals will stop getting married. And that to me is the real threat to the American family and to the culture generally.”
OK, so if gays formed legal marriages, straights would abandon marriage altogether. If you’re the type who’s actively concerned about legal recognition of “man on dog” relations, then this kind of logic is entirely reasonable.
Focus on the Family’s James Dobson, meanwhile, not only believes that gay marrige will destroy our culture, he’s concerned that the practice will literally lead to the destruction of our planet.
Over the years, Religious Right activists have blamed gay people for everything from the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise of Nazi Germany. James C. Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, took this line of thinking to its logical conclusion recently when he asserted that gays will usher in the end of the world.
Speaking at a political rally in Oklahoma Oct. 22, Dobson blasted gays as sexually promiscuous radicals bent on crushing traditional marriage.
“Homosexuals are not monogamous,” Dobson assured the audience. “They want to destroy the institution of marriage. It will destroy marriage. It will destroy the Earth.”
So there you have it — Earth hangs in the balance. Two people of the same gender having a legally-recognized, lifetime commitment, may very well mean the end of our planet. Consider yourself warned.
And remember, James Dobson is not some semi-coherent patient at an institution for the unstable; he’s a respected leader of the religious right movement and a powerful player in the Republican Party. Now that’s scary.