I try to only “get political” about twice a year, but Dan Savage made a great point the other day: The far right has made being christian about gay rights, because it’s easy grace if you’re straight. Not stealing, not being greedy, not hurting people you love – those require ACTUAL good behavior from american Christians. being against gays costs them nothing, so it’s the perfect spirituality for a materialistic world. We’re tearing ourselves apart and ignoring matters that are truly the within the scope of what government should address for a cheap, faux-christian lifehack from neo-conservatives like Falwell, who live in mansions Christ would have given to beggars.
That’s why they’re comfortable pushing for laws against gay marriage but not, say, letting your neighbor starve or adultery… or worshiping graven idols, of which surely the bull and bear of wall street, the things to and for whom most Americans, this one included, spend most of our days worshiping and toiling, surely are two of the greatest.