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There it was.
In a debate taking place on Australian TV about same-sex marriage, a self-described “liberal” editor deplored the “intolerance” of promoters and how it is leading to persecution and anti-Christian bigotry.
A debate waged on Australian television over the fate and repercussions of “gay” marriage in the country took a fiery turn after one of the panelists, Spiked Online editor Brendan O’Neill, pointed to the intolerance of same-sex union advocates toward traditional marriage supporters and said the scenes coming from America show religious persecution has become an acceptable part of the platform.
The discussion began with traditional marriage advocate Katy Faust, who was raised in a same-sex household, saying the U.S. didn’t consider the harmful effects of raising children in a household headed by “gay” parents. Labor’s Sam Daystari broke in and accused Faust of making uncivilized and unnecessary comments.
“I find it very hard to respect your views because I don’t think it comes from a place of love, I think it comes from a place of hate,” said Daystari. “I worry that so much of your view comes from not really an issue with marriage, but an issue with homosexuality. You have described it as a lifestyle. You have said homosexuality drives us further away from God. I’m sorry, but I think this American evangelical clap-trap is the last thing we need in our debate.”
That’s when O’Neill jumped into the mix.
He outlined what “freaks me out about gay marriage,” that it is put forth as a “civil-rightsy issue” but instead possesses a “really ugly intolerant streak” where those who oppose are “demonized, harassed.”
In a video clip of the debate, viewable above, O’Neill went on: “We’ve seen people thrown out of their jobs because they opposed gay marriage, ejected from polite society. You know, 200 years ago, if you didn’t believe in God, you wouldn’t have a hope in hell of getting ahead in public life. Today, if you don’t believe in gay marriage, you don’t have a hope in hell of getting ahead in public life. There’s a real ugly element to this and I think, you know, you really see it with the whole cake shop phenomenon.”
O’Neill pointed to America’s long-running media coverage of the Christian bakers who cited their religious beliefs as cause for refusing to make a cake for a “gay” couple’s marriage ceremony, and who were subsequently shot down in court and ordered to perform the service.
“This whole thing around the Western world where people are going to traditional Christian cake shops and saying to them, ‘hey, you stupid Christians, make this cake for me,’ and if they don’t, they call the police,” O’Neill said in the video. “There are equality cases, shops have closed down. It’s a 21st-century form of religious persecution. It’s horrendous.”
It didn’t end there. He went on to say the tone of the debate has shifted to an “extraordinary” level where those with contrasting views can’t even express themselves without fear of being labeled discriminatory.
“What’s extraordinary and unacceptable is that [gay rights’ advocates] cannot tolerate the existence of people who do not support gay marriage,” he said, “and I think we sometimes fail to understand how extraordinary that is.”
This from a liberal?
Is the neo-Stalinist brand of political correctness on the ropes?
Could it be that attacks on political correctness from presidential candidates Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson are making waves that are being felt as far away as Australia?
Is it now open season on political correctness?
We can only hope …
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