Remember the Maine!

The Christian Civic League in Maine is celebrating the fact they got enough signatures to halt anti-gay discrimination legislation in that state by making it a ballot issue for November. I cannot understand why people in this day and age would actively pursue blocking legislation that would provide protection for people in matters of employment, housing, education, and public accommodation. Can you imagine if an organization used religious convictions to actively pursue limiting protection and rights for women, or African-Americans, or Jews? The outcry would be so loud you could hear it on Mars. Yet these religious zealots march forth claiming they are God's soldiers. I suppose they have forgotten the fact that their savior, Jesus, walked the planet preaching love and acceptance for all people. I would guarantee that most of these people do not even know the history of persecution directed at Christians. If they did they would not be out actively engaging in persecuting others. They would be seeking to understand each other's differences and embrace the beauty of mankind. Thank God not all Christians are as misguided as these fanatics. On some level I actually feel sorry for these folks, how unhappy must their lives be to spend so much time and energy wallowed in hatred and fear. Living as they do in this darkness I pray they may one day see the light.