Let's Get To The Point

Since I'm in Washington State there have been some political issues that have been on the forefront of the news. Homosexuality and laws concerning marriage, along with health care and all. But what I was most surprised about were some of the pictures people have been posting on Facebook. Pictures of bump stickers and comments like, "If I saw that car I would key it!" (This comment was based on a bumper sticker supporting marriage to be only legal between a man and a woman). Ironically this comment was probably the nicest comment on there! I was shocked. Whatever happened to freedom of speech? The person's bump sticker that was in question may have offended people, but don't they have the right to have a different view, a different stand on those issues? I know far too many people who have voiced their views that marriage should remain between a man and woman and have been threatened because of it. Who is being threatened for supporting homosexual marriage? Not one person that I have heard of (notice I said, "I have heard of"). So why this viciousness? What happened to discussing ideas and views and being non-malicious, non-violent?

One of the comments said, "What an ignorant *****!" I found this incredibly ironic because there was no way the person commenting knew the owner of the car, which means they have NO IDEA if the owner had any understanding of the issue the bumper sticker was about- thus the person commentating was displaying their own true ignorance. Additionally, the word used to describe that person, well that is never acceptable... no matter who you are. Sadly, this is getting to be more and more commonplace. Those who are of a different belief, view, idea, opinion are being attacked because of it. Since when has that ever been acceptable? If people on EITHER side of the issues are acting with violence the law needs to step in- regardless of the view the person held and give justice according to what was done. Whether or not someone supports homosexual marriage should never be cause for threats, degradation or maliciousness... Just saying.