By Selwyn Duke ——Bio and Archives--October 9, 2007
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...the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution condemning the event as an 'act of provocation' by a group they stated is 'anti-gay and anti-choice' whose goal was to 'negatively influence the politics of America's most tolerant and progressive city.' (Emphasis added.)Continuing the theme of anti-Christian activism, the supervisors also condemned a Christian advertising campaign titled "Truth in Love," which sent the message that homosexuals could change their inclinations. The board not only stated that those expressing such ideas were complicit in "hate crimes," it even went so far as to issue a resolution asking TV stations not to run the ad. And what is with all this condemnation anyway? After all, it seems that the only line of Scripture leftists know--and they use it liberally--is "Do not judge lest you be judged"; yet, not only do they judge, they issue official condemnations! Then, if you want to know exactly how much the supervisors eschew discrimination, just ask the Boy Scouts. This great American youth organization was banned from public schools by these politicians. But not all the supervisors' judgments lead to condemnations and bans. For example, they passed a law granting city employees up to 50,000 dollars of the taxpayers' money for sex-change operations. I guess this isn't surprising, as many of the supervisors act like capons. In a similar vein, the board passed a law prohibiting job discrimination against cross-dressers and transsexuals, thereby showing no tolerance for an employer's moral right to run his business in accordance with the dictates of his own conscience. Of course, it's not as if the supervisors squelch all liberty, perish the thought. An advertisement was recently released for the Folsom Street Fair (which is funded through the city's hotel tax), which, as CNSNews.com puts it: "...depicts the Last Supper as a sadomasochism party..." and "...replaces Jesus and his apostles with scantily leather-clad men and women sitting at a table adorned with sex toys." The capons and clucking hens on the board had nothing to say about that. I suppose, though, they're tolerant of such things. Oh, I forgot, they cannot be. They like them. Although it's easy to make sport of the senseless, there is a serious issue here. The City by the Bay is on the cutting edge of societal devolution. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' use of government muscle to enforce a leftist orthodoxy has become the standard of the fascist left in much of the western world. As I have documented before, in places such as Europe, Canada and Australia, this practice has spawned "hate speech laws," Orwellian legislation that has already been used to punish those who dare utter politically incorrect sentiments. In our nation, the left's intolerance first translated into the soft tyranny of speech codes on college campuses, sensitivity training in corporations, and self-censorship by the media and others. Now we're seeing a transitional phase. It involves accustoming people to both government interference in matters of political and social discourse and the concept that "hate speech"--an illegitimate designation--is so damaging to society that it must not be protected free speech. And once this thoroughly imbues our national psyche, enacting hate speech laws will just be a formality. This is why this issue matters: The actions of the supervisors are a portent of things to come. As Michael Savage said, "This is a dry run against free speech in America." But it's not the first, and it won't be the last. And if you think that is bad, just wait until practice is over. That is a negative if I've ever seen one. And it's not one we should tolerate for a moment.
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