Push back by the Religious right.

The following from "Pam's House Blend":

Report: anti-gay org to run ad in NYT blaming gays for 'Campaign Of Violence' in wake of Prop 8 (+) by: Pam Spaulding Tue Dec 02, 2008 at 11:15:00 AM EST

You knew this was coming -- it was only a matter of time before the emotion and outrage in the LGBT community after Prop 8 would be turned into a rampaging mob of heathen homosexuals persecuting Christians. The Blend has received word that the The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is pulling together a full page ad to run in the NY Times within the next few days, charging the LGBT community's response to Prop 8 is a "Campaign of Violence." According to our source, the ad will cite an incident where a white powder was sent to a church, and "document" disruptions of services at houses of worship. The Becket Fund is also allegedly contacting like-minded anti-gay organizations to request that they sign on to the ad. This D.C.-based organization recently published a "study" on the implications of marriage equality and anti-discrimination legislation on religious liberty. The study found that all 50 states prohibit gender discrimination in some way, and only 37 states have explicit religious exemptions to these provisions, many of them quite narrow. This lack of robust exemptions could become a problem if (as has happened in some instances) religious objections to same-sex marriage are treated as a kind of gender discrimination. In addition, 33 states prohibit at least some discrimination based on marital status, and only 13 of these states provide religious exemptions, some with a wide latitude of exemption, others with only narrow exemptions. Of the 20 states that prohibit sexual orientation-based discrimination, 18 provide exemptions for religious objection. Based on the data, The Becket Fund concludes that if same-sex marriage is recognized by courts or legislatures, people and institutions that have conscientious objections to facilitating same-sex marriage will likely be sued under existing anti-discrimination laws-laws never intended for that purpose. In fact, Becket touts Mitt Romney's infamous "Freedom Requires Religion" diatribe this year. It was actually delivered at a Becket function at the Metropolitan Club in New York. Mitt and his wife Ann were awarded the Becket's Canterbury Medal for "Courage in the Defense of Religious Liberty"." As I read this, I thought back to all the posts I have received from the AFA (I still get stuff from them) asking me to boycott Ford, McDonald's, and damn near every other socially conscious company. I think back to the times (more than once) my house and home was attacked for no reason other than the fact two old women (who just might be lesbians) live there. We really have to respond to this bullshit. My (our) Civil Rights are not to be toyed with by bigots for the possibility of political gain. At this point, ignoring them is NOT an option.