“Anti-Christian religious bigotry” is apparently what conservatives are now calling LGBTQ rights

[DonViejo]

NOM president Brian Brown is seeing a rise in "anti-Christian" bigotry, which is just a rise in LGBTQ rights

KATIE MCDONOUGH

In lamenting the demise of Arizona’s anti-LGBTQ discrimination bill and recent victories to secure other basic protections for LGBTQ individuals, National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown encouraged his fellow bigots to try to change the frame on these debates by accusing LGBTQ rights advocates of pushing “anti-Christian bigotry”:

So, when (LGBTQ people and their allies) bring up discrimination, we need to turn it on its head and say, this is about anti-religious, specifically in some cases, anti-Christian religious bigotry, and there’s no place for this in this country. The discrimination is there, but right now what’s happening is the discrimination is coming from those that want to punish, repress and marginalize individuals and organizations that stand up for their religious beliefs.

Referencing a New Mexico photographer who refused to shoot a gay couple’s commitment ceremony (the Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear her case, probably because of anti-Christian bigotry), Brown said, “Whether it’s being forced to photograph a ceremony that you don’t agree with, forced to create a same-sex marriage wedding cake that you don’t agree with, whatever it is, that’s a very different thing than saying this is somehow Jim Crow all over again. In fact, it’s the reverse.”

But not every person of faith shares Brown’s bigoted paranoia.

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http://www.salon.com/2014/04/07/anti_christian_religious_bigotry_is_apparently_what_conservatives_are_now_calling_lgbtq_rights/

[shenmue]

1. He has all the rights

What's he afraid of?

[rug]

2. Of course they would.

[trotsky]

3. "Anti-Christian religious bigotry" is what some call it when atheists speak up, too.

It appears to be a defense tactic when one has no logical or moral high ground and wishes to simply declare their religious beliefs special and protected.