On Myth # 1, Republicans oppose special rights for gays. Republicans support gays having the same rights as anyone else.
On Myth # 2, Evangelicals support a view of gay marriage and other “gay rights” that, until about 10 or 20 years ago, was broadly accepted by EVERYONE including Democrats. Having said that, I don’t know of many people — even religious conservatives — who support locking gays up.
Myth # 3 is true. In fact, looking at most polls, there is little support among the general public for gay marriage. This isn’t just a “conservative” or “Christian” issue.
On Myth # 4, the media has tried and tried to turn the Tea Party into some social issues movement when it never was. The media needs to turn the Tea Party into some intolerant stereotype to turn the public against them. Its the clearest example of advocacy journalism in modern history.
Bottom Line: if gays want to support limited government and not ask for special rights, they are welcome in the Republican Party.
"Gay rights" is about bequeathing rights to homosexuals. WRONG -- FALSE -- A LIE. The truth: "Gay rights" is about denying rights. It's about denying the right of adoption agencies to refuse to relinquish the children in their charge to homosexual couples who want to play "married with children." Gay "rights" actually means forcing those adoption agencies to accommodate homosexuals' demands; "gay rights" is about denying rights to adoption agencies.
Gay "rights" is about denying the right of a matchmaking/dating service like e-hamony to deal exclusively with heterosexuals, and about forcing this private business to include gay and lesbian matchmaking. "Gay rights" is about denying rights to online dating services.
Gay "rights" is about denying the right of a business owner to fire an employee for making customers uncomfortable because of being flamboyantly "gay" or overtly "dike" in attitude, and forcing businesses to accommodate such employees. "Gay rights" is about denying rights to private businesses.
"Gay rights" has ZERO to do with bestowing rights; "Gay rights" is ALL and ONLY about taking rights away from others.
That "gay rights" is about "rights" is the biggest myth of all, and should be at the top of the list.