Rather than sucking up people’s energy, maybe it would focus people’s energy. It would give a channel to diffused energy that might otherwise dissipate. The only way I see it being harmful is if there were a better alternative that it was distracting from. But I don’t see the better alternative.
Nobody is paying attention to the real threat: the passage of an act that is claiming anti-discrimination protection for gays and “transgendered” persons. This would extend to employment, housing, etc., just as it bans discrimination according to race now.
So far the GOP has managed to defeat it, but I don’t think they’re going to be able to hold out long. Once it happens, it’s going to be seriously bad news for the churches.
Don’t forget, a Constitutional amendment takes years and years to achieve. They’ll have this anti-discrimination thing through in no time, however, and then it won’t even be possible to propose the amendment.
People should be looking for the creation of some law that will protect Christians and other objectors, which is immediately urgent.