But hold my feet to the fire and I will say this: While I think gay couples should be able to have some of the equal protections such as tax breaks, estate planning considerations that hetero couples have, I do not think the church will or should recognize their unions. And that is totally up to the church.
As for blacks being bashed, have you watched the WB or UPN lately? They bash themselves mercilessly. But I guess it's better when blacks bash blacks and gays bash gays.
Religion does get it from all sides, but many of the same writers who come up with this stuff would consider themselves religious. It's just work to them. Just like it's entertainment to us. I admit that my lack of religious upbringing would lead me to be less offended than you by all of this.
And I think I need to add that for the past 3 months I have not owned a tv. Just a laptop for the DVD's. So I'm a little off my tv watching.