Obama's Brave New World

The chilling new world to be presided over by Barack Obama was never better illustrated than in the hate-covered faces of Gay Rights Proposition 8 protestors in Florida, as they intimidated and bullied Phyllis Burgess, an elderly lady and supporter of Prop 8, who was trying in a totally peaceful and reasonable way to make her point to the protesters (something which, when I last checked, was a perfectly reasonable and legal thing to do under the American Constitution).

These mindless thugs did everything they could to prevent Phyllis from giving tv interviews (again, something she has a perfect right to do), and eventually succeeded in drowning her out and intimidating her to the extent that she was forced to give up.

Had this not been broadcast live on CBS in Florida, one shudders to think of the fate that might have befallen this elderly lady, but sadly it only goes to show that although the people of California, and a number of other states voted entirely democratically, and by a fairly significant margin, to uphold marriage as between a man and a woman, because it did not fit in with what they wanted, these louts decided to go on a spree of destruction, mindless vandalism and personal intimidation.

Very grown up.

If these people really think that they are going to wring an ounce of sympathy for themselves as a result of their actions, they are even stupider than they make themselves appear.

And to make matters worse, the local news anchor had the gall to comment at the end of the report: "There's a lot of anger and a lot of hate, obviously, on both sides". Clearly a laughable commentary on what had just transpired, but probably a good indication of how scared the media is of angering the gay lobby in our modern world.

Unfortunately, the President-elect is on their side, so I hate to think what we could be facing up to, especially as this is one issue where the will of a huge number of people who showed their feelings in a democratic vote is in direct opposition to the President-to-be.

If that isn't frightening, I don't know what is.

My only hope is that while we still have the freedom to speak out for what we believe is right, as set out in the Constitution, we will make the most of it, and people just like Phyllis Burgess will be able to protest and make their point in peace.

Just imagine the outcry if gay rights protestors had been treated the way Phyllis Burgess was.

We'd never hear the last of it