New York Gay Marriage Cartoon

(Cartoon by Glenn Foden - Source: Townhall.com)

One of the common arguments that gay activists make when defending same sex marriage (or gay marriage as they call it) is the appeal to equality based on the analogy of civil rights based on race or gender. Yet there is a significant disconnect in comparing an ideology based on sexual preference versus race or gender. The disconnect stems from the gay activist misperception of the analogy.

In a nutshell, while same sex attraction may or may not be inborn, the outward expression of sexual preference is a moral question and not a question of innate consequence, nor is it a civil right. The same is true of the outward expression of heterosexuality as well.

Here are some examples to illustrate the differences:

• Being black is not a moral question. Being a black activist is.
• Being a woman is not a moral question. Being a pro-abortion feminist is a moral decision.
• Having sexual feelings is not a moral question. The media's hypersexualization of teens is.
• Having same sex attraction is not a moral question. Preaching an ideology based on sexual preference in order to change the definition of marriage is.

Like it or not, homosexual behavior (not same-sex attraction) crosses the social boundaries of moral custom and moral behavior. To claim homosexual behavior is akin to race or gender is to propose a false analogy. There is no such thing as equality of morality. Yet gay activists will insist that their particular moral ideal must be the only valid moral standard and therefore must be protected by law.