I sent the following letter to the editor of the Poughkeepsie Journal. I am not sure they will print it, so just in case, I am publishing it here too. UPDATE, they will not publish the letter because I cannot prove the 5% figure. I agree with them, it should not be published unless I can source that information. Curiously, that information has been very difficult to find….

Leftist activists are intentionally using the debate over LGBTQ rights to persecute Christians. Christians do not want to discriminate against LBGTQ people over important things like housing, jobs and voting rights. Activists know this so they decided to make LBGTQ rights about marriage and bathrooms instead. Since gay marriage has been legalized, only about 5% of LGBTQ people have gotten married. When you compare this to the majority of straight people, the 5% figure is minuscule. As for bathrooms, most transgender people used the bathroom of their biological gender unless they had gotten surgery. Both of these issues were not things LGBTQ people complained about very much until very recently. These issues have one purpose, to marginalize Christians. Leftist activists see Christians as their biggest enemy in the culture war, a war that they started in the late 1960’s over free love. Because Christians are opposed to both these issues, activists feel that they can now apply the “discrimination” label to anyone who opposes their agenda. This way, they can tell people that they have no choice but to accept their agenda otherwise any dissent will be described as discriminatory. These activists are making huge changes in our culture, and because people are afraid of the labels, they just back down and let these people do whatever they want. We need to stand up to them otherwise we will be controlled by them, and end up living in a world that is not comfortable for anyone, except the activists.