The gay religion
Ryan Daniels, 19 S. Cal. Interdisc. L.J. 129 (2009)
However, the problem of religious beliefs subjugating civil rights loses its sting if the gay ideology shifts its focus from gay rights to gay religious beliefs. A conflict that pits the gay ideology against the religious ideology will force an outcome where one religious belief wins at the expense of another religious belief, if either wins at all. Describing the two ideologies as religious ideologies creates parity in the debate, because the description clarifies the notion that the two ideologies stand on equal ground. From here, the debate will be allowed to proceed as a traditional religious debate.
The aim of this paper is to describe why the gay ideology should be termed a gay religion. This paper attempts to show that being ‘gay’ is the result of religious belief much in the way that being ‘catholic’ is the result of religious belief. Thus, when laws are enacted or policies are instituted that specifically affect the experience of gays, the analysis of those laws and policies should account for the religious beliefs of gays.
