I am tired of the sanctimony of the far right and far left in this country. Is there no middle ground any more? Can we see eye-to-eye on nothing?

Sadly, I agree with some of my friends on the “near” left when they say much of this started with Ronald Reagan. As much as I admired the Gipper back in the day, I see now how much of a polarizing figure he was indeed.

I simply do not see how conservatives can be opposed to our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters wanting to do one of the most conservative things imaginable: get married. My marriage would in no way be threatened if my gay friends and family members (yes, we all have them) were to tie the knot with someone they love. There is no way the state could ever force any church to perform gay marriages, so those arguments, being made most loudly from our friends in the Catholic Church, are completely without merit. Might the Catholic Church be compelled to offer benefits to same-sex spouses of their employees? Perhaps, if they take public dollars. But there is no way the Catholic Church or any other church could ever be compelled by the state to marry same-sex couples.

I’ve said this before: we as conservatives need to get over ourselves. We all have gay and lesbian friends and family members. Frankly, I’m waiting for the next Evangelical minister to be forced out of the closet.

To our conservative Christian friends, stop it already. Let them love in peace.