Gays are the new Jews

Every Jew in this country ought to take up the flag of gay rights immediately, if you haven't already done so.

Why?

Because of things like this:

MR. RUSSERT: But voicing his opinion, as he did there on gay rights, you recall in the campaign back in Rogers County, when you made comments like this, telling a group of local Republicans that-- "[Coburn] told a meeting of local Republicans that `the gay community has infiltrated the very centers of power. They are the greatest threat, that agenda is the greatest threat to our freedom we face today.'"

SEN. COBURN: It's a threat to undermine the family. It does undermine the family. And if you look at the structural problems with our country today, what is happening to us at every level as a nation and in our culture? Our families are falling apart. If you look at how we spend money in the federal government, the increasing amounts that we're spending are to attack--attack--the very problems where the family is falling apart.

As soon as some wacknut Christofascist politician starts talking about a group "infiltrating the very centers of power", my Jewdar goes right off the charts. This is what they used to say, and indeed some still do, say about Jews -- they've infiltrated the center of powers, they are a threat to decent people everywhere. It used to be that Jews were the convenient scapegoat. We all know how well that worked in Nazi Germany. Well, now it's happening right here, with high-profile politicians saying the same things about gays.

We have an obligation to speak out.