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Chris Matthews: Do you think we should outlaw gay behavior?

Peter Sprigg, of the Family Research Council: Well, uh, I think certainly…

Chris Matthews: The question is, should we outlaw gay behavior?

Peter Sprigg: I think the Supreme Court decision is Lawrence v Texas which overturned the sodomy laws in this country was wrongly decided. I think there would be a place for criminal sanctions against homosexual behavior.

Chris Matthews: So we should outlaw gay behavior.

Peter Sprigg: Uh, yes.

It’s a pleasure to see someone in the media – at last! – asking the most obvious question. Too bad it wasn’t followed up with the next obvious question. I guess Matthews ran out of time.

The next obvious question, of course, is, what kind of penalties do these people envision homosexuals facing if homosexuality were to be, once again, criminalized?

Maybe something like this?

People like Peter Sprigg hate questions like that, because answering honestly would reveal the nastiness of their agenda. For years, they’ve been given a pass by a media content to politely unfocus its eyes and ignore the implications of equating gays to pedophiles, rapists, etc.

It's time to ask those questions. Actually it was time to ask to those questions twenty years ago.