Religious-Right Homophobes Whine That They're Being Oppressed
Submitted on October 3, 2011
By Joshua Holland - September 29, 2011
Claiming the mantle of an oppressed minority carries real power – the power to shame, and ultimately the ability to shape public policy. For years, the Right, having lost the battle against African American civil rights in the 1950s and 1960s, has sought to turn the tables and portray themselves as the target of bigotry, and their vehicle of choice is the supposed religious persecution of conservative evangelicals.
