anchorage gay rights

By Dan Fagan
Publisher
The Alaska Standard

The socialists controlling the Anchorage Assembly want to make it illegal to discriminate against gays in decisions affecting hiring, housing and education. They will push the plan, which was written by the ACLU, before conservative Mayor Dan Sullivan is sworn in.

It’s a perfect example of how much faith leftists have in government. They believe government is able to judge the intent of man’s heart. Foolish.

But even if a government bureaucrat were able to determine whether someone denied a potential tenant housing because he or she is gay, a bigger question must be asked: should that be illegal?

What if, for example, a young couple with young children buys a two-unit condo, live in one side and rent out the other. What if the couple decides they don’t want a gay couple living next door because they don’t want to expose their young children to that lifestyle? Does that decision make the couple homophobic, evil, or haters of gay people? Or is the young couple simply trying to avoid questions like why were Bob and Steve kissing in the front yard?

The same could be true for unmarried couples. What if the young couple would rather not have to explain to their children why the couple living next door is not married? Should not the young couple owning the condo be able to rent it to anyone they want? This is still America isn’t it? The land of the free. What business does government have telling anyone what to do with what they own? Read more