Linda Devore, writing in an op-ed in the Fayetteville Observer of North
Carolina, said disagreeing with gay marriage doesn’t equate to hate
speech.
“We all prefer to live in a world where offensive words and conduct
are discouraged, but increasingly it seems that merely speaking the truth of
one's beliefs is being labeled ‘hate speech’ by those looking for an offense,”
Devore wrote. “Cathy's words and support of organizations promoting traditional
family values don't even come close. He is a soft-spoken man who knows what he
believes, and understands that others may disagree and live their lives
otherwise,” she wrote, referring to Cathy.
“As Americans,” wrote Devore,
“we would all do better to learn how to disagree without being disagreeable, and
respect differences of opinion without demonizing. Disagreeing does not equal
‘hate speech,’ as it is too often characterized these days. Do we really want to
become the United States of Offense Taken?”
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