There’s a lot of verbiage out there already on the New Jersey Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage, but candidate for congress Angie Paccione, during an exchange with homophobe and co-author of the Federal Marriage Amendment Marilyn Musgrave (via Pam’s House Blend), said it all, perfectly…

"I think that’s the ideal environment for children to be raised," Musgrave said, of opposite-sex marriage.

The remark got a smattering of applause but Paccione’s response was quick earning her wide clapping and several cheers.

"You want to protect marriage, you know what’s a threat to marriage? Divorce is a threat to marriage," she told the crowd of about 1,000

"You know what else is a threat to marriage? Infidelity is a threat to marriage. Domestic violence is a threat to marriage. Losing your job is a threat to marriage. Marriage is not a threat to marriage. I support equality."

Just so.  But taking the bigots at their word that they’re about defending marriage is for rubes.  They don’t give a shit about marriage.  What they care about is keeping their right to persecute gay people, simply for existing.  What they care about is defending the lie that homosexuals don’t love, they just have sex.  What they care about is maintaining the cultural perception of homosexuals as something other then human, something grotesque and ugly and no more deserving of human regard then scarecrows or punching bags.  We can’t be the scapegoats for every cheap sin they couldn’t keep themselves from committing, if we can have lives of our own.  The only threats to their marriages are themselves.  That’s why they need someone else to take the blame.  If gay people can enter into marriage, if same sex couples can walk proudly together through life, in trust, in honor, in mutual love and affection, then what does that leave them, except responsibility for their own lives?  What do you do when all the scapegoats are finally gone, and there is no one else to blame, but the face in the mirror?