It's much easier to marginalize those who sin differently than you do.
Ding,ding,ding...we have a winner.
no actually, it is a strawman argument. I do not want homosexuality outlawed. Nor do I want homosexual marriage outlawed. But that doesn't mean "the people" don't have a right to choose which activities they will condone and which activities they will refuse to condone.
If a homosexual wants to practice homosexuality, then go do it...just don't ask me to place my stamp of approval on it.
If a heterosexual couple wants to have pre-martial sex, then go do it...just don't ask me to place my stamp of approval on it.
If a drunk wants to go get drunk, then go do it...just don't ask me to place my stamp of approval on it.
Do I ask anyone to place their stamp of approval on my sins? No.
This has nothing to do with your approval and everything to do social regulation. One doesn't have to approve of something to not regulate it.
The people certainly have the right to not condone certain actions, that however, is different than legally banning such actions. Some people may not approve of interracial marriage - but if that rather ill informed group were a plurality they would not have the right to ban it. You seem to be arguing that minorities have no rights if a majority decideds to take them away - that's not the America I know. People can not vote to make a minority less equal based upon religous values (or other values), though certain factions believe otherwise and certainly the GOP has been pandering to those groups and allowing for such injustice to occur.
I get that you are a part of those groups and that you want to be pandered to. That regulating other peoples lives is small potatos to evangelics as long as those regulations conform with their religion. I don't expect to change your mind - only point out that you are full of it, but I suspect most folks that post here have figured that out already.
Strawman? If you call Balmer's arguement a strawman arguement I don't think you know what the words mean.
The bottom line on the evangelical crowd that believes in forced social regulation is that they want folks to conform to their rather limited set of values and raise their public profile by marginalizing those who are notably different.
Stamp of approval? Whatever. I don't see the evangelicals out in force trying to ban getting drunk - but then many evangelicals drink.
