Is the GOP's recent anti-gay bill trend an act of rage?

[SteveRogers]

The first two stages of grief, according to Elizabeth Kübler-Ross:

Denial — As the reality of loss is hard to face, one of the first reactions to follow the loss is Denial. What this means is that the person is trying to shut out the reality or magnitude of their situation, and begin to develop a false, preferable reality.
Anger — "Why me? It's not fair!"; "How can this happen to me?"; '"Who is to blame?"
Once in the second stage, the individual recognizes that denial cannot continue. Because of anger, the person is very difficult to care for due to misplaced feelings of rage and envy. Anger can manifest itself in different ways. People can be angry with themselves, or with others, and especially those who are close to them. It is important to remain detached and nonjudgmental when dealing with a person experiencing anger from grief.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Stages_of_Grief

Then come Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.

It's clear where the GOP is on gay rights.

"We will never do this again!" is in Stage 3.

If that's right, then can we expect the GOP to bargain for civil unions next?

[SteveRogers]

It has nothing to do with gay. It has everything to do with the legislature hijacking power from the judiciary by writing new laws.

In fact, the "anti-gay" bills are as much pro-gay as anti-gay. If an anti-gay person can discriminate against homosexuals, homosexuals can discriminate against the anti-gay fundamentalists.

The political optics are bad enough that reasonable people can rule out any social agenda. The obvious agenda pertains to conservative mistrust of the unelected, often-progressive judiciary.

Why do people keep saying this? That's not what the text of the Arizona bill allowed for at all. The discrimination allowed under that bill was very much a one-way street.