What Constitutes "Gay Bashing?"

The NY Daily News apparently believes that anyone who is religious is a "gay basher," and they use Chicago White Sox player Carl Everett as an example. (Thanks to JB for pointing it out.) First, the article begins with a good old fashioned anti-Christian routine:

"The world already knows Carl Everett believes dinosaurs never roamed the planet. After all, there's no mention of them in the Bible."

(Translation: you Bible readers out there are just plain idiots to believe the Book explains the world.)

But here is Carl Everett's money quote:

"Gays being gay is wrong. Two women can't produce a baby, two men can't produce a baby, so it's not how it's supposed to be. . . . I don't believe in gay marriages. I don't believe in being gay."

The article is subtly telling us that this is a foolish (or "gay bashing") opinion rather than a deeply held value about the family unit and God's will. Just as the Bible doesn't mention dinosaurs, the article is also trying to tell us that we don't know God's intent when it comes to gay marriage.

While Carl Everett is never particularly eloquent, his statement hardly constitutes "gay bashing." What is more telling, however, is the newspaper's views about the Bible.