I rolled my eyes a lot.

Things that really irked me about the County Commissioner's Public Hearing last week:

1. The opposition continually starting their speeches off with, "I don't discriminate" or "I believe in equality for all", but then adding some ungodly reason as to why passing the ordinance was against the public's best interest or was simply immoral. Things such as:
• "Reverse discrimination". First of all, this concept is a complete farce. The fear behind it is the same fear behind any other civil rights movement- discriminating is illegal, you continue to do it, and you'll get fined. That's not reverse discrimination; that's the law. Plain and simple.
• "My bible tells me so". Really? Here's a newsflash, the United States Supreme Court has interpreted the First Amendment's Establishment Clause to mean that you cannot bring your religion into government decisions. The Bible is a book, the Constitution is law, and the Supreme Court has stated so, Not to mention, the "God" that I was acquainted with as a child loved everyone unconditionally. 1 Corinthians 4-7: "⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." Not to mention how many people seem to pick and choose which scriptures to follow, and which ones to completely ignore. Anyone out there wearing polyester? You're going to hell. Ever gotten divorced? I'll see you down there. Do you like shellfish? Sorry, you've just earned yourself a first-class one-way ticket. Does your wife make more money? You're both going to burn for eternity. If you're going to follow the bible, follow it. You can't pick and choose the parts you like.
• "No one is born gay". Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize people would choose to be disowned by their family and community, have a chance at getting fired for no particular reason, and fear for their lives every day. Plus, if it is a choice, I want you to wake up tomorrow morning and make the choice to be gay. Then come back at the end of your gay transformation, and keep reading. Not so easy is it? Tell me how much of a choice it is now.
• "Men will dress up as women and molest our daughters in restrooms". Uhhh, what? That doesn't even have the slightest thing to do with this ordinance for multiple reasons: A. Trans-people have no interest in small children, they simply want to go to the restroom in peace. B. Molesters will go into a restroom whether or not this ordinance passes- if that's where they really want to get their victims from. C. Statistically speaking, the majority of rapes and molestations are committed by people the victim knows. So, I'd be more concerned about your daughter's music teacher than the stranger in women's clothing who just went into the public restroom. But, that's just my inference on a well-known statistic.
• "The homosexual agenda". Who knew that equal rights gave the LGBT community an agenda? I sure didn't. I'm sure that it got really annoying in the 1960s when the "African-American Agenda" was being pushed through. Or how about in the 1920s when the "Women's Agenda" was coming up? Damn us women for wanting to vote.
• "Special privileges". Seriously, you already have these privileges, so giving the LGBT community does not make them "special". If you want to take a step back, and remove the anti-discrimination policy that gives the majority of us equal protections, okay, let's do so. Are you an Irish-American? Sorry, you're going to lose your job today. How about disabled? I can't even think of why you were hired to begin with. Are you older than 50? I'm going to fire you, and you won't even get a severance package. How about African-American? Ha. Good luck finding anyone to even interview you. Jewish? You can forget about working here. Female? Where's your husband and why were you even let out of the kitchen? ...seriously, that's what these "privileges" have done so far. You're lucky if you happen to be a straight, white, middle-class, Christian, American, able-bodied, man because you'll get hired no problem. The rest of us? Well, we're just screwed without these anti-discrimination ordinances/policies/laws. End of story.
2. The fear the commissioners in dissention seem to have of their constituents. Yes, it is a fear. Otherwise we'd still have a clean, 5-2 vote, but we don't. Some commissioners have decided that it is better to be a politician than a statesman. And that's sad. It's a terrible thing when they would much rather win an election than fight for equality. This is what caused the Ancient Greeks so many problems. "Leaders" got elected who only wanted to be elected, not fight for the betterment of their people. They began to think emotionally, rather than logically, and emotions sent them into a war they could not win, they executed true statesmen who spoke out against these decisions, and bam, the Greeks lost their Athenian rule. Don't believe me? Go ask Sarah Wiley at Delta College. Tell her who sent you. The same thing is happening here. Our elected officials have lost touch with what they've vowed to uphold and what being in office is truly about. Who cares if you lose an election? Will those votes help you sleep better at night? If so, you're part of the problem.

I think that sums it up nicely.