The American Princess has an excellent post regarding the rights of homosexuals as relating to the gay-marriage debate. Homosexuals are described as Super Citizens who are not only different from the rest of us, but superior, in that their rights to be "free" and "respected" trump yours and mine.

In her post she links to this article, from Mens News Daily.

The Super Citizens have struck their latest blow to our rights in my home state of Pennsylvania, in the well known case of the "Philadelphia 11", or "Philadelphia 5", or the "Philadelphia 4, plus one minor, who despite being ignored by the press is still being prosecuted." Whatever you call it, the situation is the same. Several people are being put on trial for having the audacity to say they believe homosexuality is wrong.

Despite what you may have read, this is not a case of judicial activism. Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge William Austin Meehan has a long, solid, history of upholding the letter of the law as it was written. Nor is the problem the law itself. Title 18 of the "Consolidated Pennsylvania Statutes" regarding Crimes and Offenses has no language or penalties that differ greatly from any of the other 49 states. In fact, 18 Pa.C.S. 5504 (e) clearly states that the sections on hate crimes "shall not apply... to any Constitutionally protected activity." A good law, a good judge, and two groups of people peacefully assembling to exercise their First Amendment rights. So what went wrong? Nothing except that one of the groups of protestors chose to read Bible verses to America's untouchable elite, homosexual activists. Now, this small group of Christians must face the full wrath of the militant homosexual lobby for infringing on their self created right to be above all reproach.