TV shows that Solidify my own Father’s Bigotry

I have literally never been so angry in my life. My heart is pounding and I feel like I’m going to cry. And I don’t get angry.

This is all because my father is watching a show on TV (I couldn’t hear the name or the channel and I couldn’t find it online either, sorry). The entirety of the show was dedicated to explaining the evils of homosexuality and how all homosexuals are ruining America. Everything they said was either 1) blatantly false, 2) just plain homophobic, or 3) crazy ridiculous. For example: because of anti-workplace discrimination laws all stores that sell Christian items will go out of business. Because they are now being forced to higher gay people, and since all gays are offended by the bible and other Christian things they would have to stop selling them. Logical, I know. Another good one: hate crime laws make it so all preachers who explain why homosexuality is sinful (*rolls eyes*) have to go to jail. The logic abounds. Just as an aside, they kept referring to “the homosexual agenda;” I’ve no idea what this is, so if any of you know please explain.

While their claims were completely ridiculous and hate filled, they
aren’t the main reason I’m angry (although, they’re a big part of it).
The main reason I am angry is the fact that my father was agreeing with
most of what was said. This show (which was more like an info-mercial)
was, obviously produced by a Christian organization (because of what
they were saying, not because all Christians ate anti-gay. That’s as
untrue and the things the people on the show were saying) and my father
is not religious. But as the show went on my father started talking to
my mother about why he agrees (he does this by lecturing her; she
stopped listening at least 10 years ago). He explained that he doesn’t
care “who you screw” (eloquent, I know) he just doesn’t want to pay for
it. Because, apparently if gay marriage is legal he has to pay for it;
I don’t know he said some things about taxes. He also said that no one
should ever tell there kids that homosexuality is okay, because that
will make the kids think its okay to “suck dick” (he is a well spoken
man). Obviously, there are more then a few things wrong with this.
First off, he does care about “who you screw,” because if he didn’t he
would care who you married, either. Second, just because your parents
are okay with something doesn’t mean you’re going to do it, and if your
kid is gay it’s not because you approved of it, either …they just
are, and it doesn’t matter. And as a personal example, my father is
(clearly) okay with homophobia and I’m not going to participate in that.

Basically,
I’ve always known my father was a bigot. Not only is he homophobic, but
he doesn’t approve of “mixing,” as he calls it (i.e. marrying someone
of a different ethnicity. By the way, he also believes in race, which
drives me crazy. There is only one race; it is called the human race!).
But the fact that he would sit there and watch a full half hour of hate
(and justifying the death of Matthew Shepard, among others) makes me so
sad and angry, I can hardly believe we’re related.