"Tradition, Family, Prosperity" and Brown University Collide

First off, this video is INTENSE. It's the direct clash of two very different ideas about marriage and homosexuality, and I felt quite uncomfortable watching, even as someone who has been near and involved with discussions on this issue for years.

Second, I think the pro-gay folks comported themselves much better than the anti-gay folks, considering what TFP published on their YouTube page that generalized all of the counter-protesters as "violent," when many of them behaved exactly as the TFP folks did.

Third, I think destroying the banner was foolish and fool-hardy (and from a PR standpoint, stupid to do when filmed), because it doesn't communicate any willingness to engage, and ultimately, you don't reach people by destroying their stuff.

But ultimately, the video is the sign that we can disagree - strongly - and have no one get hurt (just spat on, grumph), and that's something for which I am proud to be an American. The ACLU gal in the video was also great; while these people may think that counter-chants aren't ok, they are the perfect counter to this sort of protest, and I commend the many Brown students who stood up for their beliefs, as well as the marchers who made the opposite case who behaved appropriately. I do NOT commend the editing of the video, which is simply pretentious, and the roughshod descriptions of what occurred, which I think are written to get more fund-raising.