I'll issue an apology, if everyone tries to understand what I was trying to say, and admittedly, doing a horrible, horrible job at saying it.

To be clear, I was not saying that I hate gay people, nor do I consider them to be subhuman, or second-class, or anything like that. As a matter of fact, the Bible specifically says that we are supposed to be kind to everyone, regardless of who they are, or what they believe, or what they have done, or anything.

I will admit that I put out what sounded like the exact opposite, and to that, I will apologize, contingent on everyone understanding what I was TRYING to say.

What I was trying to say is that there are a select minority in the gay community that are, for political reasons, trying to impose gay marriage on people who have religious objections to it. These individuals give homosexuals a bad name, and they cause a lot of grief for people like me, who are, I would like to point out, perfectly within the law to deny service based on our religious beliefs. Now, any actual, real, genuine Christian will understand that this doesn't mean that we should be (insert expletive here) to them. In fact, it's actually a good business move to point these people in the direction of other businesses who will work for them. Anybody who doesn't do that, and instead grabs the torches and pitchforks, ought to be locked away for trying to deprive citizens of America of their lives, or limb, or whatever.

I am not an advocate of hatred in any way, merely one of many millions of conscientious objectors to the interpretation of a certain law.

That some people would try (and appear to be succeeding at) turn people against us is an unaddressed part of this travesty of the gay marriage debate. (Why can't it be just that anymore? A debate. If things can go back to the point when we could discuss things like gay marriage like mature human beings and not blast each other for being politically incorrect or for being Christians, that would make many people happier, I think. We can be free to disagree and discuss these things like adults, and come to some compromise, like we're supposed to.)

If nothing else, I think we can all agree on two things. First of all, people ought to be free to live their lives however they see fit. People should be able to make their own decisions, like whether to be part of a gay marriage or a straight marriage, or not. Secondly, I think we can all agree that it is not right to try and force people to do something that they, by Constitutional right, they should have to be allowed to decide whether or not they want to participate in something. For example, it has been said that America is a Judeo-Christian nation, but the most appealing part of the United States is that nobody is forcing the citizens to be Jewish or Christian. Likewise, you're allowed to practice whatever religion you want to, and everything that entails.

If we can all agree on these two points, then I will issue an official apology to then entire Board.

Deal?