Unjustified claims of higher moral ground

My local newspaper recently printed an editorial column by Miami Herald columnist Leondard Pitts, Jr. It's his very well stated rebuttal to the recent anti-"gays in the military" statements made by Peter Pace, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Pace said that he's against allowing gays to openly serve in the military because "homosexual acts are immoral" and he doesn't want to "condone immoral acts."

An excerpt of Mr. Pitt's reply:
People like the general--in other words, bigots--often wrap their objections up in claims of fundamental right and wrong where sexual orientation is concerned: I have a moral objection to homosexuality, they will say loftily.

I've always thought visceral would be better and truer adjective. As in a gut-level objection to people of the same sex engaging in physical or emotional intimacy.

If those who feel that objection would admit to being driven by instinct and not principle, I could at least respect their honesty.

You can read the full column here at the Miami Herald. It made my day.
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