Let me draw your attention to a sentence towards the middle of this block of text:

Things I have known as sinful are bold and brave.

He's talking about gay people. This isn't an argument about taxes or government spending, it's whether or not people should be considered criminals for being born different. I can't speak for everyone, but that's not something I would personally tolerate, especially if I was trying to be a good influence on my hypothetical children. (I probably won't have children because just taking care of myself is hard enough and I don't think I'd be good at it, so take that with a grain of salt.)