On "religious liberty" and bigotry

Up to now, for the most part, I have tried to be understanding of people who are against marriage equality and have not ascribed any bad motives to them, but after reading about this incident and this from Mike Huckabee, I find that I can no longer do this.  At this point, people who are against marriage equality have openly crossed the line and are just being flat out bigots.

I do want to draw a distinction between churches not performing same-sex marriages (which falls under religious freedom) and opposing marriage equality in the public sphere which has nothing to do with religious freedom.  If you look at the arguments used by people who oppose marriage equality, you will see eerie similarities to arguments used against integration and civil rights of African Americans in the 50s and 60s.  For example:

[1] In Florida, you have counties which have decided that they are no longer going to do any civil marriages to avoid marrying same-sex couples.
[2] In Denver, you have someone who wanted to decorate a cake with anti-LGBT slurs and insisted that their religious freedom was violated when they were refused
[3] In a throwback to the theory of nullification,  Mike Huckabee is insisting that states can refuse to enforce court rulings if they disagree with them.

Basically, you have people using religion as a cover for their bigotry and hate.  They can claim that they are not bigots, but that doesn't mean a thing.  I can claim anything I want, but if the evidence says otherwise, then I am lying.

I am not saying that there are truly no religious objections, but actions like the ones mentioned above have absolutely nothing to do with religion.  Slate has a great article about how similar Huckabee's position on gay marriage is to Orval Faubus' on segregation.  And there is a lot more out there showing the comparisons.

I won't say anything else right now because I am just too disgusted to say anything.  The right wingers of this country have really gone off the rails espousing theories that have been discredited for a long time now.  Personally, I cannot wait to sweep this sort of thinking into the dustbin of history where it belongs.