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News & ArtsWednesday, September 2, 2009
Homo Why Do They Hate Us?
Posted by Dominic Holden on Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:33 PM
I called four people who gave money or worked to get Referendum 71 on the ballot, asking them why they hate gay people. One man who answered was Paul Henry, an 84-year-old Christian in Colville, Washington, who donated $200. Here's part of his answer.
"I don't hate 'em. Actually, they are the ones overturning police cars. When Harvey Milk was shot, the gay people in San Francisco just went crazy. They smashed in store windows and turned over cars. They tried to light fires," he says. "They are the ones doing the violence. They aren't getting beat up. If you want to look at haters, [the gays] are the haters, not the Christians." He adds, "All Referendum 71 is trying to do is defend ourselves against their political attack. Society doesn't need to give anything to them just because they demand it. It is not a civil-rights issue; it is a health issue." So does he think gay people are gross? "I would say even more than gross. I think they are major incubators of a lot of the bacteria. It is common for homosexuals to have hundreds of different sexual experiences with people—they do fisting, they do water sports, and on and on."
Keep reading Henry's answer and the answers of three others HERE.
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