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News & ArtsThursday, June 10, 2010
Homo Gay Sex = Domestic Terrorism
Posted by Dan Savage on Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 12:37 PM
Blowing up innocent civilians, blowing innocent civilians—what's the difference?
Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association has a pretty active fantasy life, a fantasy life so fixated on gay sex that you can't help but wonder who's lifting his luggage. Which reminds me: Charles Blow had a great column in Saturday's NYT about the number of Americans who perceive gay and lesbians relationships are "morally acceptable" passing the 50% mark for the first time. Also for the first time ever: more men say that same-sex relationships are morally acceptable than women. One of the reasons? Call it the Rekers' Effect:
Virulent homophobes are increasingly being exposed for engaging in homosexuality. Think Ted Haggard, the once fervent antigay preacher and former leader of the National Association of Evangelicals, and his male prostitute. (This week, Haggard announced that he was starting a new “inclusive” church open to “gay, straight, bi, tall, short,” but no same-sex marriages. Not “God’s ideal.” Sorry.) Or George Rekers, the founding member of the Family Research Council, and his rent boy/luggage handler. Last week, the council claimed that repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” would lead to an explosion of “homosexual assaults” in which sleeping soldiers would be the victims of fondling and fellatio by gay predators. In fact, there is a growing body of research that supports the notion that homophobia in some men could be a reaction to their own homosexual impulses. Many heterosexual men see this, and they don’t want to be associated with it. It’s like being antigay is becoming the old gay. Not cool.
So straight men are telling pollsters that they're okay with gay relationships because they don't want people thinking they're gay or anything. That kind of homophobia I can live with.
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Charles "Blow" wrote about gays in the NY Times. Don't tell me the guy's gay and has a last name of "Blow." When's Jennifer Carpetmuncher's column on lesbo acceptance coming out, by the way?
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Your Brian Fischer link actually takes you back to Slog, which is a shame, because reading homophobic rants at work is fun...
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I can see the link(to domestic terrorism)... if I squint... reeeally hard... there it is.
Nope, I lost it. What was it? Men shooting metaphorical phalluses at each other = strife and unrest and death and destruction and sadness and sorrow and the world turning into a vast pit of human-based fertilizer?
Whew! OK!
Nope, I lost it. What was it? Men shooting metaphorical phalluses at each other = strife and unrest and death and destruction and sadness and sorrow and the world turning into a vast pit of human-based fertilizer?
Whew! OK!
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The whole point is that whenever a right-wing-nut-job screams about someone being evil, they're referring to themselves. So, when the AFA rails against domestic terrorists, they are talking about themselves. They're the terrorists, and as they become more desperate, as they realize they are on the losing side of history, they will ramp up their attacks. Yes, we are winning, but we should remain diligent for decades. Just look at how the Civil Rights struggle continues in AZ.
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The depth of this man's increasingly elaborate conspiracies is simply astounding ... and I think all of it could be written off as humorous if he didn't seem to dream so publicly of far-reaching segregation and death.
Just like the WBC, I believe his diseased conscience will only help gain sympathy for his (largely manufactured) 'enemies' and help provide a negative association / slander for the so many decent, humane Christians out there.
Just like the WBC, I believe his diseased conscience will only help gain sympathy for his (largely manufactured) 'enemies' and help provide a negative association / slander for the so many decent, humane Christians out there.
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#10, Yes, sorry. I love the gays, but I only want to be blown by women. I apologize if that makes me a homophobic terrorist :)
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Comment WIN on the Joe.My.God post, by Dallascracker:
"the only time gay sex is domestic terrorism is when it is bad and you can't get them out of your house fast enough."
"the only time gay sex is domestic terrorism is when it is bad and you can't get them out of your house fast enough."
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Thirty years ago, he would have proved that homosexual sex equals Communism. Coming soon: Eco-Christians prove that Lavender can'tbr Green, pro-pot theocrats prove that gay sex leads to more stems and seeds, and so on.
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