The right-wingers certainly do like to exaggerate and twist things -- especially when it comes to sex. For some reason, they love to worry about what consenting adults are doing in the privacy of their own bedrooms, and they want to dictate whom you can love and whom you cannot.
So now Rev. Don Wildmon of the American Family Association is accusing McDonald's of buying into the "homosexual agenda". Why? Because the fast food giant has contributed money to the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, which "promotes hate crimes [legislation], the ENDA [Employment Non-Discrimination Act]."
Therefore, says Wildmon, "[T]hey're dedicated to pushing the homosexual agenda."
Wait a minute. This seems to imply that McDonald's is doing something wrong by supporting organizations that support non-discrimination legislation. In other words, Wildmon is telling us that it is wrong to support equality for all our citizens.
In other words, Wildmon is telling us that discrimination is right, and equality is wrong.
Apparently, he believes that some people are worthy of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution, but other people are not. And he believes that he is qualified to judge who is, and who isn't. How arrogant is that?!
Apparently, he believes that gays and lesbians should be treated as second-class citizens, because for some odd reason he feels threatened by the private bedroom activity of others.
Apparently, he believes that any person, or any corporation, who supports fairness, equality, and love is "buying into the homosexual agenda".
But what is the homosexual agenda?
It is the right to be treated the same as anyone else, and to enjoy the same protections and freedoms as anyone else. The homosexual agenda is about equality and respect for all people, regardless of whom they sleep with.
The Declaration of Independence states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
"All men are created equal." All. Not just the heterosexual ones. And those rights are unalienable.
That, quite simply, is the homosexual agenda -- as bought into by Thomas Jefferson.
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“Homosexuals brainwashing our children in elementary schools Extremely slick propaganda directed at the youngest of children! The videos below are from its Elementary, a 78-minute feature film produced by homosexual activists.These are actual scenes from elementary schools in Massachusetts and New York.Its Elementary is meant to be a training video for homosexual activist teachers across the country. In addition, the film itself has been shown to schoolchildren in public schools in Massachusetts and elsewhere. This is what is actually going on in more and more elementary schools across America. Watching this will really affect you! You will not believe what you are seeing.”
for the small world you live in. Calling everyone a bigiot doesn't make them one. Just because good people disagree with you is no reason for name calling.
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David C Beach (0 articles, 1 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 119 comments)
on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 3:39:07 AM
Calling it "The homosexual agenda" is the opposition's way of swiftboating the human condition. Self respect and respect for others different than you is hard to do battle with since the premise is so universal, so they swiftboat it. It is hard for those on the fear side of the fear-to-love continum to honor respect and America's founding principle's of life. liberty and pursuit of happinness when lost in fear. They see enemies everywhere, rather than their fellow humans simply caring for each other. The folks in the middle are bound to eventually see the love and the universal human condition eventually and this makes the fearful even more fearful, because human kind comes together on the love that binds us more than the fear. That is the march of history, and history is passing them by. Compassion should be the natural response for those so pained.
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Susan Lee (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 5 comments)
on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 9:46:32 AM
The far Right has one, so does the left, so do the churches, so do the drug companies, so do fools, so do wise men. The reality is that all of my years studying anthropology have not been wasted because most of the evidence I have seen confirms that the overwhelmingly vast majority of those who are Homosexual are so by Biological conditions beyond their control. If so, if one believes in God then one must acknowledge that God is well aware of what such Biological anomalies create. Therefore to hate the results is an act of Contempt for God. Heterosexuals may not like the actions of male homosexuals (Although most heterosexual men seem to love female homosexuality) that is a cross they'll have to bear, and perhaps the presence of homosexuals is a test of the tolerance levels of those who claim to be "Holy".
It would appear that many who see themselves as Christians, fail in tolerating a good many things. They hate Muslims, they hate Homosexuals, many hate Catholics, (Rev Hagee comes to mind calling us Catholics "The Anti-Christ's" when it is perfectly clear that the Bushites are the Anti-Christ.) they hate people who aren't married who nonetheless have sex, they hate blacks, they hate Liberals, though Jesus himself was the Arch-Liberal of all time. They hate virtually everyone, which indicates that they hate themselves and lash out at others only because of their own lack of introspection and dishonesty, in truth they are hypocrites of the worst sort.
In short they are disciples of Adolph Hitler, and are thus sick, sado-masochist, crazies who are in league with the demoninac personna. My take, ignore the fools, God will take care of them in a way they cannot imagine, as He does with all hypocrites.
Why is the left always name calling and exhibiting such low tolerance for different points of view.I think its low self esteem.When a group can accept no challenge to there world view, that view becomes suspect.The left doesn’t own truth nor have they earned respect.When any group wants to usurp the parents right to raise their children as they see fit that’s an agenda of the worst kind.Ask David Parker, arrested for not cow towing down to the GLSA of Mass massive agenda.Here’s more from Massresistnce.
Lexington, Mass., father of 6-year-old arrested spends night in jail over objections to homosexual curriculum in son's kindergarten class.
When another parent demands rights, Superintendent answers: "We don't have to."Things are only getting worse in the Massachusetts schools.The Lexington school system and superintendent Paul Ash, true to their aggressive anti-family militancy, have reacted to the federal court decision in the David Parker case by announcing a new formalized homosexual program in the elementary school. And Ash told an angry parent that he has no rights in the matter.But the parent isn't backing down!
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (JUNE 14, 2006) the homosexual movement's strategy of vicious harassment and provocation continues, with the full cooperation of the police and judiciary.Diane Steele, a mother from western Massachusetts, came to the Constitutional Convention with her 9-year-old son on June 14 along with hundreds of others to hold a sign and support the Marriage Amendment. In front of the State House, the pro-family people were on one side of the street and the homosexual activists on the other. Diane was peaceably standing on the pro-family side of the street with her son, inside the blue police barricade. Her sign (see below) was provocative but nothing like the hate-filled anti-Christian signs the homosexual activists were waving. Even a little dissent isn't tolerated.Sexual-laced verbal assault It's very clear that they set her up. Soon after the vote was announced, homosexual rights supporter Jack Kirshenbaum of Malden went across the street and stood right next to her. A friend was standing right in front of them. Kirshenbaum began a vicious attack against Diane. "Why do you hate so much," he started out, and it went on from there non-stop, without allowing Diane to even reply. Then it got sexual. "Are you a virgin?" he shouted at her. "Have you ever had an orgasm?"At that point, Diane slapped him. "I wasn't really thinking about it," she said later. "It was just an instinctive reaction." It sounds reasonable to us.(Does this legally constitute a sexual harassing verbal assault? The police weren't even interested. Also, the son was apparently several yards away and didn't hear the incident.) Arrest, charge, and 5 hours in jail cell Immediately, Kirshenbaum turned to some nearby Boston policemen and screamed "Charge her! Charge her!" Without even asking questions, two policemen lunged at Diane, handcuffed her, and brought her to a nearby police station. (Why did this petite woman require being handcuffed? A good question.)Kirshenbaum’s friend gleefully posted his photographs of the "incident" on various homosexual websites. We've reprinted them below. Diane was fingerprinted, photographed, put in a cell for five hours, and charged with criminal "assault and battery". A friend, who had been watching over 9-year-old son while Diane was dragged away in handcuffs, finally was able to post bail, but she had to stay in Boston overnight. The next morning she was formally charged in Boston Municipal Court.
I could go on and on, there is a fight in this country and it between the lefts never ending agendas and there anguish of not having yet taken control of all the children, parents be damned.
The left is now the establishment.We on the right are the only real rebels in the USA.
Do any of you know anyone, even just one person, who is gay?
Because if you did, you would understand that a video will not make someone gay, any more than it could make a gay person straight.
It is biological; no more of a choice to make than straight people know they are straight.
They don't get up in the morning and think, "do I want to be gay today?" They just are.
I was raised to hate gay people, people of color, you name 'em - we were supposed to hate them. It was not until I was 33 years old that I became friends with someone who was gay.
The world would be a whole lot better off if gay people felt free to be who they are, and if the demagogues and ideologues and Larry Craigs of the world would get off their high horse and go straight to hell, where they themselves say they belong.
Thanks.
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Drew Terry (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 23 diaries, 118 comments)
on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 12:16:36 PM
Here is an excerpt from a study 150 BC- Athenaeus, the Greek rhetorician and grammarian, repeating assertions made by Diodorus, wrote:That the Celts, though they have very beautiful women, enjoy young boys more: so that some of them often have two lovers to sleep with on their beds of animal skins."]According to Aristotle, the Celts openly approved of male lovers (Politicss II 1269b). [39]There are in fact very few reliable sources regarding Celtic views towards gender divisions, though some archaeological evidence does suggest that their views towards gender roles may have been different to those of their contemporary classical counterparts.
The Celts, in case you dont know are the forerunners of European and American white people, so they cant say these practices are outlandish in some way. They have existed since before Christ, have always existed and will continue to exist. In case anybody thinks there is no good gay sex in the Bible, get a load of this, you ignoramuses;
David mourning the death of his lover Jonathan;
David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan. "The beauty of Israel is slain upon your high places. How have the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. Mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings, for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, and the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. From the blood of the slain, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, the sword of Saul did not return empty. Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, in their death they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, and other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle! O Jonathan, you were slain in your high place. I am torn asunder for you, my brother Jonathan. Very dear have you been to me, my brother. Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women. How the mighty have fallen, the weapons of war perished!"
Homosexuality has always been there, it will always be there. Get over it. Straight people are boring.
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Antonio (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 63 comments)
on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 12:56:19 PM
Its the Bible thumping terrorists who have an agenda. These con men only want to steal your money and turn people into mind controlled zombies.
The purpose of religion is to destroy critical thinking.
They want everyone to act on blind faith instead of using their brain. This is why our society worships complete idiots and scorns intellectuals.
The purpose of capitalism was to make people greedy and materialistic and program us to be consumers instead of citizens. Capitalism like religion dumbs people down. The ultimate goal of free market capitalism is to destroy national sovereignty of all countries and establish a Global government of, by, and for the corporate elites.
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Ty (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 698 comments)
on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 3:53:00 PM
Thanks for addressing this topic. There's not enough said about gay/lesbian issues.
And the secret is that we do have an agenda: full equality for all of us, no second class citizenship for anyone. But that's the agenda for all human beings.
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fou (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 88 comments)
on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 9:10:39 PM
We are all on the same team here, on the same planet, drinking the same water, breathing the same air, etc. as we are BEING HUMAN.
The agenda is the Roman Divide & Rule method of controlling the people by the elites, who are in control of the truth. They use two, and only two, sides for every issue, thereby guaranteeing the populace faces division for every decision. By promoting argument as debate, and controlling both sides of every possible outcome, they are able to advance their agenda while creating the ILLUSION of a democratic republic.
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Drew Terry (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 23 diaries, 118 comments)
on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 8:56:48 AM
