I saw an article in my Google Reader feed from CNN called "Being Gay is not a choice" - an editorial by an openly-gay American ambassador.
Now, I thought CNN was supposed to be the *liberal* news source. Yet their comments section had me thinking I had accidentally gone to F0X News.
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I don't agree with the gay agenda being crammed down our throats everywhere. That's my point. See, I am not a bigot, nor homophobe as some of you have suggested.
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Homosexuality is scary and disgusting. I am not a bigot, but really people, do you really think the normal crowd is going to accept the gay agenda in open arms? I am all for equality but...
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Saying that being gay is not a choice is similar to say being a pedophile is not a choice. Just a one can have a propensity to be attracted to the same sex they can have a propensity to be attracted to children.
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Homosexuality is a disease.
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Any funny business and I’ll friggin smash them into a messy puddle of gayness. They are irresponsible about their sexual affairs, and just generally outspoken and public about who they are. Normal people don’t act like that.
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What exactly do you consider to be homophobia?
Is somebody who "
disagrees" with homosexuality homophobic? What about the whole "I have gay friends but they're not allowed to be flamboyant" - and our resident homophobe NE. who berates "flamboyant gays"? Claims that ATRL is becoming too much of a "gay forum"? And what exactly is this talk about the "gay agenda"?
Those are rhetorical questions, by the way. Here's my take: if you *disagree* with homosexuality, you
are a certified homophobe in my eyes. I've seen enough to know that there is no logical argument (i.e. not based on religion) to back up those views.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/16/opinio...y-not-a-choice