What propaganda, that they should be treated as equals? That they should have equal rights? That there is zero reason to equate morally what they do with rape?
Yeah, what a terrible message.
Yes, as has already been spelled out for you multiple times, equating homosexuality to pedophilia is equating it to rape. It's a baseless moral equivalency. You do not have one valid, logical reason for doing so. You have a line from a book you otherwise ignore.
Your baseless equating of homosexuality to rape is prima facie uncivil.
You didn't say it existed. However, if you're going to piss and moan about equal treatment and inflicting one's lifestyle on another we absolutely have to start with the fact the fundamentalist Christian right has vehemently pushed THEIR agenda of anti-homosexuality such that until very recently there wasn't anywhere in this country in which a gay couple could legally get married. There are still only 19 states in which it is legal.
Freedom of speech is not freedom from being called an a$hole for acting like an a$hole.
The baseless equating of homosexuality to rape, the baseless hatred of gays that some other fundamentalists hold, is the only reason why gay marriage rights are contested in this country. It is the only reason why we have pray away the gay camps that are only ever effective in causing psychological damage and, in some rare cases, suicide. It's why we have cases of assault against gay people just for being gay (thankfully, these are rare). It leads to cases of family members and friends being estranged from one another for no other reason than a man loving another man or a woman loving another woman. It's a bullsh*t viewpoint that benefits no one and causes measurable and observable damage to a segment of our society.
This is the difference between my intolerance of your viewpoint and your intolerance of homosexuality: I have a logical reasoning for my intolerance that can describe how we'd be better off without your viewpoint; you don't.
Originally Posted by: mi_keys
I say again, I am bored with this topic. I'm wondering why you - presumably a non-homosexual - place so much importance in this crap. You don't seem like quite such an abhorrent America-hating idiot like most of the others on your side, and I assume you know, most homosexuals themselves don't give a damn about getting the government's stamp of approval for their behavior. There's a saying among salesmen, "when you got it sold, stop selling". I even conceded in the previous post, "let the leftist bastards have what the want" - not only the long established ability for homosexuals to legally practice; Not merely legalizing of gay marriage; But all the way to letting 'em advance their agenda - pushing the crap to kids in school, mainstreaming the crap as an alternative form of "normal" in entertainment, etc. - all of that. You can have it, as far as I'm concerned - what more do you want hahahaha? Our side will make our stand on issues of a lot more substance.
There are a few items, though, which due to your relative civility, I will reply about:
Rape? You go on and on about rape; Who ever said homosexuality is tantamount to rape? I sure didn't. I did and do say that homosexuality is a Biblical "abomination" - as bad or worse, according to the Bible as pedophilia, bestiality, and a bunch of other sins. Now you could sink to the level of the lowlife in here who blasphemed the Bible, but somehow, I doubt you are quite that rotten.
You asked what I consider "propaganda" in this context? That would be the items I already mentioned: teaching the crap in schools and mainstreaming the crap in the media which has successfully transformed public opinion to the point of view you wish for - I may not like it, but I basically don't give a damn about it - that ain't enough for you?
You again in this post whine about "equal treatment", then in this very same post you complain about how "the fundamentalist Christian right has vehemently pushed THEIR agenda of anti-homosexuality". In your world, those "good people" can't push their/our point of view, just like YOUR side does? Where's the equal treatment hahahaha?
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