Our very own........does not make "family values" a weapon against their "own". Being a hypocrite is being one thing.....and pretending to be another. At the very least, you may not come out. To be against gay people as a platform, to run your campaign is a whole other issue.
Gay children figure out what they are very early, as early as five years old. They quickly learn, from their own parents and siblings, that there is a terrible price to pay for discovery, so they learn to hide. They learn to "pass" so they can have some chance at life, to retain their family's love, to avoid beatings at school, to get jobs. But all along the way they make ethical decisions about what they can and can't do, what's right and wrong. Life dealt them a joker, but they're still in the game. Politically, they understand there are two parties in America, one wants to kill them, the other recognizes their rights and tries to accommodate them. The vast majority of gays know which party represents them and which wants them dead. All his life Ken Mehlman had ethical choices to make, and he made bad ones. He is a liar, a coward, and he hurt a lot of people. He's worse than the average straight homophobe, because he knew exactly what the stakes were, yet he worked for years on their behalf. Wishing things were different is cheap empty air. Doing what he's doing - now that it's safe - is more self serving grandstanding, he's not denounced any of his former fellows, he's not denounced or changed his party, he's not really engaged in the struggle. He probably wants to marry someone himself now, so there's advantage in trying to make that possible now, on the backs of those he injured for many, many years. What a disgusting human being. What did he do for all those years ? Did he leave his day job as chief tormentor to go have liaisons with men at night ? There's a place in hell with his name on it.
Ken Mehlman is a worthless piece of human debris. Do we really need him? He created an environment of persecution for gay people all over this country. He did it in pursuit of personal gain and power. And he succeded. Now, living in his multimillion dollar condo in Chelsea, he may have found a boy he wants to marry, so he wants same sex marriage to be legal so he can have the benefits of marriage. He burned our house down for his personal gain back in 2004, and now he wants to build it up, also for his own personal gain. We dont need this worthless individual. We have made many significant gains without him and we will triumph also without him. This man is morally bankrupt, a moral pygmy if you will, whose only priority is himself. Are we not going to hold him accountable for his crimes against humanity? What is bitterly disappointing to me are the voices of support from the gay community. These voices, including the HRC and the Advocate, are showing the moral fortitude of a bowl of cereal. We don't need despicable uncle tom gays like Ken Mehlman. Please crawl back under the rock of self-servitude and betrayal where you lied for most of your life as the insect that you are, Mr Mehlman. You are odious and worthless.
Gotta agree with 98% of your post. Its the harshness that has me backing off by 2%, but that's just my personal discomfort, otherwise 'hear, hear'. There is nothing 'good for him' about his announcement, just further proof of the lack of a humanity moral compass, being part of the intense diahrea of the mouth from him, cheney etc for years. He is no hero, maybe a coward.
Bush W's (closet gay past) story will also be revealed in the future when the press has the guts to investigate his tight relationship to certain Colorado "Religious Leader". The truth is out there. The Media needs to do its job and get all of that dirt buried under so many rugs...
Yeah, you are right. Homophobia is a myth.....that gets people fired from their jobs, kids out of school, thrown out of their families and some even killed. Yeah, its a myth....though I respect other peoples beliefs......I respect the life that GOD gives us to live.
Ken Mehlman is a hypocritical piece of garbage. He engineered using the "wedge" issue of Same Sex Marriage in 1994 to win Bush a second turn at being president. Not only did he unleash Bush on the US for an additional 4 years but he betrayed his own best interests. Now he is all apologetic and heartfelt about how wrong he was? Save that for all the gay couple, who because of his greed and arrogance, many never have the same rights as any heterosexual has to marry the person they love and to be able to protect that person with a simple document; a Legal marriage certificate! At 57, I may never have the chance legally marry my husband of 20 years! I hope you never have a moment of peace for the untold suffering you and your ilk have caused innocent lesbian and gay people. I hope you die broke and alone. That is what hypocrite like you, Larry Craig, and Mark Foley and all the other lying republican scum deserve for the continued suffering you have caused. You will not get forgiveness from me, or any other self respecting gay person. You are the poison that we must purge from our system in order to have the kind of country our founding fathers imagined!
Gay rights proponents say that homosexuality is not a choice, rather it is genetic. If that is so, then there must be a gay gene that is recessive and that gets passed down from one generation to the next through carriers of this gay gene having sex with the opposite sex. If gay rights proponents had the strength of their convictions they would admit that by attempting to remove the stigma associated with gays getting married to each other they are making it less likely that gays will marry and have children with an opposite sex person. This means that it will become even less likely that gays will pass their gay gene onto the next generation. The result is inescapable; legalizing gay marriage will reduce the number of gay children born each year and those who favor gay marriage are doing more to eliminate gays from society than anything that opponents of gay marriage could possibly do.
Maybe so. But, I suspect genetics science isn't quite so simple. Most of these things are referred to as "predispositions."
For example, someone with a genetic family history of cancer, say, is likely to have genetic factors that make that person predisposed to cancer, but is doesn't mean that such a person "definitely" will get cancer. We know this to be true. And yet you womn't find a group of cancerphobes going around saying "cancer is a choice" and that they don't condone the "cancer lifestyle". Some get cancer and some don't. There are genetics involved.
You've confused genetics with biology. You've confused pseudo-rationality with logic You've confused truth with comfort.
You're a moron!
Homosexuality is a biological fact. 5-10% of the males of every generation will be gay. That's due to a bell-curve distribution of multiple hormonal exposures during fetal development. There may also be a small epi-genetic contribution and even an immunological response of the mother to repeated male offspring.
Homophobia is no myth. Radical Religious extremists are all around us. They constitute a clear and present danger to America.
I love it. In one sentence rennini01 both denies and shows homophobia. The gay agenda is that they want equal treatment. To be treated fairly is on everybody's agenda. I can't remember anybody going around saying "I want to be discriminated against and treated like a second class citizen".
You say that I have confused genetics with biology. Setting aside for a moment exactly how it is possible to have the science of genetics without biology, but nowhere have I used the word 'genetics' where the word 'biology' would have been better suited. You say that I have confused pseudo-rationality with logic, but there is nothing confusing or irrational about what I said. I am simply stating an objective fact that proponents of gay marriage are doing more to eliminate gays from society than anything that opponents of gay marriage could possibly do. What is so hard to understand about that? You say that I have confused truth with comfort. Now, you have me puzzled on that one. Exactly where have refered to 'truth' when the word 'comfort' would have been better suited. Now, according to you I am a moron, so perhaps you being so smart and all can clear this up for me. You say that homesexuality is a biological fact. Well, I agree that there are people who are legitimately gay, but considering that there are plenty of confused straight youngsters in our society who mistakenly fall into the gay lifestyle, how can you possibly claim to know how to separate the percentage who are gay compared to the percentage who are simply confused. You are absolutely wrong about homophobia. This word did not even exist before 1955 and is a political term not a clincal one. As for your assertion that there are radical religious extremists being all around us; perhaps if you weren't so paranoid you wouldn't find so many of these people when you look around.
If it were a single recessive gene, then most carriers would be heterosexual--they would have one copy, whereas gay people would have 2. So your hypothesis is faulty.
To truthTeller - I agree that most carriers of the gay gene are heterosexual. These carriers are not gay partly because their gay gene is masked by other genes that prevent their gay gene from expressing itself. A person can only be homosexual if they simultaneously carry the gay gene and do not carry the genes necessary to mask it.
Heterosexual carriers of the gay gene are just as likely as non-carriers of the gay gene to procreate. That's the main reason why homosexuality has not been weeded out of the human gene pool.
The issue is..he sold the LGBT community "out" to gain prominence or power..money...fame. He is 43..you think he had an idea? People we are all God's creation. Be the person we are meant to be. I dont judge people because of who they are. What they do....I do wonder how people can be so judgemental..... http://www.godsgaychildren.com dont spread hate around. It may come back to you! I hope not.
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For example, someone with a genetic family history of cancer, say, is likely to have genetic factors that make that person predisposed to cancer, but is doesn't mean that such a person "definitely" will get cancer. We know this to be true. And yet you womn't find a group of cancerphobes going around saying "cancer is a choice" and that they don't condone the "cancer lifestyle". Some get cancer and some don't. There are genetics involved.
So your point is????
You've confused pseudo-rationality with logic
You've confused truth with comfort.
You're a moron!
Homosexuality is a biological fact. 5-10% of the males of every generation will be gay. That's due to a bell-curve distribution of multiple hormonal exposures during fetal development. There may also be a small epi-genetic contribution and even an immunological response of the mother to repeated male offspring.
Homophobia is no myth. Radical Religious extremists are all around us. They constitute a clear and present danger to America.
You say that homesexuality is a biological fact. Well, I agree that there are people who are legitimately gay, but considering that there are plenty of confused straight youngsters in our society who mistakenly fall into the gay lifestyle, how can you possibly claim to know how to separate the percentage who are gay compared to the percentage who are simply confused.
You are absolutely wrong about homophobia. This word did not even exist before 1955 and is a political term not a clincal one. As for your assertion that there are radical religious extremists being all around us; perhaps if you weren't so paranoid you wouldn't find so many of these people when you look around.
So your hypothesis is faulty.
truthTeller
Heterosexual carriers of the gay gene are just as likely as non-carriers of the gay gene to procreate. That's the main reason why homosexuality has not been weeded out of the human gene pool.