Bob,Seriously....... Anita Bryant ????? Come on... Seriously!This shit happened before 80 percent of the A2A board members were born...Dude....I'm really trying here... Okay? At the risk of stating something, I have to ask.I've brought this up before on this board in similar threads and several main players and posters jumped my ass... The last time I must have received 15 or so PM's.I just want to know why you always bring examples to this board or provide links to sites like YouTube bookmarked clips to show reasons why homosexuality is bad. I can't recall you supporting equal Gay rights, or same sex marriage issues at all. If you have, it has been clouded by the many more time you didn't. On several occasions people have sent me PM's and posted and came to your defense and said you weren't bashing gay's and that it was just you voicing your point of view.... Everyone says you don't mind gay people as long as they don't try to convert you.......Like we're some kind of perverted, deviant cult or something going around seducing young children to make them gay... wtf? If you're so "Gay friendly" like everyone says you are then why do you continuously show reason like you believe it or support that it's wrong?Bob, you're a good kid. I like what you usually have to say here but I really but I just don't get it. Why? Why are you so against just letting people live their lives their way. Equal rights for people..I work, I pay taxes, I follow all of the law of the land yet somehow, I'm not allowed the same rights as a straight person because I'm gay. Yet I'm expected to follow all of the laws and rules but I not allowed the same privileges or rights because I'm gay. All of this seems fair to you? I just don't get it.
Apparently you think this is Bob's stance on the subject? LOL... Apparently you have a little trouble seeing sarcasm.
I think you've misinterpreted Bobo's message buddy. Jump back from this conclusion and reconsider.
I'm truly confused.The movie (split into 10 parts) that I posted is about how conservative Christians in the US use the Bible to justify discrimination against homosexuals. The movie shows this to be a very bad thing (as do I) and shows examples of families from many different Christian denominations choosing to discard this archaic point of view and instead support their homosexual loved ones.Its a pro-gay movie, just as I am. I'll leave it at this and let you reconsider my post, which had no original input by myself and only included the links and the film's description from IMDB.
dammit Bob, I don't have time to sit and watch it all now so I'll have to come back to it.
So far I like lines like "It's a bomnation, it's a bomnation, it's a bomnation!!" and "god, please please don't let my son grow up to be a faggot and don't let my daughter grow up to be a slut..."
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good times with good people
I skipped class this morning to watch it.
Originally Posted By: sdpApparently you think this is Bob's stance on the subject? LOL... Apparently you have a little trouble seeing sarcasm. Originally Posted By: unsupervisedI think you've misinterpreted Bobo's message buddy. Jump back from this conclusion and reconsider. enlighten me?
Ask Bob... I could see it, why can't you?
You're old enough to remember this period in time.. although it did not effect you it was a huge crusades against gays and the inquisition lasted a long time. Just because they did a documentary film about a community where they allowed the bishop, who was openly gay, be ordained to lead their church doesn't make it okay now. Do you remember what happened? Do you remember how many young men were killed because if it. Do you have any idea what the ramifications of that crusade had across the nation? People didn't acceptance gay people or their lifestyle. It set us back 20 years. A kid I knew in school was on the wrestling team. We both knew about each other and were friends. Although we never messed around we were friends. It was nice to be able to talk to someone who felt the same way that you did. Well he was much more flamboyant than I was and one Friday night after the football game they found Mitch tied to the chain link fence, beat up and he had been brutally sodomized with a baseball bat. The words "Anita Bryant Was Right" was written in blood on his back. He died a few days later...So..... Enlighten me on how, just because a little community didn't pass judgment on a gay bishop makes it okay ??????
You're asking me questions about stuff in which I really have no vested interest or follow.Ask Bob what his point was.Bob wrote, "and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community."I think he was pointing out the absurdity of it all. I don't know what you are going on about.
Roc, did you watch the film?I honestly have never heard of Anita Bryant and this film is not about her or about that time period. Its about families that are dealing with the clash of their religious beliefs and their children's sexuality.I understand from your story that Bryant brings back horrible memories for you, but I promise that this movie does not support her or her views.
I don't think he watched it.I remember Anita all right. I remember her as the orange juice lady until she was bitch-canned for her openly hateful politics. Even at the tender age of 10 or 11, I could not fathom why this horrible woman hated people because they were different. Though some took her quite seriously, to most of the world, she was a pathetic joke.I remember Jonny Carson talking about the "Gay Steve" doll... you wind it up and it whacks the Anita Bryant doll over the head with it's purse.
Yes I watched the film. All of them.
Doctor Jame Dopson is the reason why I can't come out. My parents own most of his books. He among with other "Christians" use the Bible for destruction. I have made a plan that if I ever do somthing big I will change my name and my last name and never inform my parents. Focus in the Famliy is no better than any other terrorist organization. It hurts me deeply to here of the deaths of lbgts caused by these so called "Christians".
OK then.
I finally got through the whole thing. It drags a bit, could be shorter I'm sure.Varying religions and systems of faith would be quite benign if it was only about belief. It gets scary when people start to feel fear and hatred toward those who are different.are death threats against a gay bishop in anyway keeping with the teaching of Christ?
Nope, the Bible is a WMD if not used correctly.
And what is its correct use?
To show love and compassion to all, to learn from it,…
