Posted on 09/18/2004 8:16:45 PM PDT by John Lenin
The Homosexual Fifth Column
Ideology, Not Science
September
13, 2004
As four of Emilio Mola Vidals army columns moved on Madrid, the Spanish Civil War general referred to his militant supporters within the capital as his fifth column, intent on undermining the loyalist government from within. ~ Encyclopedia Britannica, 2004
The homosexual rights movement is not a cause based on science, social justice, or fairness toward a persecuted
minority. Rather, it is the work of a devious and clandestine fifth column that seeks to undermine the moral values
in place in Americasince the founding of the Republic. Its beginnings can be traced to the infamous 1973 decision made by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to strike homosexuality from the officially approved list of psychiatric
illnesses.
From Illness to Interest Group
Prior to the APA decision, homosexual persons were considered to be emotionally disturbed and lacking in capacity to develop normal heterosexual relations. In his book, Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth, psychiatrist Jeffrey Satinover discusses how this change came about:
How did this occur?Normally a scientific
consensus is reached over the course of many years, resulting from the accumulated weight of many properly designed studies. But in the case of homosexuality, scientific research has only now just begun (c.1996), years after the question was decided. The APA vote to normalize homosexuality was driven by politics, not science. Even sympathizers acknowledged this the leadership of a homosexual faction within the APA planned [in 1970] a systematic effort to disrupt the annual meetings of the American Psychiatric Association.
The APA decision, therefore, was not based on rigorous scientific discovery, but on hardball backroom politics engineered by a cabal of homosexual activists who pushed their agenda through intimidation and deception. Other medical professional organizations meekly fell in line and sodomy suddenly became an officially acknowledged alternative lifestyle whose practitioners were considered to be born with unalterable homosexual attractions. Thus, any therapy employed by a psychiatrist or psychologist intended to
change a persons sexual orientation was declared to be unethical.
Armed with this newly gained acceptability, homosexual activists were able to infiltrate the media, academia, industry, government, and even the church with a message geared toward tolerance. They framed the debate over this issue in the context of a scientifically identified, oppressed minority, victimized by the prejudice of a society dominated by irrational religious
values.
This strategy has proved so successful that homosexuality,i.e. sodomy and all its variationsmust not only be tolerated, but accepted; not only accepted, but affirmed not only affirmed, but promoted; and finally, not only promoted, but codified into law with appropriate penalties for exhibiting
intolerance or hate toward the practice or its practitioners.
The astonishing success of the homosexual rights movement has, in large part, come about because the debate has been controlled by well-placed homosexual activists whose shameless work of propaganda has flown under the radar of the typical American citizen.
The Print Media
Literally three-quarters of the people deciding whats on the front page [of the New York Times] are not-so-closeted homosexuals.
~ Richard Berke, journalist
The above statement was made by New York Times national political correspondent, Richard Berke. He made the remarks in an April 12, 2000 National Press Club reception reveling about how much things have changed at the Times since he started 15 years ago. [It is] a real far cry from what it was like not so long ago, he exulted.
The Times is the nations most influential newspaper and what it places on its front page sets the agenda for other newspapers all over the country and in many parts of the world. It follows then, that not-so-closeted homosexuals determine what much of the country reads in its newspapers.
Richard Berke is an open homosexual and longtime member of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA)a 1,200-member organization dedicated to providing responsible gay coverage [for the] issues of same-sex marriage, gay families, parenting and adoption, gays in the military, sex education in the schools, civil liberties, gay-related ballot initiatives, gay bashing and anti-gay violence.
The reach of the NLGJA goes far beyond the pages of the New York Times. Speakers, honored guests, or workshop presenters at NLGJA functions read like the whos who of media: Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw, Harry Smith, Katie Couric, Lesley Stahl, George Stephanopoulos, Barbara Walters, Stone Phillips, Linda Ellerbee Armstrong Williams, and Linda Vester. Other participants have included New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Mark Rosenthal, president and chief operating officer of MTV Networks; Jim Kelly, managing editor of Time magazine; Walter Isaacson, chief executive officer of CNN; Anthony Marro, editor of Newsday; Caroline Miller, editor-in-chief of New Yorkmagazine; Andrew Heyward, president of CBS News, and John Huey, managing editor of Fortune.
The wide support for the NLGJA shown by the active
participation by these media executives and personalities is a clear indication of the depth of homosexual influence in the popular media, and certainly arouses justifiable suspicion that an imbalance of reporting exists concerning issues of gay rights.
The Film and Television Industry
Without homosexuals there would be no Hollywood, no theater, no arts. ~ Elizabeth Taylor, film actress
The comment by Ms. Taylor is not an exaggeration and extends beyond actors to all levels of the industry. It should
be no surprise that Hollywoodhas been turning out more and more movies with a positive and affirmative portrayal of the homosexual lifestyle.
Television currently includes a number of leading lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender characters in original primetime broadcast, and cable programming for 2003-2004, including: Coupling (NBC), Degrassi: The Next Generation (NTV), ER (NBC), Its All Relative (ABC), The L Word
(Showtime), Queer as Folk (Showtime), RENO 911! (Comedy Central), Six Feet Under (HBO), Will & Grace (NBC), The Wire (HBO), and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
(Bravo).
In addition, television sitcoms and dramas often feature positive homosexual themes and homosexual characters.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting features a
regular broadcast of In The Life, described as a national television series in a newsmagazine format that reports on gay and lesbian issues and culture. It is carried by over 130 public television stations nationwide, including all of the top 20 viewer markets. The program reaches more than one million viewers per episode with a positive message about the gay lifestyle. There
is no counterbalance to this program on public television.
The Public Schools
Ex-gay messages have no place in our nations public schools. A line has been drawn. There is no other side when youre talking about lesbian, gay and bisexual students. ~ Kevin Jennings, Executive Director of the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN).
Mr. Jennings made the above statement upon the release of a 1999 GLSEN publication, Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation and Youth, which was mailed to almost 15,000 school district superintendents across the country. GLSEN said the publication was prompted by concerns that school personnel were receiving inaccurate information on the issue of sexual orientation and how to address it best with students. The statement strongly urges
educators and school administrators to reject efforts to bring ex-gay messages into the nations schools.
GLSEN is certainly aware that homosexual attraction is neither innate nor immutable; the fact that homosexuality can be overcome is well documented by the personal experiences of thousands of individuals who have successfully left the lifestyle.
Nevertheless, it is GLSENs intended purpose to show children from
K-12 that same sex attraction is normal. Any suggestion that one can change his/her sexual orientation, GLSEN claims, is fruitless and unethical and has no place in the public schools.
Mr. Jennings efforts were recently rewarded by the
National Education Associationthe powerhouse 2.7 million-member union that represents most U.S. teachers when the organization presented him with the 2004 Virginia Uribe Award for Creative Leadership
in Human Rights.
Critics of his selection pointed out that Mr. Jennings was the keynote speaker at a GLSEN conference in 2000 at
TuftsUniversitywhere Massachusetts Department of Education HIV/AIDS coordinators discussed with teenage students ways to perform various homosexual acts. This event became known as the notorious fistgate scandal, and the controversy it raised over the exposure to children of vulgar and disturbingly graphic descriptions of homosexual acts is still reverberating in Massachusetts.
The National Education Association has been promoting gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender affirmation in the public schools for many years, through such initiatives as recognizing sexual orientation as a protected civil right for both students and staff; developing sex education classes to include information on the diversity of sexual orientations, and teaming with homosexual rights groups to promote gay-oriented Back to School programs.;
With the help of the NEA, the 1999 gay-friendly video, Its Elementary, was shown in classrooms throughout the nation. In discussing the video, then president of the NEA, Bob Chase, said
Schools cannot be neutral when were dealing with issues of human dignity and human rights. not talking about tolerance. I talking about acceptance.; Its Elementary is a great resource for parents, teachers, and community leaders working to teach respect and responsibility to Americas children.
Regrettably, while parents continue to entrust the
education and social development of their children to the public school system, the educators are surreptitiously encouraging the children to explore a lifestyle that most parents find repulsive and unnatural, a lifestyle whose promotion is totally inappropriate in primary and secondary schools. At the same time, messages about persons who have overcome the homosexual lifestyle are not tolerated in NEA-dominated public schools.
>The Gate Keepers
As the homosexual fifth column works its way through academia, the media, the church, government, and industry, opponents of gay affirmation often find themselves outflanked by embedded homosexual gate keepers who control the flow of information in and out of their spheres of influence. The recent debate on the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) is a case in point. The proposed amendment is fiercely opposed by homosexual advocacy groups who are making extraordinary efforts to assure its defeat.
The homosexual weekly, Washington Blade, reported July 2 that gay activists Michael Rogers and John Aravosis have
threatened to "out" highly-placed closeted staffers who work
for members of Congress that support the amendment as a means to
expose the hypocrisy of conservative lawmakers. According to the Blade, this high-pressure tactic has evoked panic and precaution behind the Capitols closed doors.
In other words, the number of influential, closeted homosexuals working behind the scenes on Capitol Hill is so pervasive that the mere threat of exposure may be enough to pressure some members of congress to change their position on the proposed amendment. In a July 15 article in the Washington Post, Rogersexplained his concern over the FMA
Gays and lesbians are under attack! Its amazing to me that people dont get that! So what
are we going to do? Protect these gay staffers who have influence on policy matters while their bosses spew hate and bigotry?
After the Ball
[T]he public should not be shocked and repelled by premature exposure to homosexual behavior itself. Instead, the imagery of sex per se should be downplayed, and the issue of gay rights reduced, as far as possible, to an abstract social question. ~ Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, After the Ball: How
AmericaWill Conquer Its Fear Hatred of Gays in the 90s
In Kirk and Madsens prophetic handbook, the
authors laid out a comprehensive plan for legitimizing homosexuality, one that called for homosexuals to hide the details of the unseemly side
of their lifestyle and portray themselves conventional young people, middle-age victims of circumstance and depression. They write
To suggest in public that homosexuality might be chosen is to open the can of worms labeled moral choices and sin and give the religious intransigents a stick to beat us with.
Straights must be taught that it is as natural for some persons to be homosexual as it is for others to be heterosexual wickedness and seduction have nothing to do with it.
Kirk and Madsen insisted that the dark underworld of homosexual behavior the movements Achille Heelmust be avoided at all costs. The homosexual fifth column has followed the plan to perfection.
The bastards in the Log Cabin Republicans also refused to endorse Bush. I hope he wins big, and tells the buggerers to shove off after the election.
Exactly, the Log Cabin republicans were as fake as a Dan Rather newscast.
If they are conservative on fiscal issues, yet LIBERAL on prime social issues, such as social acceptance of their homosexuality, they ought to be honest with themselves, and LEAVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, and join the Libertarians. Shame on them for their antics in New York City.
"...evoked panic and precaution behind the Capitol’s closed doors..."
THAT explains why homosexuality is considered to be a SECURITY RISK and theyre are barred from holding jobs that require honor integrity and trust.
We cannot have psychologically defective deviants in positions that would divulge information critical to our national security.
We had rules like that in place BEFORE the clintonista perverts sullied our nation. We need to get them all back - and by the looks of the shut down of our insecure weapons labs, the BUSH W.H. is cleaning up the trash left from the last decade.
History has shown though, that it only takes a very small, VERY dedicated number to cause great changes given the right circumstances. Look what the Bolsheviks did, for instance.
The homosexual activists could leave the Republican Party. But then they want to force you to associate with them and hire them, while Libertarians--to their credit--believe in freedom of association. It'd be best for the activists to just repent and get with God's program!
Not to be nit-picky, but its actually a good thing that the APA removed homosexuality from the DSM. Homosexuality, is not a pathology, it is a perverse choice. Individuals choose to violate the laws of nature, and the laws of God and instead seek to pursue their own devious and destructive ends. By classifying homosexuality as a disorder of the brain, you give homosexuals an excuse: "we can't help it", etc. The overriding point, however, regarding the coordinated social revolution toward homosexual rights, is well taken.
As a side note, the whole idea of "fiscally conservative/socially liberal" is ridiculous. Fiscal conservatives fight to keep government small, and social liberals, by definition, fight to increase government. The two are mutually exclusive.
The central thesis of gay liberation is that you should be able to have sex with whomever you want, whenever you want, without penalty.
The reason the gays are carrying the day is because this thesis has proven very, very popular with straights.
Anyone who knows his Bible should not be surprised at the rush to Sodom and Gomorrah-this is a recurring feature of human history, as are the consequences.
homosexuals=cultural terrorists
So, I'm new, but there are no gay folks posting on here? Truly, that lifestyle and these opinons are mutally exclusive?
I agree, socially liberal ? I used to be socially liberal, than I grew up and looked at all the damage that was done to people who bought into that thinking.
No, that's way out of reality. Eighty percent of the U.S. media isn't gay; if you really believe that, you don't know many reporters.
And most Americans are exposed everyday to at least talk radio, and/or Fox News, and/or the internet. It's not your grandmother's world.
There never was a health care crises in this country. When the discussion came up, polls showed 89% were happy with their health care coverage. The socialists created the chaos. It became a manufactured crises. They sent out the lawyers, and health care has become so expensive, socialized medicine is the only way to save us from it - "for our own good".
I think it is a shame that the Republicans have written off gays. I do not think it is a perversion but a pathology. Govvernment should keep its nose out of our bedrooms. There are decent gays as there are decent Jews and Blacks and Christians and Hindus and Tutsies etc. What a waste of negative energy that would be better spent on the enemy. Gays are not the enemy.
They are not socialists, they are totalitarians.
I would not worry about them. It is not like they are going to have shitloads of kids to spread their lifestyle to. All they are going to have is (see above line word 4, insert here).
Louisiana Passing One Man/One Woman Marriage AdmendmentWith 3,781 of 4,124 precincts in it is:
For 569,672 (79%)
Against 154,154 (21%)
Missouri was 71-29 for their amendment
The poor people of Massachusetts were dictated to. They had no say.
Closeted homosexuals are a security risk. Just like Clinton was an enormous security risk because of his reckless sexual behavior: anyone aware of his behavior was in a position to blackmail him.
However, openly gay individuals are no longer considered a security risk, at least by the National Security Agency. The NSA will hire homosexuals and give them the highest security classification. They value talent as long as the individual is not in a position to be blackmailed or compromised. The NSA even has a social group called GLOBE (Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees). This according to the reporter James Bamfield, author of Body of Secrets and The Puzzle Palace.
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