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Challenge Accepted: Conservative gay organization head agrees to debate WorldNetDaily editor
The Daily Caller ^ | September 4, 2010 Updated September 5, 2010 | Chris Moody

Posted on 09/05/2010 10:56:10 AM PDT by Kaslin

In the wake of a dispute between WorldNetDaily editor Joseph Farah and conservative author Ann Coulter over her decision to headline an event sponsored by GOProud, a gay conservative organization, Farah and GOProud Chairman Christopher Barron will square off in a debate later this month at WND’s convention.

Barron told The Daily Caller that Farah challenged him to debate over whether GOProud can be considered “conservative” after Farah argued on his site that there is no place within conservatism for an organization like GOProud, a group that promotes itself as “the only national organization representing gay conservatives and their allies.” TheDC is waiting for confirmation from WND about the debate’s details.

Farah dropped Coulter from a speaking engagement at WND’s annual “Taking America Back” convention in Miami for agreeing to speak at GOProud’s “Homocon” party in New York. (Coulter later said that Farah had never actually booked her for a speech, calling him a “swine” and a “publicity whore.”)

Farah contends that groups like GOProud are trying to commit a “coup” to unroot the conservative movement with an “agenda…to take the homosexual agenda inside the conservative tent.”

Barron insists that his group is genuinely conservative and said he looks forward taking on Farah in front of a WND crowd.

“Since we announced that conservative author and columnist Ann Coulter would be headlining our Homocon 2010 in New York City, Farah has attacked GOProud, attacked Ann, and challenged our work almost every single day,” Barron said in a statement to The Daily Caller. “I look forward to standing on the stage with Mr. Farah to defend GOProud, to debunk the misinformation he has spread, and to make the case for GOProud’s conservative mission.”

Barron added that conservatism stands at a major crossroads in its acceptance of gays into the movement. A number of high profile conservatives, including Lisa De Pasquale of the Conservative Political Action Conference, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform and former General Counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee Craig Engle, have signed on as official sponsors of GOProud’s event.

The debate will be held on September 17 at 7:30 PM at the Doral Golf and Spa Resort in Miami, Florida.

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To: little jeremiah
The only things you can see are the strange ferments in what I would laughingly call your “mind”.

In other words, you can't dispute the points I made proving that Christianity does not equal conservatism, so you resort to insults, like a child. No problem. I didn't have high expectations for you anyway, seeing your behavior on this thread. Actually I haven't seen anyone on this thread that makes Christianity look noble or wise or intriguing. Just a bunch of insulting, dishonest, defensive tattles who won't win anyone over.

481 posted on 09/07/2010 6:10:05 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: trisham
I also tried to find something regarding the attempt to normalize homosexuality, but failed. I’ll keep looking.

It's by two homosexuals, Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, and it's called "After the Ball".

The sophisticated strategy Kirk and Madsen lay out for changing the way Americans think about homosexuality boasts three phases: "Desensitization," "Jamming" and "Conversion."

"Desensitization," these two gay marketing gurus tell us, consists of inundating the public in a "continuous flood of gay-related advertising, presented in the least offensive fashion possible. If straights can't shut off the shower, they may at least eventually get used to being wet."...

"Jamming," explains marketing expert Paul E. Rondeau of Regent University, in his comprehensive study "Selling Homosexuality to America," "is psychological terrorism meant to silence expression of or even support for dissenting opinion."

"After the Ball" tries to inspire potential jammers by providing a juicy list of negative associations with which opponents, usually Christians, are to be smeared. They include: "Klansmen demanding that gays be slaughtered or castrated," "hysterical backwoods preachers, drooling with hate," "menacing punks, thugs and convicts who speak coolly about the 'fags' they have bashed," and a "tour of Nazi concentration camps where homosexuals were tortured and gassed."....

482 posted on 09/07/2010 6:15:32 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: A_perfect_lady; little jeremiah
Just a bunch of insulting, dishonest, defensive tattles who won't win anyone over.

No one wants to win you over. You are an egotistical bigot and we just want you to STHU.

483 posted on 09/07/2010 6:20:55 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: A_perfect_lady
Actually I haven't seen anyone on this thread that makes Christianity look noble or wise or intriguing. Just a bunch of insulting, dishonest, defensive tattles who won't win anyone over.

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That didn't take long.

484 posted on 09/07/2010 6:24:18 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Interesting. We probably could have written that ourselves, just from some of the posts we’ve seen on this thread.


485 posted on 09/07/2010 6:26:11 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham; A_perfect_lady

The only one harping on Christianity is her.


486 posted on 09/07/2010 6:26:38 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
By the way: I never said you pushed the agenda other than trying to claim "born that way".

Here's your post 330: You don't come right out and cheer on homosexual rights. Instead you spend your time attacking those against the agenda. THAT is very telling.

You don't even have the decency or courage to admit what you're doing.

487 posted on 09/07/2010 6:28:12 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: trisham
Yes. There's some good stuff online but the info that I had is gone.

My Genes Made Me Do It! - A Scientific Look at Sexual Orientation.PDF

We shall frequently call homosexuality “SSA” (Same-sex Attraction) and heterosexuality “OSA” (Opposite Sex Attraction). (Not On-line Sexual Activity!) SSA is more appropriate because homosexuality is not sexual in origin, though can become so in practice. Same-sex Attraction more accurately expresses this strong connection to people of the same gender.

In this first chapter we will argue that SSA is too common to be dependent on a single gene or its mutation, or even many genes. Similarly it is too common to be a biological developmental error, but could plausibly be a psychological trait. For all of us— homosexual or not—genetic structure and function only hint at the people we ultimately can become. They have very little to do with our sexuality.

488 posted on 09/07/2010 6:31:30 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
we just want you to STHU.

Congratulations. That's the first honest thing you've said to me.

489 posted on 09/07/2010 6:33:24 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: Stultis

I suppose we have to keep in mind that two of the angriest, most aggressive and abusive posters on here each have a family member who is gay. It’s obviously upsetting to them.


490 posted on 09/07/2010 6:34:52 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: A_perfect_lady
You don't debate fact. You beat people with your opinion and smirk that you're right. No one wants to converse with someone like that.

And there are facts. You just ignore them.

Have a nice day.

491 posted on 09/07/2010 6:35:47 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: A_perfect_lady; Jim Robinson

They want you to shut up because they didn’t come here to debate folks pushing the homosexual agenda, or any other liberal agenda. This is a website devoted to independent conservative activism, not debate with leftists who have their heart set on destroying the moral basis for our free republic.


492 posted on 09/07/2010 6:38:21 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (With God, Obama can't hurt us. Without God, George Washington couldn't save us.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

Given the hostility of many of your posts, what would you say is your motivation, Dr. Freud?


493 posted on 09/07/2010 6:40:04 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
What you don't understand is, when it comes to your views on gays and mine, the only difference is that I think they were indeed born that way. It doesn't make me pity them or want to give them special privileges, or legalize gay marriage, or ANY of their agenda. It just makes me think there's no point wasting time trying to change their sexuality, and instead to try to change their MINDS.

And when I say change their MINDS, I mean: convince them of the following truths.... drilling ANWR will benefit them more than gay marriage. Controlling immigration, fighting terrorism, and lowering taxes will benefit them more than hate crime legislation.

This is the only difference between you and me on the 'gay' question.

You're attacking me because you're mad that I don't think Christians are always good conservatives. But you need to be able separate these two issues or you will be too emotional to hold up a rational debate.

494 posted on 09/07/2010 6:41:27 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: DJ MacWoW

Amazing. I’d be willing to bet that very few in our society have any idea that this exists.


495 posted on 09/07/2010 6:41:45 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham
From the link in 488:

“Researcher finds gay gene” was the way the media headlined the news of American geneticist Dean Hamer’s claim to have found a link between genetics and homosexuality in 1993 (Chapter Nine). But that’s not what Dean Hamer was claiming, at least publicly. Hamer said: “We have not found the gene—which we don’t think exists—for sexual orientation.”2 Hamer knew that any attempt to argue the existence of a “homosexual gene”—a single, apparently autocratic, gene governing homosexuality—is nonsense, genetically. There is no single gene governing sexual preference or any other preference. There is no gene for smoking, dancing, or making sarcastic remarks.

496 posted on 09/07/2010 6:46:27 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: trisham

There’s a lot of good scientific info. But the homosexuals and MSM hide it or drown it out.


497 posted on 09/07/2010 6:48:12 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: A_perfect_lady
There is no "gay" question. Nor is there "gay" marriage. You can't even bring yourself to say the word "homosexual" in this post, can you? Yet you claim not to be promoting the homosexual agenda. Well, guess what? Calling them "gay" is promoting the homosexual agenda.
498 posted on 09/07/2010 6:48:46 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham; A_perfect_lady

Ignore her and do some research instead. She only posts feelings and opinions and cares nothing for facts.


499 posted on 09/07/2010 6:51:00 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

I am not “disputing” or debating anything with you, any more than I would try to make friends with a growling, drooling dog.

You’ve proved one thing only: that you cannot discuess or debate in a rational manner; you make false assumptions, use straw man tactics, refuse to acknnowledge what you yourself have said, or what others have said, and so on.

Once bitten, twice shy, is my method for dealing with mad dogs, or people act like them on the internet.


500 posted on 09/07/2010 6:52:02 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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