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Brownback: 'Fruits' comment not gay joke
KansasCity.com ^
| January 30, 2006
| Associated Press
Posted on 01/30/2006 4:25:27 PM PST by DBeers
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To: ansel12
Shouldn't it be Matthew 7:20 ?
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:33:39 PM PST
by
ansel12
To: DBeers
"I was not and would never do so with such a personal and sensitive issue," Brownback said. "I mean, these poor people smell like vaseline, and can't possibly sit down for days on end."
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:35:44 PM PST
by
King Moonracer
(Feudalism never ended, all hail the landed gentry.)
To: madprof98
It was wicked of the senator to cite a book his audience had never even heard of. I concur ;).
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:37:44 PM PST
by
cgk
(I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
To: DBeers
Sen. Brownback was right, although one would have to either not understand what the Biblical passage is saying or twist the meaning altogether. Homosexuals are fruitless by nature.
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:38:18 PM PST
by
skr
("That book [Bible], sir, is the rock on which our republic rests."--Andrew Jackson)
To: jocon307
had he said "You'll know them - they are fruits" I could see their point. And had he said that, he still would have been accurate.
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:38:49 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: DBeers
At least he didn't call them "niggardly"...
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:38:55 PM PST
by
frossca
To: DBeers
"After gay and lesbian advocacy groups denounced the comments last week, Brownback issued a statement Monday saying his quote "was in no way referring to sexual orientation."ohfercryinoutloud.............
Hey fruity types...........just get over yourselves, will ya??????
Man can't even quote the Bible using a verse with the word "fruits" in it and they go apes**t.
How low we have sunk in this country.........
BACK in the closet with the LOT of 'em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To: BigSkyFreeper
"You'll know them by their fruits," Brownback said, quoting a biblical passage from Matthew 7:19. Rolling Stone writer Jeff Sharlet said in the story, appearing in the magazine's current issue, that Brownback appeared to be calling gay Swedes "fruits," a derogatory term for homosexuals.
ROTFLMAO! "You'll know them by their fruits."
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:41:22 PM PST
by
onyx
To: DBeers
"It's nice to know that Senator Brownback doesn't resort to name-calling from the 1970s, but unfortunately his anti-gay agenda continues to speak for itself," said spokesman Brad Luna. 
"He didn't call me a fruit but I'm going to cry like a baby about it anyway!"
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:41:46 PM PST
by
Sister_T
(Kenneth Blackwell for Governor of Ohio!)
To: DBeers
"You'll know them by their fruits," Brownback said, quoting a biblical passage from Matthew 7:19. Ya gotta love a guy who can turn Scripture into a double entendre and still stay on message.
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:42:18 PM PST
by
Freebird Forever
(If they're truly public servants, why do they live in the mansions?)
To: DBeers
"You will know the fruits by their fruits."
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:42:50 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
To: laney
No, your honor, I was not calling the fairies "fruits."
To: DBeers
What a bunch of Nancy's. Hell, there's some gals I know by their melons
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:44:37 PM PST
by
Horatio Gates
(Unnatural acts may result in unnatural ends.)
To: DBeers
In this case there is no difference between the homosexual community and Islamofascists. They both are pushing their agendas by attempting to stifle free speech.
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:46:17 PM PST
by
taxesareforever
(Government is running amuck)
To: ansel12
Shouldn't it be Matthew 7:20 ?Matthew 7:15-20 (NAB)
15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. 16 By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
17 Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 So by their fruits you will know them."
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:46:32 PM PST
by
DBeers
(†)
To: onyx
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:46:59 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Proud to be a cotton-pickin' Republican on the GOP Plantation)
To: BigSkyFreeper
Me too! Hilarious. The unintended statements are the best. This is perfect.
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:47:56 PM PST
by
onyx
To: Horatio Gates
Texas Voters Approve Ban on Gay Marriage...or...TEXANS DEFEAT PACKERS
To: One4Indictment
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:49:42 PM PST
by
Horatio Gates
(Unnatural acts may result in unnatural ends.)
To: DBeers
They sure look like fruits to me
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posted on
01/30/2006 4:50:36 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
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