Posted on 10/17/2006 7:38:45 AM PDT by SmithL
SAN FRANCISCANS may think of their town as a haven for tolerance, but once again, S.F. supervisors are showing the rest of America how intolerant The Special City can be. Forget a flower in your hair. If you come to San Francisco, be sure to wear a muzzle on your brain.
Criticize a supervisor, and some supes will do their utmost to get you fired.
Last week, KGO radio talk-show host Pete Wilson made some comments about a child born to Supervisor Bevan Dufty, who is gay, and Rebecca Goldfader, who is a lesbian. As Wilson put it, a baby is "not an experiment. It is not an opportunity to see how far you can carry your views on parenting, alternative lifestyles or diversity in family structures."
And: "Look around you, folks. You think the high divorce rate in this country has been, generally speaking, good for kids? So, why not start out divorced? See if that'll work." (While I am sure Dufty's daughter is a beautiful child, I, too, wonder if this Instant Family will last.)
Wilson supports same-sex marriage and gay parenting. Doesn't matter. Last week, S.F. Supervisors Tom Ammiano, Chris Daly, Ross Mirkarimi and Aaron Peskin held a press conference at which they called Wilson "homophobic" and demanded that he resign his job.
Yes, San Francisco is very tolerant -- unless you hold the wrong opinion. Then the supes will try to get you fired.
Dufty, to his credit, wrote in an e-mail to Wilson that read I do not want you to "resign or lose your position over this incident." Wilson marveled Monday that Dufty "showed more class than anyone else in this."
Be it noted, Wilson has apologized -- not for his misgivings about parenting and children -- but for using "inappropriate" and overly personal
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
San Francisco: Sodom on the Bay
San Freakcisco remains the pit of perversion and liberalism it has always been. And it has only gotten worse. A cesspool for every freak and pervert and run by same. An indescribable embarassment to normal Californians.
People who KNOW they are wrong can't stand criticism.
Pete Wilson should not be a commentator on the radio and then also pose as an impartial news anchor. Of course, this is nothing new in the American media.
However, Mr. Wilson is to be congratulated for his comments about kids not being experiments for aberrant lifestyles.
San Francisco is such a sewer. Too bad, it is in such a beautiful setting.
Geez, if they consider him homophobic, I wouldn't last a minute on the air!
Throughout the entire fiasco, Wilson has repeatedly stated how much he supports homosexual rights, including homosexual marriage. You can't be politically correct enough in Baghdad by the Bay.
But that's not good enough. Even he must go, apparently, because even he believes in certain limits on social experimentation.
Michael Weiner/Savage calls the city San Fransicko.
It looks good, but it stinks!
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