Posted on 11/16/2014 2:58:53 PM PST by Kaslin
Are you a heterosexual man who enjoys dressing stylishly, who likes staying in shape and sometimes wearing tight T-shirts while working out, who has no problem showing brotherly affection to other men? If we are to believe what a leading gay journalist says, it’s all because you have been liberated by gay men.
Are you wondering what I’m talking about? Allow me to explain.
I have known Jason and David Benham since 2003, and as long as I have known the Benham twins, they have been outgoing, gregarious, positive, complimentary, devoted to the Lord and their families, and in very good shape.
As former athletes (drafted to play in Major League Baseball), as business entrepreneurs, and as fearless Christian witnesses, they have always stood out from the crowd, especially as a twin-team.
A few days ago, we were catching up over lunch when David asked me if I had seen the article in the Huffington Post entitled, “What Makes Men ‘Gay’?”
When I told David I hadn’t, he explained to me that during a recent speaking engagement, they were flooded with interview requests from the media, and so they did the interviews, one after another, not knowing who the journalists were, including the writer for Huffington Post.
True to form, they complimented this journalist on his sharp outfit and were extremely friendly to him, later posing for a picture with him (for his article), putting their arms around his shoulders as they normally would with another man.
To their surprise, they found out later he was gay (he never said he wasn’t; they just had no idea who he was), and it was only when they showed me the link that I said to them, “That’s Michelangelo Signorile, a leading gay journalist and radio host!”
For Signorile, the Benham brothers were an anomaly.
He realized that they were not gay – they are happily married with 9 kids between them, and they hold strongly to biblical morality – but he couldn’t help but notice “their buff, chiseled looks, their sense of style and their flair for design.”
And when HGTV cancelled the Benhams planned reality TV show, Signorile noted that the many gay viewers of HGTV couldn’t help but notice “the pristinely groomed North Carolina brothers in their pastel-colored dress shirts defending themselves on CNN, or when they saw other photos of them in their just-a-bit-too-perfectly-styled T-shirts and baseball caps, looking like they were headed to the gay bar down the street. Americablog's John Aravosis noted they were dressing ‘as gay as possible’ and commented on their ‘perfectly-coiffed’ hair.”
Did you get that? If you’re nicely groomed and you wear styled T-shirts, you must be gay. After all, what straight men dress like that? (Please forgive my sarcasm.)
We’re not talking about being effeminate – spend a little time with Jason and David and you’ll know that immediately. We’re talking about being stylish. Classy. Buff.
Since when did that become the property of homosexuals only?
Signorile notes that, “The Benham brothers have attributes and just a general vibe that, for years, have translated as ‘gay.’ But obviously there are a lot of straight men, even homophobes, who now exhibit these characteristics, seemingly free to act on their creative instincts, more comfortable about it -- precisely because of the queer movement's challenge to conventional ideas about masculinity.”
This leads him to wonder out loud, “So have gay men actually liberated many straight men to the point that they can appropriate ‘gayness’ even while still being virulently anti-gay? And is that a good thing or a bad thing?”
With all due respect for Signorile’s journalistic skills and ability to think rationally, I find these questions laughable.
This has nothing to do with appropriating “gayness” or with being “liberated” by gay men.
Gay men may be known for style, flash, and being buff, but there are plenty of straight men who are also stylish, flashy, and buff, and they have been around long before gay men came out of the closet.
And unless David and Jason starting dressing like Liberace and swiveling their hips, it is the height of absurdity to claim that their athleticism, their sense of style, and their outgoing personalities are the result of gay men paving the way.
You might as well say, “I saw two straight men hugging at the football game after their team scored. They have obviously been liberated by gay men!”
In response to the Huffington Post article, David wrote a blog post by the same title as Signorile, except he used “gay” in its traditional sense of “happy” and “joyful,” explaining that what makes men “gay” is the joy of the Lord.
Regarding their meeting with Signorile, David wrote, “He’s a sharp guy with a great smile, and we had no idea he was gay. But that wouldn’t have changed a thing – we still would’ve treated him with kindness, love, and respect. Why? Because the joy of the Lord fills our hearts. And because, like all of us, he is truly a man who needs God’s love.”
Unfortunately, many gay readers commenting on Signorile’s article expressed their certainty that Jason and David were gay (and even accused them of all kinds of lewdness), claiming that the Benhams were suppressing their alleged homosexuality with their alleged homophobia, just as they regularly accuse those of us who oppose homosexual activism with being closeted homosexuals (even if, like me, they are not stylish!).
Using that same “logic,” gay activists who bash the Bible are obviously covering up their deep faith in God and their affirmation of Christian morals, while those who harass us on social media must have secret crushes on us.
Ironically, for years, gay activists have been telling us that we should not stereotype their community, only to turn around and say, “You better believe those stereotypes are true! In fact, they are so true that we can’t believe heterosexual men would share any of those characteristics without our help.”
David put that myth to rest, writing, “First it was the rainbow, then the arts, then style – and the list goes on. Now it’s genuine love for others and joy. I guess being a good parent is next on the list, or running a successful business? Recognizing the beauty of rainbows, participating in the arts, having a sense of style, being filled with joy, and loving others are not gay attributes, they are God attributes.”
Exactly. So go ahead and shine brightly, my brothers. It is Jesus, not gay men, who have liberated you.
AMEN!
By that same “logic”, lesbians have “freed” straight women to feel comfortable in jeans and flannel shirts.
I don’t buy it!
(This from a bass-playing, Harley-Riding, Straight-shooting, Jeans-wearing, Straight female)
Wishful thinking.
This is a very complicated topic, one most of us never thought we would have to deal with as a serious matter, but there you are, the world of today. It seems like a serpentine path toward the gay acceptance of hetros, even if for the wrong reasons.
gay men are known for being buff??
I did not know that, they always seem really skinny when I notice them, like Richard Simmons skinny
Note that no one bothers to hint or allege with the other two brothers having a similar show, and one that has not been canceled. I can assume that they’re nowhere near being fundamentalist Christian and may actually be gay, since we have to read what’s not written more than what is these days. It’s like some sort of homosexual USSR with the media censorship.
The only thing gay men have ever “liberated” is AIDs.
I’m pretty sure all of that was normal before the militants started pushing their antics down peoples throats.
How could people be “homophobic” about such behavior if nobody knew how gays interacted? Men would hold hands in the 19th century, because to even think of homosexuality was just simply not something contemplated.
I have know these guys since they were little. They are just real nice. Anyone would be terrifically pleased to have them as son-in-laws. The problem is that they are too much like Tim Tebow for today’s media.
Cease this faggotry, at once! ping.
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Article written by Michael Brown.
Hmmmmm. :-)
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Why does anyone bother to watch tv?
One of the conceits of radical homos is that anyone who criticizes homosexuality is secretly homosexual themselves and yearns for a homo relationship. Never fails. That’s why you see so many themes like in “American Beauty” where the military guy who outwardly hates homos is secretly one.
Gays liberated me from watching HGTV. Thanks to them its no longer must see tv.
I do wonder if every housebuyer, realtor and host has to have a test to ensure they are gay approved???
FFS, it is HGTV. Full of gays and (straight) women.
Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."
Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.
Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
But there IS hope!!!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...
The director got a "big laugh" about putting the man's "love" of Reagan in that movie. He mentions it on the commentary that he was specifically looking for a Reagan moment.
Meanwhile, the radical homos seems so angry at God (that they don't "believe" in) because deep down they do believe and know that they sin.
But that's not good enough for the radical homos. You must love homosexuality or you're a "hater" and a "homophobe." Sorry radical homos, I hate homosexuality ( I still consider it a mental disorder), but I do like some homos...but not the twisted, sick, America-hating, radical homo jerks.
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