Still knee-deep in homophobia

The Arizona Republic ^ | Apr. 29, 2003 | O. Ricardo Pimentel

[presidio9]

Let me translate into "bigotspeak" what Sen. Rick Santorum meant when he compared gays to bigamists, polygamists and practitioners of incest and adultery.

Translated: Hey, I place you in the same category as all those scummy people I just mentioned. Oh, and if you act on who you are, you're also a criminal.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

I do not particularily like seafood....does that make me a "seafoodphobe"?

I do not like gin....does that make me a "ginophobe"?

I do not terrorism....does that make me a "terrorphobe"?

I do not like hip-hop music...does that make me a "hiphopophobe"?

I am tired of the term "homophobe". It is dishonest and inaccurate.

As someone once told me: "I am not homphobic...I can kick any homo's a**"

[45Auto]

Countries where homosexual acts are subject to the death penalty

Mauritania

Sudan

Pakistan

Chechen Republic

Iran

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates (?)

Yemen

[Petronski]

People need to realize that there is a difference between (a) a belief that something should be illegal and (b) an understanding that the constitution does not prevent such illegality. They are NOT mutually exclusive.

Nothing in the constitution prohibits banning the import and sale of apricots. Stating this fact about the constitution is not the same as stating one's opposition to the import and sale of apricots. And if my state did ban the import and sale of apricots, I would not be 'anti-apricot' by stating that there is nothing in the constitution on the topic. In fact, insofar as I happen to like apricots, I would say this:

There is nothing unconstitutional about the apricot ban. It might be a silly law, or unenforceable, or even offensive, but until we change the constitution, the apricot ban is not unconstitutional. We might want to add a 'right to apricots,' but until that amendment succeeds, a ban on apricots is well within the authority of the government.

[Treebeard]

Pimentel's arguments leave one cold, like a refrigerator. The similarity of Pimentel to a refrigerator ends there, because a fridge doesn't fart when you take meat out of it...

[Treebeard]

Wasn't Consensual the nurse on Marcus Welby, MD?

[LanPB01]

" They also want the ability to marry and adopt/raise kids."

Then those issues should be addressed seperately. We shouldn't be lumping all these issues together everytime someone mentions homosexuals on free republic. Sure, some homos are radical nuts that want special privileges (they shouldn't get them, by the way). That's no reason they shouldn't be allowed to perform consenual acts in the privacy of their own homes.

[SquirrelKing]

"Rule number one: NO POOFDAS!"

[presidio9]

A couple of high-profile arrests nowithstanding, this law is largely symbolic.

[sit-rep]

Still knee-deep in Homophobia

Forever totally submerged in Homophobia...

[Texas Eagle]

Hee hee heeeeeee......see? ...I was right!

[martin_fierro]

Per The Mister T'inator:

" . You better make sure nothin' happens to my gold. . . What this fool talkin' 'bout now? If the crazy Supreme Court says that darn Ya have some right to consensual sex within your home, then Hannibal have the right to bigamy, that darn T have the crazy right to polygamy, U have that darn right to incest, the darn T have the right to adultery," Mr.T told that darn Associated Press. "If you don't get your finger out of my face, I'm gonna turn it into chopped liver!"

[Notwithstanding]

1. To respect their dignity, we should refer to these people as:
"persons who are homosexual" or
"persons with homosexual attractions" or
"persons with same-sex attraction disorder" or
"persons with SADD"

2. The millions of innocent children legally slaughtered within the womb since Roe v. Wade is proof that the Republic has already failed.

[caisson71]

Homosexuality is solely defined by a sex act. I find that sex act unnatural and despicable. If I must have a label, call me discerning.

[ladtx]

Alright, I'm an out of the closet homophobe.

[bobsatwork]

My comments for the author:
1. "Homophobia" is a political term designed to stop debate on homosexual issues. (You disagree with me? Then you have this DISEASE homophobia!!)
2. Santorum did not make the comparison you and many others falsely claim. He did not say that homosexuals were the same as polygamists, etc, etc. He said that if a court rules that homosexual acts were legal because of PRIVACY, then all sexual acts are legal for the same reason. I think he is right.
3. Santorum was talking in this same context when he made the "homosexuals vs homosexual acts" comment. In this context, he was saying it was OK with him for the courts to provide protections for homosexuals, but not for specific acts, for the same "slippery slope" privacy issue mentioned earlier.
4. I feel that anti-sodomy laws are stupid and outdated. Get the states to throw them out for that reason.
5. Conservatives were quick to jump on Lott because he was wrong. Santorum is being misquoted, by removing the entire legal argument context. This is shameful. And you are part of it.

[tuckrdout]

This person does not like being labeled, or their sexual practices disparaged. Hmmmmm. Seems to me they just called Traditional Islamics, people of Tibet and Nepal and Historic Mormons (bigamists and polygamists) and Indians in Brazil, Venezuela, The Bedouins, and some Chinese provinces, where they marry incestuously ....."SCUMMY"!

So, he has lost all right to critisize the speech of anyone else.

[Texas Eagle]

Heyyyy....I wonder how Boomhower of "King of the Hill" fame would say it?