First Rush, then Coulter, and Now Glenn Beck ... What’s Happening?

Life Site News ^ | NEW YORK, August 12, 2010 | Commentary by John-Henry Westen

[GonzoII]

Friday August 13, 2010

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First Rush, then Coulter, and Now Glenn Beck ... What’s Happening?

Commentary by John-Henry Westen

NEW YORK, August 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Appearing on The O’Reilly Factor yesterday, famed conservative Fox News host Glenn Beck may have shocked many Americans by noting that he was not very concerned about homosexual 'marriage.'

O’Reilly asked Beck, “Do you believe that gay marriage is a threat to the country in any way?” Beck replied, “No, I don't,” adding sarcastically, “Will the gays come and get us?” 

After being pressed again on the question, Beck said, “I believe -- I believe what Thomas Jefferson said. If it neither breaks my leg nor picks my pocket, what difference is it to me?”  Showing his own surprise, O’Reilly remarked, “Okay, so you don't. That's interesting. Because I don't think a lot of people understand that about you.”

The Glenn Beck revelation comes on the heels of two other startling announcements by conservative celebrity pundits in the last couple of weeks.  Earlier this week it was announced that conservative pundit Ann Coulter would headline a fundraiser for the homosexual activist group within the Republican Party, GOProud.  And on July 29, although his position had been revealed before, talk radio host Rush Limbaugh again came out in favor of homosexual civil unions, while being opposed to same-sex ‘marriage.’

To be fair, it must be pointed out that Beck said he was looking at the ‘big picture’ and promoting faith, the answer to all such things.  Moreover, he added that he was okay with gay ‘marriage’ with a caveat.  “As long as we are not going down the road of Canada, where it now is a problem for churches to have free speech. If they can still say, hey, we oppose it,” he said.

But even to have suggested, as strongly as he did, that he was not opposed to gay ‘marriage’ is detrimental and demonstrates a ‘small picture’ approach.

Beck seems like a good guy. He’s thoughtful.  He’s right on many matters in the culture war.  For instance, when O’Reilly followed up and asked if Beck thought abortion threatened the United States, Beck replied dramatically in the affirmative.  “Abortion is killing, it’s killing, you’re killing someone,” he said.

So I thought it’d be worth it to calmly and persuasively share concerns with Beck on his approach.  He may not read my email, but I’m sure if enough pro-family folks were to get the message to him, he’d reconsider his outlook.

Here’s Beck’s email:

And here’s the gist of what I wrote:

Laws teach people what is right and wrong and thus homosexual acts will implicitly be given the stamp of approval where such legal recognition is granted.  The young will be given the false impression that this behavior is safe and acceptable, or even good.

Society has a duty to legally recognize and support married couples since they are, through procreation, the source for the continuation of human life and thus society itself.  Homosexual couples cannot properly procreate and thus have no such claim to societal recognition.

The question is not so much about marriage, but about homosexual acts.  The acts are harmful to the individuals who engage in them. They are harmful physically, emotionally and spiritually. 

With regard to persons engaged in such behavior or identifying with it, there must never be unjust discrimination.  All gay bashing, name-calling and the like should be condemned.  However, there must be discrimination on this front, a just discrimination, to preserve societal recognition for marriage between one man and one woman. 

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[MayflowerMadam]

“America needs a Christian revival, or she will perish.”

In our home, every day we pray for revival in America. We certainly don’t deserve rescue by God considering how we’ve stood quietly and let things get this bad, but God can show mercy. Maybe He will.

[jacknhoo]

what does it really matter what Glenn Beck thinks? Or Rush or Ann Coulter or O’Reilly for that matter? They don't lead anyone...they're mouthpieces for the money, that is all. They really do not care about anything, except their own pocketbooks, in the end.

I find it amusing and telling that Beck preaches against atheistic socialism and buys into quite a few goals of it. It just shows you, he really is not in the least visionary, nor authentic. If you want to list to someone and follow someone, listen to our true mother - the mother that brings children unto Christ.

[mnehring]

Cat got their tongue?

[Jim Noble]

Maybe He will.

Maybe He will, but this wailing about the Republican Party is getting old.

The GOP does not appear to be part of the Lord's plan.

[MayflowerMadam]

“If it neither breaks my leg nor picks my pocket, what difference is it to me?”

It does pick our pockets when our tax dollars are spent on treating AIDS patients and cleaning up the psychological and financial messes created by non-traditional families.

[Darksheare]

Wasn’t me.
*snicker*

But they did get awful quiet all of a sudden.

[little jeremiah]

The homosexual agenda is all about enforcing the “celebration” of homosexual behavior and group identity on the rest of us. Anyone who doesn’t see that the homsoexual agenda is ALL ABOUT BIG GOVERNMENT has some kind of blinders on or has remained incredibly ill-informed. And for a regular reader of FR, it’s hard to believe anyone could not know this.

[DJ MacWoW]

The reality is much different than their emotion based points. They are not equal in morality. They are quite degenerate. That is not to say all gays are, there are still discreet people. But the degenerates are the “face” of their movement.

[little jeremiah]

The problem is not that churches are tax exempt. It’s the onerous and unconstitutional taxes in the first place, including disgusting property taxes.

[DJ MacWoW]

Cat got their tongue?

I hope it was a cat.

[Stultis]

conservative pundit Ann Coulter would headline a fundraiser for the homosexual activist group within the Republican Party, GOProud

GOProud actually seems like a pretty good group. It was specifically formed in overt, and decidedly fervent, opposition to the phony "Log Cabin Republicans". The principle founders of GOProud exposed LCR repeatedly supporting Democrats, and partisan Democrat policies, and betraying Republican principles of limited government, fiscal restraint, free enterprise and etc.

Even for those conservatives that differ with gays on the social issues, why reject their support on nearly every other aspect of movement conservatism?

[Darksheare]

Probably more correct to say that the degens ARE the movement.
But waaaaay too many people are willfully ignorant of it, stuffing their ears and shouting “la-la-la-la-laaa” so they don’t have to listen to or face the reality.
*shrugs*
We’ll be waiting for them, with a dose of reality at hand when they come back.

[Jim Robinson]

zot

[DJ MacWoW]

GOProud actually seems like a pretty good group.

Yeah. Their agenda has a bigger list of "give me's" than most groups.

[steve86]

good

[jacknhoo]

Hear, hear! You got that right.

[EternalVigilance]

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

[little jeremiah]

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A busy thread this Saturday morning! The homosexual agenda apologists and promoters are out in full force (no pun intended...) on this thread. They are energized by Judge Vaughn's spitting in the face of hundreds of thousands (or was it millions, probably) of CA voters who yet again said "NO!!!" to the definition of marriage being changed by sexual perverts and their assistants. Vaughn being a homosexual btw.

Anyway, this thread is only tengentally about "gay" marriage; it is about the importance or non-importance of normalizing homosexual behavior and most important - the establishment of "gay people" as a separate identity, with special protection under the law, that everyone else must bow to and accomodate. The right to flaunt "gayness" trumps religious freedom, freedom of speech and freedom of association. It is tyranny of the worst sort. It is ALL ABOUT BIG GOVERNMENT because without NANNY STATE HUGE GOVERMENT the "gay" agenda would still be in the closet, where it belongs.

The real shame right now is how many "conservatives" are now cheerleaders for the "gay" agenda, many right here on this thread!

[Guenevere]

Well said, and so true!

We can't put our faith in man..
..we put our faith in God, and God alone.
He will never disappoint, never change, never forsake us.

[EternalVigilance]

I think it’s time to go back to this tagline...