Posted on 12/18/2011 8:43:05 PM PST by Steelfish
LGBT Advocates Send A Message At Bachmann Event
By Alana Semuels December 18, 2011 Reporting from Clarion, Iowa Protesters crashed Michele Bachmann's meet and greet with voters at a Pizza Ranch restaurant in this small Iowa town Sunday, waving rainbow flags and signs to draw attention to what they say are a high amount on LGBT suicides in Bachmann's Minnesota congressional district.
"I'm very opposed to a lot of her stances on social issues," said Quentin Hill, 18, a University of Iowa student who organized the protest, bringing about 10 friends to sit among the crowd of about 40 in Bachmann's third event of the day, where she shook hands and signed autographs.
In one area, he said, there have been 12 teen suicides in the last two years, and nine have been LGBT students. "Her congressional district has one of the highest suicide rates in the country and over and over again, she's been addressed at events about it, and she has always beat around the bush as to why she hasn't taken action."
As Bachmann passed through the room, shaking hands, signing autographs and exhorting people to vote Jan. 3, the students waited for Bachmann to take questions. When she didn't, they waited outside with two rainbow flags, waving them as Bachmann boarded her big blue bus and pulled away. An older woman, Luann Krabbe, waved a sign that said "gay-friendly iowan," which Bachmann had signed in black pen.
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You're right. I sympathize with anyone who is tormented by homosexual temptations. There are many other sinful thoughts, like adultery, that aren't against both God and nature. That's what homosexuality is, and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
Covering up the problem is the worst possible response to it. We all have an evil nature that tempts us to do things that we shouldn't do. Telling a homosexual it's OK to act on their temptations would be like telling an alcoholic to have a drink. One can't cure what one refuses to call a sickness in the first place.
There is hope for homosexuals just like there's hope for adulterers, liars, and every other sinner. People can and do overcome all sorts of temptations, even to the point where those temptations are diminished to mere twinges or less, but again, that's not possible when one refuses to even admit the sin in the first place.
I'm willing to call BS on the certain-to-be-from-some-Soros-blog "statistic"--and if it matters, then (for example) John Conyers has to be called to account for the Detroit murder rate, which is a hell of a lot larger than 12 people.
What can Michele Bachmann do about it? Another example of people believing in the “Nanny State”, where government must do EVERYTHING for us.
I have yet to see statistics for the USA (do they exist???) but in Canada, the average gay man lives nearly 22 years less than the average Canadian. Suicide, addiction, disease, gay violence - all show that this lifestyle can never be made "normal."
Exactly. There is always hope— and it is God. It is the only answer to true happiness and, yes, He is there for anyone who seeks Him.
Maybe if people tried to help the homosexuals out of their perverted lifestyle instead of promoting it and encouraging them, they’d kill themselves less often.
“Their suicides are always statistically high compared to the normal population. Gay is anything but.”
Mentally stable people tend not to kill themselves on purpose.
Why would homosexuals commit suicide all the time if they are gay? Maybe they should be called sorry, or mournful, or pathetic? Pathetic Pride Day — go for it! Or even better stop puffing up this miserable lifestyle by calling them gay and just use “homosexual”.
I'm thinking this is satire. Unbelievable.
Then we obviously need more Bachmann type districts.
Well I have a new box of straight razors I’ll gladly donate to the cause.
High suicide rates for GLBT? Doesn’t surprise me.
Their lives are illogical, irrational & immoral. I’d commit suicide, too, if I was GLBT. I wouldn’t survive the emotional chaos.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Notice how these LGBT activists never consider the possibility that it is their “IN YOUR FACE” politics that may be causing otherwise quiet / closet homosexuals to kill themselves.
Well, she can promote the acceptance of homosexuality in the public school curriculum like this school in Michigan does.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=378181
Unfortunately for the school, they are going to be sued for doing it and rightly so.
The reason why public schools stink today? The “teachers” are busy promoting their personal agendas on class time and penalizing students who don’t quite agree with it.
This so-called teacher was hired to teach an ecomonics course. He wasted a class period on discussing homosexuality and questioning each student in his class about whether they accepted homosexuality or not. If they didn’t he tossed them out of his class.
Thanks Steelfish.
No, you see it is not the *gay* people who have a problem, it is everybody else who must change to see things the *gay* people’s way, then the *gay* people will stop killing themselves. It is because YOU do not accept them, that they have to kill themselves.
Her district has cold miserable weather - obviously her fault, and George Bush’s.
There are many forms of child abuse, not just physical abuse but also pyschological abuse as well. This type of abuse does not leave marks on the body but can be as devastating to the child.
Maybe getting a doctor’s report that you have AIDS can be a reason to commit suicide.
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