'Finding' Rosie O'Donnell: The 'Rosie Empire' crashes in another celebrity's 'self-outing'

For years, comedienne and television personality Rosie O'Donnell has entered millions of homes and brought smiles to many faces. Her national television show, 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show,' earned its top spot as one of daytime's top rated talk shows. Rosie has a wit about her like I've never seen in any other comic. She has a way of relating to people as just your everyday 'girl next door.' But as Rosie revealed to America back in March of this year, she was far from what we perceived. And unfortunately once again, the saying remains true: 'What goes up, must come down.' America has seen the rise and fall of Rosie O'Donnell. We've watched this funny woman from Long Island, New York, plagued with turmoil throughout her entire childhood - self-destruct. Yet in an attempt to try and resolve a lifelong inner conflict, Rosie made the fatal mistake that so many other celebrities have: openly declaring their homosexuality. For Rosie, that was the beginning of the end.

Today, the Rosie empire has collapsed. Her television show is over. Her short lived 'Rosie Magazine' is done, the publisher Gruner + Jahr now suing her for over 100 million dollars. Much of her traditional family fan base has abandoned her. Even the 'gay' community has not been there for her as she had expected.

Countless reports of depression, prescription medication and over eating fill the tabloids, with photos of Rosie which are less than desirable. Rosie sacrificed all on the altar of homosexuality.

Diane Sawyer, of ABC's Primetime Live, interviewed Rosie this past March of 2002. The two hour infomercial for homosexuality and 'gay' parenting was one of the highest rated shows of the year. Even if you missed the interview, the producers wanted to make sure they got their pro-gay propaganda across in the show's title, 'Rosie's Story: For The Sake of the Children.' (On a side note: ABC, owned by parent company Disney, seems to have a ‘special place’ in their heart for the 'gay' issue.)

Rosie followed her Primetime Live special with a second Diane Sawyer interview the following week, revealing more intimate details about her distressed past and a look into her sad 'present.' Rosie was clearly trying to tell America something about herself.

Her trip into Bill O'Reilly's 'No Spin Zone' gave us even a clearer picture of this woman's confused life.

Finally, in her autobiography 'Find Me,' Rosie gave us all the missing puzzle piece we needed: Rosie is still trying to 'find' herself.

Last week, much of the media celebrated the birth of Rosie's newest addition to her 'alternative family.' Kelli Carpenter, Rosie's live-in lesbian lover, gave birth to 'their' child Vivienne Rose O'Donnell on November 29.

Many Americans are naturally confused by the reassignment of the baby's last name. Those who are still trying to figure out this new ‘homosexual family’ thing are asking the question, ‘In her eyes, does that make Rosie the husband and father?’

Publicity photos of Rosie and baby were recently released to the media. Even conservative Fox News, so called 'fair and balanced,' congratulated the couple on the arrival of their new 'cutie patootie.' The lesbians are both legal guardians to Rosie's adopted child Blake and Kelli is seeking legal guardianship of Rosie's two other adopted children.

I'm sorry, but it never ceases to amaze me how far as a society we have digressed. Clearly, we are a nation in complete rebellion against the God of all creation. May He have mercy on us.

In her book 'Find Me,' Rosie alludes to some type of abuse (possibly sexual) by a male close to her. The broken mother-daughter relationship caused by her mother’s death traumatized Rosie as a little girl. This left a profound gaping wound inside which never healed. Her relationship with her father was not one to be desired. Several media outlets have also reported her brother is openly 'gay.’

Without question, her dysfunctional childhood carried over into her dysfunctional life today.

With all of her success, wealth and fame, Rosie still lacks something no money can buy: self acceptance. By publicly declaring her homosexuality, she was desperately hoping America would embrace her and say 'we love and accept you for who you are.' Then and only then, maybe she might be able to finally accept herself.

You see, I have a real heart and compassion for Rosie O'Donnell. It's scary how closely our lives parallel each other. I can honestly say, "I've walked a million miles in her shoes."

Almost the same age, we share the same backgrounds, same love for the theatre and the arts, same painful childhoods, same loss of mothers we both loved. Oddly enough, we both even have little sons named 'Blakie.'

As a former homosexual, I constantly strove for other's acceptance of my homosexuality in hopes I would someday be able to accept myself. Yet as a homosexual, self acceptance never came. And for Rosie O'Donnell, it never will either.

This is the crux of America's 'gay' rights movement. Homosexual men and women are demanding America's acceptance of their aberrant, unnatural lifestyle, in hopes they will be able to eventually accept themselves. Yet no matter what laws are passed, no matter what acceptance others may give, homosexuals will never be able to truly accept themselves. That's just not the way God made them. I know it, they know it and deep down, I believe Rosie knows it, too.

In 1992, my self acceptance came when I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. My eyes were opened to the truth of the homosexual deception. The veil of wickedness was removed from my heart. I realized my countless ‘gay’ partners and my long term relationship with my male lover was no more than two men 'playing house.' Through God's Word, the Bible, I saw my homosexuality for what it really was: sin.

Today, I am no longer 'gay,' but very happily married to my wife of almost 10 years. We also have two beautiful little children - a boy and a girl. I am completely heterosexual, through and through - the way God made me.

God's message of love, hope and deliverance for the homosexual is one I have been called to the forefront of America to proclaim: that no one is born 'gay,' in most cases has everything to do with one's childhood and homosexuals can completely change.

As for Rosie O'Donnell, I know one day we'll meet and I'll personally share with her how Jesus Christ changed my life. I’ll tell her how much God loves her and how Jesus wants to set her free as well.

Rosie's freedom will not come from two lesbians playing house, adopting children together and pretending they are a ‘family.’ No, Jesus Christ alone is the answer Rosie is looking for.

How sad, yet prophetic the title of Rosie’s autobiography, Find Me - for that is exactly what God is asking Rosie to do.

“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13

God wonderfully made Rosie and created her for His glory. She needs to see her lesbian lifestyle for what it really is - a counterfeit and sin before a Holy God. Only then will Rosie 'find' herself - when she truly finds Jesus Christ.

I’m an optimist and one who believes in the life changing power of Christ. No one is too far from the reach of the love of God - not Stephen Bennett, nor Rosie O’Donnell.

Frankly, I’m looking forward to that next Diane Sawyer interview when Rosie comes before all of America and testifies how she 'found' herself - at the foot of the cross on a hill called Calvary. What a day that will be!

I'm Shocked, I tell You! Shocked!
(I don't know of I can take the loss)

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Bennett?s message causes much more harm than good.

Proving that people can leave that evil lifestyle is a very, very good thing. That he bruises the egos of some sexual deviants cannot be considered to be harmful.

If the author is suggesting that Rosie's star would still be shining brightly if she had kept her sexual habits private, I have to disagree.

My goodness, you are upset. Could it be that you don't like being reminded that homosexual behavior IS a sin, and that it IS a choice to participate in such sin, and that the wages of sin is death?

"Masked hatred for homosexuals (to whom they would deny all hope of deliverance) and open hatred to those who point the way to freedom and forgiveness."

Typical knee jerk reaction. Better watch that knee - you might break your own nose.

"Claims that "complete change is completely possible," even though the chance of "changing" an exclusive homosexual into an an exclusive hetrerosexual is roughly 0.0% (zero point zero percent"

What is your evidence, and exactly how did you calculate that number? I suspect you'll either simply attack me or not answer at all, because you've made this up.

Diane Sawyer, of ABC's Primetime Live, interviewed Rosie this past March of 2002. The two hour infomercial for homosexuality and 'gay' parenting was one of the highest rated shows of the year. Even if you missed the interview, the producers wanted to make sure they got their pro-gay propaganda across in the show's title, 'Rosie's Story: For The Sake of the Children.'

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I don't think you understood what you read, and then commented on. A slower, fuller re-read would be a good idea.

Dan

The outcry from unrepentant homosexuals is remarkable, isn't it? Doesn't it strike you as being similar to the reaction of self-appointed black spokesmen to people like Clarence Thomas and Condi Rice? Do you see a parallel?

Dan

But as Rosie revealed to America back in March of this year, she was far from what we perceived.

What planet did this author drop from? I perceived Rosie from the get-go for what she finally admitted to being. And I think most other folks saw the real Rosie long before she "outed" herself.

Rosie's empire didn't collapse because she outed herself, it ended because she decided to stop doing her show, and decided to stop doing the magazine. She just quit, that's why it all came down.

Countless reports of depression, prescription medication and over eating fill the tabloids, with photos of Rosie which are less than desirable.

And yet Rosie, with all these problems, was allowed to buy babies for cold cash.

By couching your statements in terms of "evil" and "deviants," you are practicing the same style of inflammatory rhetoric as Bennett...

Otherwise known as speaking the truth!

The outcry from unrepentant homosexuals is remarkable, isn't it?

I was going to say that it probably isn't any worse than any other unrepentant sinner but I realized that wasn't true. All unrepentant sinners conduct themselves in this manner to some degree but the virulence of the attacks from the homosexuals is unmatched.

Many gays, lesbians, mental-health professionals, religious liberals and human sexuality researchers estimate a rate of adult sexual orientation conversion as equal to or near 0.0%.

Of course that what the sexual deviants say! They need to excuse their perverted behavior some way so they try to say they can't help themselves (thereby admitting that what they're doing is wrong or they wouldn't need to justify it).

When someone comes along and proves this to be a lie, they pitch the "mother of all" hissy fits!

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