Fox News to sue ex-'gay' activist? Bill O'Reilly engaged in heated debate with guest

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, January 3, 2003 | By Art Moore

[patriciaruth]

Are you a Christian or a conservative, or try to be both? I find that the greatest roadblock in my efforts to behave Christian is anger. I'm not sure where it comes from. Perhaps it is anger that everyone does not agree with me and thus they make the world a worse place, IMO. My anger is due to arrogance.

Where does your anger come from?

[Aquinasfan]

But Bennett says the "O'Reilly Factor" interview turned out instead to be "about Bill O'Reilly's theology."

In which case there isn't much to debate. Theology isn't Bill's strong suit. Ignorance isn't the worst thing in the world, but it's a problem when you think you know something when you really don't.

[Always Right]

Leave them alone.

They should be left alone but they insist on pushing their agenda in schools, changing what marriage is, pressuring organizations like the Boy Scouts to change their beliefs, pushing their junk science (like the new 'sickness' of 'homophobia'). If someone wants to live that way fine, but don't expect everyone to believe their behavior is healthy and normal.

[Always Right]

FR didn't get very far with that defense. Maybe it'll get to another circuit court of appeals and yield a different ruling.

There are differences. For one, FR was posting whole articles. This negated the need for people to visit their web sites and they potentially lost revenue. Another was O'Reilly was attacking the individual, and he should have some right to defend himself, although that is not specifically called out in the fair use doctrine.

[Always Right]

Where does your anger come from?

I am not angry, I am pointing out the anger that O'Reilly and gay activists have on this issue. They seem to hate people who disagree with them.

[B. Rabbit]

they insist on pushing their agenda in schools, changing what marriage is, pressuring organizations like the Boy Scouts to change their beliefs, pushing their junk science (like the new 'sickness' of 'homophobia'). If someone wants to live that way fine, but don't expect everyone to believe their behavior is healthy and normal.

I agree with you 100%. Those that do the above things are affecting the rights of other individuals, affecting the rights of private organizations should be grounded. They are lunatics. But that is the extreme side of homosexuality, and there is another side that you don't know anything about because they go to work in suits, say nothing about their sexuality, and pay their taxes. They are good citizens. You may not find their behavior right or good, and to be honest I can't understand it either, but be fair and let's not group all homosexuals into the flagrantly obnoxious groups that we see on TV... Agreed?

[steve50]

If I were Bennett I'd be afraid of a lawsuit. When libertarians see he's lumped Bill in with them there're gonna be mad as h3ll, and you can't blame them.

O'Reillys a gun grabber, nothing libertarian about him.

[Always Right]

But that is the extreme side of homosexuality, and there is another side that you don't know anything about because they go to work in suits, say nothing about their sexuality....

The 'extreme side of homosexuality' seems to be a solid majority of them.

[AppyPappy]

Gotta live those Libertarians like O'Reilly. They want freedom for themselves but restrictions on everyone else.

[patriciaruth]

Maybe you're angry because you believe "they" (gays/homosexuals and those that want them left alone) are not leaving your world alone.

Maybe you're angry because "they" say "Live and let live" but some are pushing an agenda that is harmful to others, like NMBLA, or that opens the door for harm to vulnerable boys, like the BSA issue, or that asks for special status in the law, like Public Health/CDC can track and find all carriers of communicable diseases except those which have HIV.

Or is your anger at root due to a belief that gays are sinners, and you find them personally offensive, no matter whether they have bought the "gay agenda" or not.

In what way is this issue worth jeopardizing your blood pressure and your health?

[gunnedah]

This particular interview led me to quit watching O'Reilly.
Not because of the content but because you could actually see the Demon in Bill and he has become the Controlling Factor in the content of the show without anyone being able to totally share their view. I had seen this look before and it is scary in a way.He has become a GOD in his own mind. No more O'Reilly for me!

[AppyPappy]

O'Reilly attacked Bennett's religion and slandered his views. Even worse, he did it without merit.

[patriciaruth]

You're right. You said it boiled 'their' blood pressure and I read it that it boiled 'your' blood pressure.

My mistake.

[patriciaruth]

Christians have hated, slaughtered or spurned each other (depending on the century) over matters of dogma since the beginning. Just because O'Reilly doesn't subscribe to a particular dogma doesn't mean he is anti-Christian.

In case you're wondering why I wandered into these shark infested waters, I'm just on my own crusade tonight to make people think about their loaded remarks.

If O'Reilly did, he'd be a better person, but probably not have the number one show on cable television.

[RightOnline]

I generally like and agree with O'Reilly.......but he's flat dead-wrong on this one.

[AppyPappy]

Christians have hated

So has everyone else. Next you will tell me that black people steal.

[BufordP]

Oh'Really(?) isn't conservative or liberal. He's Yosemite Sam. He always goes off half-cocked...sometimes hitting his target.

He was way off on this one.

[Sungirl]

If FOX starts suing people...who would risk going on his show and speaking their mind?

[Sungirl]

I heard on the news that alot of college girls are now 'experimenting' with same sex sex. Can't say that's genetic.

[txoilman]

I quite watching Bill O'Really because he is only about ratings. His arrogance turns me off and he is dead wrong on many issues.