Krabby Keyes
Stephanie points out that Alan Keyes' (a republican senate candidate) derogatory comments about Mary Cheney's sexuality go all but unnoticed by republicans, whilst republicans remain outraged over Kerry's neutral observation that she is homosexual. Not only is this a ridiculous double standard, but the article she cites gives examples showing how deep this runs in the conservative mindset.
Alan Keyes condemns homosexuality as "selfish hedonism". He illustrates his ignorance further: "If my own daughter were a homosexual or lesbian, I would love my daughter, but I would tell her she was in sin." Extra scary because his 19 year old daughter does appear to be a lesbian.
With regards to the Cheneys' attempts to downplay the issue of homosexuality in the upcoming election, Conservative policy analyst Peter Labarbera says "It trivializes people’s deeply held religious convictions by seeking to make homosexuality a ‘non-issue’ in the GOP. And it insults advocates of healthy morality by comparing opposition to homosexuality -- the clear teaching of Christianity and other major religions -- to racism."
Conservative Reverend Jerry Falwell dubs Mary Cheny as "errant".
Mary Mostert, writer at conservative fringe website AmericanDaily.com writes, "Keyes’ sex education lesson to a confused homosexual ought to be required reading in every sex education class in the country."
You get the idea.... but can these people serious? Surely they can agree that some children are born different from their parents. They have different preferences in food, clothing, music, friends. Why is it so difficult to make that last step and see that it's not that unusual for people to have different preferences in partners too? Its paralell to scaling mount everest to devoted conervatives, when in reality it's such a tiny curb to leap over. Not even a leap, hardly even a step! And I sincerely hope that nobody truly believes homophobia is part of 'healthy morality', or that it's anything but synonymous with racism. There are tons of Eurpoean Americans who are thoroughly anti-racism, but straight men & women who can see through the gay issue seem to be in short supply.
I hate to rant, but it just seems like such a kindergarten-level problem to me, and I'm boggled that grown men and women can't figure it out. Maybe it's not them, maybe it's a limitation of mine that Alan Keyes could lecture to me for an eternity and never make me understand why gay people go to hell.
Alan Keyes condemns homosexuality as "selfish hedonism". He illustrates his ignorance further: "If my own daughter were a homosexual or lesbian, I would love my daughter, but I would tell her she was in sin." Extra scary because his 19 year old daughter does appear to be a lesbian.
With regards to the Cheneys' attempts to downplay the issue of homosexuality in the upcoming election, Conservative policy analyst Peter Labarbera says "It trivializes people’s deeply held religious convictions by seeking to make homosexuality a ‘non-issue’ in the GOP. And it insults advocates of healthy morality by comparing opposition to homosexuality -- the clear teaching of Christianity and other major religions -- to racism."
Conservative Reverend Jerry Falwell dubs Mary Cheny as "errant".
Mary Mostert, writer at conservative fringe website AmericanDaily.com writes, "Keyes’ sex education lesson to a confused homosexual ought to be required reading in every sex education class in the country."
You get the idea.... but can these people serious? Surely they can agree that some children are born different from their parents. They have different preferences in food, clothing, music, friends. Why is it so difficult to make that last step and see that it's not that unusual for people to have different preferences in partners too? Its paralell to scaling mount everest to devoted conervatives, when in reality it's such a tiny curb to leap over. Not even a leap, hardly even a step! And I sincerely hope that nobody truly believes homophobia is part of 'healthy morality', or that it's anything but synonymous with racism. There are tons of Eurpoean Americans who are thoroughly anti-racism, but straight men & women who can see through the gay issue seem to be in short supply.
I hate to rant, but it just seems like such a kindergarten-level problem to me, and I'm boggled that grown men and women can't figure it out. Maybe it's not them, maybe it's a limitation of mine that Alan Keyes could lecture to me for an eternity and never make me understand why gay people go to hell.
