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"We've allowed this sin to run rampant in our nation, and because it has run rampant in our nation, our nation is in the condition it is today" - Religious Right spokesman, and former football player, Reggie White - White caused an uproar recently for his colorful views on the unique skills of minorities. |
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The Religious Right and Anti-Gay
Speech:
Messengers of Love or Purveyors of Hate?
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HATE SPEECH OR LOVE? |
Warning: this site contains examples of extreme prejudice
which may be unsuitable for younger visitors. Claremont Institute Compares gays to thieves, liars, drug addicts "Homosexuals like to argue that, since people are by nature free to choose, the choice of sodomy should be protected, at least as much as any other choice. But the fact that people are free by nature to make choices does not mean that any choice they make is good or that all choices should be equal before the law. Some people choose to steal and to lie. Some abandon their children or their wives or husbands. Some sink into the grip of drugs. Some evade the draft at their country's need, or abandon their duty in the face of battle. These are bad choices, and when they are made, the rest of us must bear part of the cost. These things are wrong in a democracy, as much as they are wrong anywhere else." - http://www.claremont.org/pubs/miah.htm Gay civil rights could lead to slavery, cannibalism "The demand is that homosexuality be endorsed and promoted with the full power of the law. This would require us to abandon the standard of nature, the one standard that can teach us the difference between freedom and slavery, between right and wrong. Once we abandon the standard of nature, what is to forbid us from resorting to any violation of nature that we may please? Why should we not return to slavery, if we find it convenient? Or the practices of incest or adultery or cannibalism?" - http://www.claremont.org/pubs/miah.htm Anal intercourse and children "The principle of the matter is simple: Parents must not tolerate anyone in a position of authority telling their children that anal intercourse is acceptable or can be safe." - http://www.claremont.org/pubs/miah.htm Gays are unhealthy and unnatural "nature rewards healthy living habits with good health. It is abundantly clear that homosexual behavior is unnatural and unhealthy, and it is odd that such behavior is applauded in an age that worships nature and bodily good health." - http://www.claremont.org/pubs/miah.htm Trent Lott Gays are like alcoholics, kleptomaniacs "It is [a sin]....You should try to show them a way to deal with that problem, just like alcohol...or sex addiction...or kleptomaniacs." - Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott, Associated Press, June 15, 1998. Reggie White Gays are like liars and cheaters " 'Homosexuality is a decision, it's not a race,' White said. 'People from all different ethnic backgrounds live in this lifestyle. But people from all different ethnic backgrounds also are liars and cheaters and malicious and back-stabbing.' " - Reggie White, Associated Press, March 25, 1998. Gays hurt children, kill our people Gays are like backstabbers and malicious people PEGGY WEHMEYER of ABC's 20/20: "Just last week,
Reggie White and his wife, Sara, met us for an exclusive interview. White told us he was
sorry if he offended anyone, but he wasn’t backing down one inch. (on camera) Are you
saying there that homosexuals are like liars, cheaters, backstabbers and malicious
people?" "Sodomite community" "Reggie White's wife said CBS was `'too scared'' to
hire her husband as a football commentator because of his controversial speech before the
Wisconsin State Assembly. White, the Green Bay Packers defensive lineman who retired and
unretired last week, used ethnic stereotypes and called homosexuality `'one of the biggest
sins'' in the Bible in his remarks last month. 'They were too scared of the Sodomite
community is what they said,' Sara White told ABC's '20/20'." - ASSOCIATED PRESS,
April 26, 1998 "America is not big enough to shake her fist in the face of a holy God and get away with it, and as I read this I want to explain something. I'm going to read this and then I want to explain something. As America has permitted homosexuality to establish itself as an alternate lifestyle, it is also reeling from the frightening spread of sexually transmitted disease. Sin begets its own consequence, both on individuals and nations."- Remarks by Reggie White to the Wisconsin Assembly, March 25, 1998. Homosexuality one of the biggest sins "Let me explain something when I'm talking about sin, and I'm talking about all sin. One of the biggest ones that has been talked about that has really become a debate in America is homosexuality."- Remarks by Reggie White to the Wisconsin Assembly, March 25, 1998. Gays have problems "Now, I believe that one of the reasons that Jesus was accused of being a homosexual is because he spent time with homosexuals. I've often had people ask me, would you allow a homosexual to be your friend. Yes, I will. And the reason I will is because I know that that person has problems, and if I can minister to those problems, I will."- Remarks by Reggie White to the Wisconsin Assembly, March 25, 1998. Being gay compared to lying, gays hurt nation "But the Bible strictly speaks against it, and because the Bible speaks against it, we allow rampant sin including homosexuality and lying, and to me lying is just as bad as homosexuality, we've allowed this sin to run rampant in our nation, and because it has run rampant in our nation, our nation is in the condition it is today."- Remarks by Reggie White to the Wisconsin Assembly, March 25, 1998. Offended that gays say deserve rights "Sometimes when people talk about this sin they've been accused of being racist. I'm offended that homosexuals will say that homosexuals deserve rights. Any man in America deserves rights, but homosexuals are trying to compare their plight with the plight of black men or black people. In the process of history, homosexuals have never been castrated, millions of them never died. Homosexuality is a decision. It's not a race."- Remarks by Reggie White to the Wisconsin Assembly, March 25, 1998.
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