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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsConnecticut man threatens to kill lesbian sister on Christmas: police
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/conn-man-threatens-kill-lesbian-sister-christmas-police-article-1.1566878A Connecticut man threatened to execute his lesbian sister and her wife if they turned his daughter gay, authorities said.
Gordon Bissonnette, 46, left eight hate-filled messages on his mothers phone, promising a bloodbath if the sister showed up for Christmas dinner, the New Britain Herald reported, citing police records.
If she f--ks with my child again, I will execute her myself, Bissonnette reportedly said on the phone.
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Connecticut man threatens to kill lesbian sister on Christmas: police (Original Post)
LiberalElite
Jan 2014
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If it were possible to turn someone else gay, then he'd have acomplished it by now.
Mister Ed
Jan 2014
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IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)1. Sigh. Every family has at least one lunatic.
Props to the police for taking the drunk seriously. Pity his daughter has to deal with his nonsense.
Mister Ed
(5,928 posts)2. If it were possible to turn someone else gay, then he'd have acomplished it by now.
I don't know how his daughter can ever feel entirely okay about men after growing up with that one.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)3. So much hatred...First question...
How do you make someone gay?
Lex
(34,108 posts)4. Same way you make someone straight
I suppose. (i.e. you don't)
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)5. I know its impossible, but people who claim this have never explained how.
Such foolishness I tell ya
Lex
(34,108 posts)6. I guess to them, just having gay people around
is so freakin' enticing, that people abandon being straight right away. Not sure what that says about their confidence in people being straight.