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In reply to the discussion: "Gays can't be trusted with children" [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)I really did think that the 'poster in question' had issued a full bore apology and an unequivocal repudiation of his comments.
If it was one of those "If I have offended anyone" non-apology things, than that doesn't cut it, either. The only way to get to the harsh truth is to cut to the bone and see that shit for what it is, own it, repudiate it, and speak out with those simple three words "I was wrong" -- followed by "I am sorry."
Tangential to this discussion, if gays can't be trusted with children, why is it that so many pedophiles in the news are reported as being married to people of the opposite gender? Kind of upsets that thesis just a tad, I'd say.
I have to kind of laugh at the civil rights argument, too--I have a running joke going on with a few DUers here about how the whole "black struggle" thing is flung out anytime someone wants to "prove" their bona fides on any issue--it's used as a shield any time the going gets rough ("Why, how could I possibly be accused of (insert your bigotry here), I was in favor of desegregation all those years ago!" . You can be for one civil right, and still be opposed to others. It happens. Opposing racial inequity, discrimination against gays or women, for example, does not automatically make a person pre-disposed to, say, protecting the religious freedom of (insert religion that might be regarded as cult-ish or otherwise unappealing). People DO discriminate--and sometimes, they discriminate in very mean and personal and unfair and wrong ways. Even here on little ole DU....! We're not as perfect as we might sometimes like to think, unfortunately!