"homosexual 'behavior' is far more dangerous than smoking"

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"homosexual 'behavior' is far more dangerous than smoking"

Edited on Sun Aug-13-06 04:08 AM by Jamastiene

In an article by by Heidi Beirich entitled, Passive Aggressive, she looks at both the Christian Right and the Jewish Right and what they view as the biggest threat to America; homosexuality.

The quote in the subject line is from a book called "Reality Matters: Gays & Lesbians," published by the Rutland, Vt.-based Center for American Cultural Renewal.

Here is a link to the article:
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=654

And some of the text from the beginning of the article:

Passive Agressive
Activists met recently to plan a defense against 'The War on Christians. Instead, they attacked and vilified gay people.
by Heidi Beirich

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In late March, the plush Omni Shoreham hotel in the nation's capital was the site of a day-and-a-half-long, anti-gay extravaganza hosted by the Christian Right outfit American Vision. In the same fancy "Blue Room" where Bill Clinton blew on his sax during his 1993 inaugural ball, a Who's Who of hard-line Christian Right organizations and a handful of their conservative Jewish allies met to discuss what they called "The War On Christians." But the conferees didn't sound much like victims once they started talking. Instead, they spent most of their time excoriating two groups of people -- homosexuals and their allies, the "activist judges" who are said to empower gays by legalizing their sexual conduct, awarding them civil-rights protections and allowing them to marry.

Vision America is a network of "Patriot pastors and Patriot partners" that is run from Lufkin, Texas, and has such Christian Right luminaries on its board as the Rev. Jerry Falwell and Paul Weyrich, head of the Free Congress Foundation and the architect of the 1980 Reagan election. It has been gaining power on the Christian Right lately and even had a hand in vetting Supreme Court candidates for the White House. On its bill this spring were congressmen and senators, plus a luncheon keynote by U.S. Rep. Tom Delay (R-Texas), the former house majority leader who announced just after the conference that he was stepping down to face charges of criminal corruption. About 150 enthusiastic culture warriors were there, including one dressed up as George Washington and another as Betsy Ross.

The conference boiled down to a veritable jihad against gay rights. No fewer than 18 presenters railed against homosexuals and the "gay agenda." It seemed that the speakers, many of whom were ostensibly there to talk about the virtues of a Christian nation, just couldn't help but take repeated swipes at gays and lesbians.

Setting the tone was Vision America's head, Rick Scarborough, who said at the start that he is "rushing his efforts to stop the homosexual agenda" that he sees as the key threat to America. Complaining that his audiences are graying, Scarborough emphasized that "we have to reach the next generation" before it's too late.

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So, are they implying that kissing another woman will give me lung cancer now? How?

And what can we do to make sure the next generation does not grow up as homophobic as the last generation?