Gays adopt children to molest them.
By on Mar 28th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
Gays adopt children to molest them.
So says right-wing Tennessee State Rep. Debra Maggart (R): “We…have seen evidence that homosexual couples prey on young males and have, in some instances, adopted them in order to have unfretted [sic] access to subject them to a life of molestation and sexual abuse,” she said. Adoption institutions strongly disagree.
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Lame arguement. Strawman. Not true. Complete and utter bullshit.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:30 pmwhy is it that it is always the repressed “retardicans” that say the stupidest things?! maybe tennessee has an large gay population? doubt it. maybe inbreeding has shrunk her brain? probably! i’d like to see real facts on this, not just retardican quotes. why do you suppose they never talk about health care, iraq, education, etc. instead they dream up these gut reaction quotes to fire up the voters. then the voters forget they don’t earn enough to pay heating bills, or buy food, or get a car, but by god don’t let the gays adopt! pllleeaaassseee!
March 28th, 2006 at 6:33 pmWhat is it about some folks that they would even say stuff like this? I know whipping folks into a frenzy might appeal to the Karl Rovebots of the world, but doesn’t the person who says this stuff get humiliated later when it’s realized they’ve been lying?
Damn fool assholes.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:34 pmUnfretted? Uh, ok.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:35 pmWhy do republicans hate America? It seems like they’re just dying to live under a regime like Hitler’s where they can exterminate anyone who does not fit their mold.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:36 pmSadly, there are many people out there who believe this bunk.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:39 pm“In Ohio, conservative lawmakers introduced a bill to ban the placement of an adoptive child in a household where anyone is gay.”
Potentially problematic. Would an adoption be void if one of the other children in the household realized he or she were gay? What if the adopted child were gay? Idiot f*ckers.
The only “problem” that may exist is that a child raised by a gay couple might be open minded and accepting of all types of people. Wingnuts can’t have that happening.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:43 pmWhy does the right go to such extremes when making completely false assessments?
March 28th, 2006 at 6:44 pmI think the reason the left is so attractive is simply because they don’t appear to be quite as crazy as the right.
WTF is wrong with these people!?
Does unfretted sex mean you don’t have to learn the fingerings?
March 28th, 2006 at 6:47 pmbut doesn’t the person who says this stuff get humiliated later when it’s realized they’ve been lying?
Comment by kindness
Getting caught lying hasn’t stopped many of the prominent Republicans from doing it anyway, especially the President and Vice President.
Conservatives do not value the truth. I believe that thoroughly. They have no problem with lying to try to convince you that they are right even when they aren’t. I remember Novak writing about a husband-notification provision of an abortion-restricting bill and saying that if the woman is really worried about what her husband would do if he found out that she was getting an abortion to just go ahead and lie on the form and say you told him. “They don’t check.” That was how he suggested someone solve the ethical dilemma, to just lie on a government-required form. Would someone who values the truth even suggest something like that?
So when homophobes get themselves elected to government, they also have no problem spreading stupid lies to get their way. During the whole “Don’t ask-don’t tell” debate, Senator John Warner actually said that he didn’t believe it was possible for a gay man to remain celibate throughout his tour. That comment came out of pure ignorance.
I’m sure that Tennessee has its share of gay legislators, so why doesn’t she just ask one of them what they think of the bill? Or is she too afraid to get close to them.
Homophobes are useless.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:53 pm#11 – WTF is wrong with these people!?
In my opinion, these people think sex is dirty, dirty, dirty — the most icky and horrible thing a person could possibly do. Worse than beating your spouse, killing anyone, cheating in general, etc. They are afraid of sex. That’s why they end up getting caught with hookers, farm animals, and underage girls. They think everyone is as sick as they are.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:53 pmFree Dumb,
Please don’t drink and blog…
March 28th, 2006 at 6:53 pmFree Dumb
I sure wish I could tell what the hell you are saying… I have seen your comments for a few weeks now and I can not figure out if you are center, right, left, or 7 monkeys crazy…
March 28th, 2006 at 6:55 pm12 monkeys crazy…
Yes that is true Free Dumb …and lots of other things as well ..Iron Maiden was a device used to torture by these same people before it was a rock band.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:58 pmhttp://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h45.htm
rep.debra.young.maggart@legislature.state.tn.us
Phone (615) 741-3893
Fax (615) 253-0350
I’ve already left her a message.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:01 pm#18 Zookeeper
You’re right. They have a serious problem with sex. But the way I see it, the problem isn’t so much that they think sex is dirty, but that nudity equals sex. So if there is nudity, there must be sex going on, and they just can’t let that go. This is why we don’t have our version of “the girl on page three”, like they do in London. Because bare breasts would mean that someone is having sex! This is why there was such an uproar over Janet Jackson’s brief nipple exposure. Because in the minds of conservative viewers, it was the same as her and Justin Timberlake having sex right on the stage.
And whether or not they want to admit it, I believe that their repressive views on sex are derived from their religious training. Not that their religion necessarily taught them what they came to believe, but that they took the story of Onan to heart and decided that sex must be for procreation only. That’s stupid, of course, because if sex was supposed to be only for procreation, then why would it be so enjoyable? It’s pleasurable and enjoyable so we will want to do it. If every time a couple had sex, they HAD to produce a baby, there would be a lot fewer people in the world. Since they don’t have to, we can enjoy sex for the pleasurable act it was meant to be.
And conservatives will just have to get used to this. Or get laid. Either one will help.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:04 pmStirling Newberry wrote an interesting piece recently on the reason for the right’s particular interpretation of “values” and other related and interesting topics.
http://www.bopnews.com/archives/006171.html#006171
Does anybody else just think Stirling Newberry is amazing?
March 28th, 2006 at 7:13 pm#26 – I believe you are right, Wayne. Nudity=sex. That does boil it down a bit better. When I saw Janet Jackson’s boob, all I thought was, “Well, that’s embarassing, and is that some sort of piercing?” I was amazed at the uproar.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:14 pmDoes the government have a ‘gay’ test they can give adoptive parents? ..’do you folks like Elton John?’….AH HA…Gotcha!
March 28th, 2006 at 7:21 pm#5 – in answer to your question, Republicans hate America because they are BORING and incapable of independent thought. You can always spot a Republican in a crowd – BORING – and then there’s this thing called “Republican Art”. Now that’s a joke because there is no such thing as “Republican Art” – once again, BORING and this is why Gays are a problem for Republicans. The lack of creativity in the Republican brain keeps them BORING. To them, sex is performed in the missionary position and in Tennesse, probably with the daughter.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:21 pmHey #2, just so we’re clear, just like not all gay parents are child molesters, not all people from Tennessee are right-wing nutjobs like this crazy bitch. Thanks for understanding. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m late for a date with my cousin. ;)
March 28th, 2006 at 7:23 pmDave–
March 28th, 2006 at 7:23 pmThanks a ton. I just emailed the Rep myself. I recommend everyone spend 2 minutes telling her politely where she’s in error…
Wayne, I think you are right. Granted, most of the Western religions were “birthed” way back when. Times have changed, but orthodox heirarchy hasn’t because loosening of the “rules” takes away their power over their congregations.
It’s really funny too. Growing up I was very lucky to live in a very multicultural/economic area. We had a great mix of almost everybody. Many of the Catholic parents of my friends practiced birth control. They didn’t tell their priest. Many of my jewish friends ate BLT’s with me. They just didn’t tell their rabbi. This stuff effects the Orthodoxies of the religious world more than your average believer who doesn’t believe EVERYTHING someone tells them.
Sex. it’s so easy to deamonize. Trouble with that is, we all do it. Some of us do it differently.
btw – MOST CHILD ABUSE CASES are STRAIGHT MEN molesting little Girls….funny how that lil factoid doesn’t come up either.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:24 pm#21 – Free Dumb
You are correct – the Catholic church burned women at the stakes, Joan of Arc as an example, and killed ‘heretics’ and Jesus did state that those without sin should throw the first stone.
Jesus was a Liberal Persecuted by Conservatives.
These Fundamentalists don’t even know the teachings of Jesus. And, according to the bible, abortion is okay as long as god is the one performing the abortion.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:28 pmDebra is such an open person that she likes to be contacted on her CELL PHONE and wouldn’t mind that you call her – check out her home page, she lists it there.
I have no love for these people but if you contact her, be cool and ask her why she believes FOCUS ON THE FAMILY’s anti-gay adoption research (remember those anti-gay FORD FOLKS???) is a reliable source.
Make sure you ask her exactly how James Dobson (FOTF) is an authority on this issue…could it be because she believes like James that in order to raise a “straight” son, you must take a shower with him so he can see how big your c–k is? Don’t believe that’s true, read his book. He says it and he believes it. My what a Christian, I bet Jesus would do the same.
HOME PAGE WITH CELL AND EMAIL: http://www.debramaggart.com/Cont…438&GroupId=673
Cell: (615) 207-5424
Debra Maggart 112 LaBar Dr. Hendersonville, TN 37075
http://www.debramaggart.com
March 28th, 2006 at 7:34 pmDistrict Address 112 La Bar Drive Hendersonville, TN 37075 Nashville Address 203 War Memorial Building Nashville, TN 37243-0145
Phone (615) 741-3893 Fax (615) 253-0350
Staff Contact: Anthony Acocella
#33 kindness. Thanks for mentioning the fact that most child molestation is committed by straight men. As a gay man, being assumed to be a paedophile is hurtful at first but after years it just becomes tiresome. If I had any desire to have my way with a boy, there are sure easier and cheaper ways than adopting.
I do not plan to adopt. A gay friend of mine does have such plans. He will make a good and caring father.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:47 pmUh. Where’s the data, Congressperson Douchebag? Are the rates any higher than those of other adopting parents?
March 28th, 2006 at 7:59 pmDebra Magget argues a false argument, unsubstantiated by fact, and pandering to the ignorant prejudices of a few in the population. Hers is a sick distortion and lack of understanding of homosexuality — the right wingers are homophobic to the point where they cannot think clearly.
March 28th, 2006 at 8:03 pmWhy can’t these homophobes all move to Kansas or something of equal punishment?
March 28th, 2006 at 8:29 pmSerial killer/rapist Ted Bundy campaigned for the Republican Party
Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges.
Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.
Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a minor working as a congressional page.
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.
Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a juvenile and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks, an advisor to a California assemblyman, was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.
Republican preacher Stephen White was arrested after allegedly offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.
Republican talk show host Jon Matthews of Houston was indicted for indecency with a child, including exposing his genitals to a girl under the age of 17.
Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling confessed to molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
Republican Party leader Paul Ingram of Thurston County, Washington, pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
Republican St. Louis Election Board official Kevin Coan was arrested and charged with trying to buy sex from a 14-year-old girl whom he met on the Internet.
Republican politician Andrew Buhr, former committeeman for Hadley Township Missouri, was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.
Republican politician Keith Westmoreland, a Tennessee state representative, was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to minors under 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).
Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15 year old girl.
Republican legislator, Richard Gardner, a Nevada state representative, admitted to molesting his two daughters.
Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.
Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.
Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.
March 28th, 2006 at 8:39 pmNow why would anyone believe a GOPer?
March 28th, 2006 at 8:39 pmJohn Stewart smacked down the CNN women a few months ago who had on a woman from Texas with the same position and the guy from Ill. with facts. The CNN voices made no attempt to tell the woman from Texas she was full of crap.
March 28th, 2006 at 9:12 pmThe question is why once this issue gets toasted, it only takes a few months before it resurfaces?
#33
Guess the GOP stands for Greedy Old Perverts, huh?
March 28th, 2006 at 9:24 pmMan, I wouldn’t call the Rep on a cell phone, unless you want to talk to the NSA as well. I’m betting just calling her phone is consistent with “enemy combatant” status….
March 28th, 2006 at 9:49 pmRepublican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch†Kimmerling confessed to molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
Now what was Debra Maggart saying?
March 28th, 2006 at 10:03 pm#35 TJM, because the extreme right winged christians are pre occupied with thoughts of SEX. They are among the highest group of offenders (represed white middle aged men) and always want to stick their noses and anything else into the publics bedrooms. They re introduce this crap often to keep peoples minds busy while they have their hands in your pockets and their worker bees stealing our country …..Blessings
March 28th, 2006 at 10:24 pmIf I ever meet Debra Maggot I shall spit into her mouth! Have a nice day.
March 28th, 2006 at 10:25 pmWhat commandment is it that says something about “bearing false witiness”? Is do so not a sin? Breaking any Commandments is the same as breaking them all.
March 29th, 2006 at 12:57 amThis by the way is just a different form of race baiting.
March 29th, 2006 at 12:58 amAs the adopted child of a heterosexual couple, and as the sexual abuse victim of the fother of this couple for thirteen years, I find Maggart’s theory laughable. Pedophiles are not necessarily gay. It is just as wrong for girl to be sexually abused by a male (or female) as it is for a male to be sexually abused by a male (or female).
March 29th, 2006 at 1:01 amFacts or reality don’t seem to matter to these folks. They just hate gays and any vile thing they can think of just comes spilling out. How sad for them. It doesn’t solve the problem, and only makes it worse for all of us in society.
They always lump people together, attack groups they don’t like just because the don’t like them, and conveniently forget Catholic priests, community leaders, heterosexuals…. I’m sure they could find evidence of all kinds of folks adopting for the wrong reasons. And the system is broke…
Look at the BTK killer, where he came from, who the community thought he was, and what he actually did. Oprah has been having shows on child predators (FBI most wanted list) and I don’t recall anyone being gay. The story of Masha, a girl from Russia who was adopted by a divorced father, who molested his own daughter, wasn’t gay, but was allowed to adopt. For years he tortured this young girl.
http://www.oprah.com/presents/2005/predator/profiles/profiles_victims.jhtml
Certainly the adoption process is a mess, and we aren’t protecting kids (I always remember Susan Vega’s song “My Name is Luca”, and think, have things changed?) as we should, but this kind of rhetoric does not help. I wish there were more people with courage and common sense, maybe the media, that would tell these people to get a life and stop talking nonsense.
March 29th, 2006 at 1:14 amWow #33, someone did their homework.
March 29th, 2006 at 1:19 amIt gets a little confusing when some posts are deleted – the numbers change. When I commented on #33 it was not the current #33 by Hamster. Fortunately both posts rather prove the same point.
March 29th, 2006 at 1:32 amI have written to the state representative re her statements. It is VERY obvious that her comments are based in either total ignorance or total denial! I hope my e-mail to her provides some education…but this is a real narrow minded, ignoranct fear based place…and is many decades behind in human studies and education of same.
All I can say on this issue is that she needs to look at the statistics of wife beating, physical and sexual abuse, as well as incest…the stats are out of sight for fundamentalist, right wing areas. And did you know that men can still beat their wives in this state as long as the cane is no more than an inch wide!!!! Oh Lord….and they think THIS is what Jesus wants? No wonder they all follow Paul more than Jesus!
I am an ordained Christian minister and I am appalled at these statements coming from a female Episcopalian!!!! Thanks Pastor Barb
March 29th, 2006 at 2:22 amI have written to the state representative re her statements. It is VERY obvious that her comments are based in either total ignorance or total denial! I hope my e-mail to her provides some education…but this is a real narrow minded, ignoranct fear based place…and is many decades behind in human studies and education of same.
All I can say on this issue is that she needs to look at the statistics of wife beating, physical and sexual abuse, as well as incest…the stats are out of sight for fundamentalist, right wing areas. And did you know that men can still beat their wives in this state as long as the cane is no more than an inch wide!!!! Oh Lord….and they think THIS is what Jesus wants? No wonder they all follow Paul more than Jesus!
I am an ordained Christian minister and I am appalled at these statements coming from a female Episcopalian!!!! Thanks Pastor Barb
March 29th, 2006 at 2:22 amI am appalled that a female Episcopalian state representative would say or believe such things…but this IS Tennessee and it is still the most backward state in so many ways. I think that madame representative needs to read the stats on wife beating, child abuse and molestation, and incest amongst the right wing conservative Bible Belt…the stats are out of sight!!! And they wonder why Mrs. Winkler shot her husband, the pastor in the back in the bedroom with a gun!!!! Anyone who is described as being the perfect husband, pastor and father with the perfect marriage, wife and daughters…..RED FLAG…look behind the closed doors! We have had far too many cases in the south of pastors being abusive both physically and sexually. But when you suppress your emotions and feelings to the extent that all things of the flesh are of Satan….guess what happens!
Did you know that you can still beat your wife in Tennessee, as long as the cane is not more than an inch in diameter!!!! And you wonder why us civil rights folks are worried!!!!!!
March 29th, 2006 at 2:28 amRev.Barbara MacLennan
Pastor, Light House ministries
JOhnson City,TN
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March 29th, 2006 at 4:11 amIn Massachusetts, a public official who has “seen evidence” of child abuse is required by law to report it to the department of social services for investigation. Many others in roles of authority (teachers, physicians, church leaders, etc) are also “mandated reporters”.
I don’t know about Tennessee, but perhaps there’s a similar law, and an enterprising journalist could ask if such a report has been made (or file civil charges if it hasn’t).
March 29th, 2006 at 5:44 amwhy do we even care what these people think? come up with your autonomous ideas and i don’t see what you could be stuck up about.
March 29th, 2006 at 5:55 amHear comes the FEAR train running down the tracks. Must be election time. We have seen evidence of this before too.
March 29th, 2006 at 6:31 am#16; Log Cabin Republicans is a GAY organisation. Look it up for yourself.
March 29th, 2006 at 6:59 amEmail These Democrats and Remind them to help End this RunAway Train!
Email Addresses of the Executive Committee of the Tennesee Democratic Party: Via TGW
bables722@aol.com; gayle.alley@netzero.com; youngdem@aol.com; marytn@aol.com; baxters@vallnet.com; jwbilbo@tenulaw.net; mamabee@twotzus.com; brownm46@hotmail.com; burchampaige@aol.com; aburns@hillboren.com; nathan.burton@shadowsync.net; ranbutton@aol.com; sarahcaldwell@comcast.net; blake@netease.net; galecarson@bellsouth.net; Chismmem@bellsouth.Net; gaylebruce@aol.com; davistnvollaw@aol.com; damron@centurytel.com; rep.lois.deberry@legislature.state.tn.us; judelrod@aol.com; wefarmer.lebanon@worldnet.att.net; jmfarris@farris-law.com; stfebles@comcast.net; chipforrester@hotmail.com; bfraley@bellsouth.net; karensgarner@aol.com; Jhall@hallassoc.net
Its time to stop the damnable fear jerking Cowardness of Democrats in Tennessee I can’t tell if they are Democrats or republicans they all sound alike down here except for State Sen. Steve Cohen he is the lone ranger in support of Gay Rights in Tennessee.
Here are the Republicans that started the ball rolling in Tennessee and they are all from East TN.
State Sen. Jeff Miller’s brother is gay and a great guy. Miller last year ended up in an affair and a very Nasty divorce and this was after he sponsor the bill against Gay Marriage he wanted to protect Marriage.
Rep Clem is another one who is working over time to ban gays he and I went after it on the floor .I reminded him that he worked for me and not the other way around.Yes I walked onto the House floor(he was being intervied by the press) but after he had finished talking up his bill to ban tax paying Tennessee.It was funny :)
I got a call as I was on the trails hiking and was told what was going on and I just had said Not in my state Not in my country. He tried to use the Bible to back up his bill and said what happens in others bedrooms is their business but Gay Marriage and Civil Unions will hurt marriage its all about stealing this groups Taxes and SSI and after their deaths the States reap their Goodies and I just couldn’t take it any longer.
Here’s some Tennessee republicans Thugs emails
rep.bill.dunn@legislature.state.tn.us
rep.glen.casada@legislature.state.tn.us
campfield@legislature.state.tn.us
sen.jeff.miller@legislature.state.tn.us
sen.jim.bryson@legislature.state.tn.us
rep.chris.clem@legislature.state.tn.us
These deserve emails on Congrats for Banning Americans and Stealing their assets. they get their walking papers from the RNC,James Dobson and Tony Perkins the people who hate their fellow Americans.
Yes I am still angry this is maddness to ban people.
March 29th, 2006 at 7:30 amAll I can say is..you have GOT to be kidding me.
March 29th, 2006 at 7:36 amPlease…since when do Republicans bother with inconvenient things like facts and statistics? If memory serves (and it usually does), the majority of convicted male pedophiles are not gay men but heterosexual men — quite often *married* men, the sort whose neighbors later say “we had no idea…”
Then again, let’s remember that this is the same party which considered a 51% vote an overwhelming mandate…
March 29th, 2006 at 8:06 am[...] Via Think Progress: Gays adopt children to molest them. So says right-wing Tennessee State Rep. Debra Maggart (R): “We…have seen evidence that homosexual couples prey on young males and have, in some instances, adopted them in order to have unfretted [sic] access to subject them to a life of molestation and sexual abuse,†she said. Adoption institutions strongly disagree. [...]
March 29th, 2006 at 8:52 amShow us your “evidence” Maggart. She must mean an episode of Law & Order, that’s the only time I’ve heard of children being adopted to be molseted. P.S. Law & Order is fiction, Maggart, fiction.
March 29th, 2006 at 8:59 amWho cares if it’s true, right?
Why is that GOPers can say whatever hateful thing they want and as long as they wrap it in God, they get away with it?
March 29th, 2006 at 9:01 amShe claims that her statistics come from the ACLU and from FOTF… No self-respecting Rethuglican would use the ACLU as a reference… now I KNOW she’s delusional. Good grief, between Frist and this woman, no wonder the rest of America sees Tennessee as the redneck base of the red states. Many, many Tennesseans are appalled by the actions of some of our elected officials and eagerly await this year’s elections.
March 29th, 2006 at 9:17 amThis idiot deserves every piece of mail, every phone call, every e-mail she receives.
Show us your “evidence†Maggart.
Comment by ann
Where is I-RIGHT-I when the far right homophobes need him?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Rep. Debra Maggart is just another chip off the Tom DeLay block. The Maggot’s crimes include breaking campaign finance laws, for which she was fined $5,000.
Considering she is a divorced, single mother, I wonder how she ever got by the religious right to run for office. I mean, doesn’t she belong in the home, raising her children, and being a dutiful wife?
March 29th, 2006 at 9:44 amHe must be on vacation or something. Haven’t seen a post from him in days.
I am surprised that the trolls aren’t all over this thread though. Ususally anything to do with sex or gay sex gets them up in a lather….hmmmm, up in a lather about gay sex…you think there’s a connection they aren’t willing to tell us?
March 29th, 2006 at 10:14 am#33 hamster
March 29th, 2006 at 10:14 amPublic records offer a plethora of information — thanks for your efforts. The hysterical homophobes must be singled out for their hypocrisy and lack of thought and reason.
There are perverts of all political parties, of course, but the ones who speak out the loudest, who proffer the most criticism of everyone else, who are the most hateful and bigoted are the ones of the party of “family values.”
They believe they”own” their Bible and declare themselves arbiters of God’s word, when in fact they preach lies, distortions, misinformation, ignorance and intolerance.
Not exactly what Jesus would approve.
#11, “these people think sex is dirty, dirty, dirty.”
Agreed here, tho I’m not sure that is the whole picture … my impression is that they think sex that FAILS TO PRODUCE CHILDREN is somehow “ungodly.”
Of course anyone who casts even a cursory glance around will agree that there just ain’t enough damned people on this planet.
March 29th, 2006 at 11:07 amShe’s a closet lesbian who hates herself.
March 29th, 2006 at 12:14 pmCan anyone provide some good, truly free public records sites? I did a google search and got frustrated after going through 3-4 sites saying they give free results and every single one then asks for payment to order a report.
I want to check on some of those claims hamster made and also take some time to find others on my own.
Thanks. :-)
March 29th, 2006 at 1:48 pmI’d like to adopt troll and IRI.
March 29th, 2006 at 1:51 pmFree Dumb, do you remember that little chat you & I had about you taking your meds? Well, from the looks of things here, you’ve been forgetting again. Please– for me– could you just try to remember to take your meds next time before you post? Thanks, buddy!
March 29th, 2006 at 2:05 pm#33 gave us a great list of child-molesting Repukes, Repubs, and RepubliKKKlans. An easy way to access that info for future reference is to use the website (deleting the extraneous spaces) http://www.armchairsubversive.com.
March 29th, 2006 at 2:14 pmPerhaps a few questions to Rep. Maggart concerning her marital and partnership history would provide an interesting dynamic to this. In all probability, she will listen to nothing that challenges her beliefs concerning HLBT lifestyles, but a little light on her own transgressions may remind her of the”logs” in her own eye.
March 29th, 2006 at 2:29 pmThe truth is, studies show that children raised by gay couples are as well adjusted, or better adjusted than those raised by heterosexual couples. Do an internet search and check it out. Why in the worlds can’t these people get there f***ing minds out of the gay topic? Their fascination and hatred of gays says only one thing: they themselves are repressed homosexuals, and they hate themselves for it. Do a little internet searching on that topic also, and you’ll see that it’s true. So sad that these self-haters have to try to drag the rest of world down with them.
March 29th, 2006 at 3:17 pmThe truth is, studies show that children raised by gay couples are as well adjusted, or better adjusted than those raised by heterosexual couples. Do an internet search and check it out. Why in the world can’t these people get there f***ing minds off of the gay topic? Their fascination and hatred of gays says only one thing: they themselves are repressed homosexuals, and they hate themselves for it. Do a little internet searching on that topic also, and you’ll see that it’s true. So sad that these self-haters have to try to drag the rest of world down with them.
March 29th, 2006 at 3:18 pmThe truth is studies show that children raised by gay couples are as well adjusted, or better adjusted than those raised by heterosexual couples. Do an internet search and check it out. Why in the world can’t these people get there f***ing minds off of the gay topic? Their fascination and hatred of gays says only one thing: they themselves are repressed homosexuals, and they hate themselves for it. Do a little internet searching on that topic also, and you’ll see that it’s true. So sad that these self-haters have to try to drag the rest of world down with them.
March 29th, 2006 at 3:18 pmIf the republicans were REALLY concerned about these children, they would be living their “Family Values” storylines, by ending any need for adoption in their state(s) by adopting every last child in need of a pemanent home. Children who for the most part, have no doubt come from one of those VASTLY superior “Straight” homes we have all heard so much about. Well the kids didn’t make out too well there, now did they? But typically, Republicans put their own predjudices before the needs of the children. Way to go. That’s so helpful.
March 29th, 2006 at 9:13 pmChild sexual endangerment is about control, manipulation, and money, regardless of sexual gender. At risk of being crass, I hope Ms. Maggart is not using those same agendas to further her own campaign.
March 30th, 2006 at 9:33 amHomosexuality is sick, diseased and repugnant lifestyle. Seeing as the queer can not reproduce naturally, due to their unnatural perverse crimes against nature, they must recruit. Children are at risk from catching AIDS from queers as well as becoming trapped into a homosexual lifestyle. Fags and dykes must be segregated from our children for their very safety and well being!
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:26 pmApril 3rd, 2006 at 10:27 am
I am appalled that a person who without doubt considers himself educated would voice such a ludicrious opinion. I think it ridiiculous to assume that sexuality would alter one’s ability to parent a child, or more specifically to love a child in the way a child is expected to be l oved. I think this is the most homophobic piece of garbage I have ever heard. What an assumption! Such an idiot has no respect for human rights, something that should be constantly in the back of a senator’s mind!
April 12th, 2006 at 3:41 amFortunately this rabid nutcase Debra Maggart is not running unopposed for re-election to her seat in the state legislature. The Democrat who’s running against her, Patrick Gardner, seems like a reasonably sane and sensible person, judging by his website:
http://www.patrickgardner.org/
I think I’m gonna send him a few bucks. I get so tired of reading stories like the one you profiled, and getting angry, but having nothing practical that I can do in response. Maybe if I actually *do* something this time, my blood pressure will go down. And in a small, rural district like that, if a certain number of folks make an effort to help, maybe Rep. Maggart will get a surprise in November when the votes are counted.
April 24th, 2006 at 8:45 pmpeople like her just make me sad. one day soon i will be having kids and for the say that my partner or i will ever hurt them really upsets me! who does she think she is? she doesnt know me. im proud to be who i am i just b’c that happens to be gay doesnt mean i shouldnt have the same right as everyone else! aim:mrderek16
June 26th, 2006 at 11:29 pmI think men should not adopt children they have been hurt enough.
- SENNATE
June 29th, 2006 at 5:49 pmbeing gat is wrong in the sight of GOD those that are gay need to find a place and repent they need kids like they need another hole in there head . If they think well we will just go get us a couple of kids and we will have family well get real only men married to women can have a real family they are just living in a dream world. there is always a possibility that they will in the long run have desire to molest the child or children because, they are just lusting after there partner love is not between two men or two women living as a married couple. there is no such thing in this world going to just be looked at as normal now or any other time people know that it is just wrong .you want a family as a gay couple get a dog when you split up it wont hurt the kids .leave our kids to a normal family mom and dad not mom and mommy or dad and daddy this does not make sense to even say it in this way it is so stupid for men and women to want to live like this they know. that is why a lot of them will not come out and say that they are gay this is so wrong and in the long run they will more than likely molest the child to hurt the partner or to just have an extra partner they will work that child outill it thinks that is the way things are supose to be in his or her life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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