American Family Association Launches Boycott Against McDonald’s For ‘Promoting The Homosexual Agenda’
American Family Association Launches Boycott Against McDonald’s For ‘Promoting The Homosexual Agenda’
Today, the right-wing American Family Association (AFA) announced a boycott of McDonald’s. According to AFA, Ronald McDonald and his gang are part of giant gay agenda:
What the boycott of McDonald’s IS about
It is about McDonald’s, as a corporation, refusing to remain neutral in the culture wars. McDonald’s has chosen not to remain neutral but to give the full weight of their corporation to promoting the homosexual agenda, including homosexual marriage.
AFA is upset at McDonald’s for refusing to condemn Vice President of Communications Richard Ellis’s decision to serve on the Board of Directors of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). AFA President Donald Wildmon said the situation is “strange” because “it’s the family that McDonald’s appeals to — children’s playland, you know, all the little toys, all of that. And they are promoting a lifestyle that would utterly destroy the traditional family.”
So far, McDonald’s is holding strong, writing a letter to Wildmon on May 29 and rebuffing his attacks:
We treat our employees and our customers with respect and dignity, regardless of their ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other factors. We support our employees’ personal involvement in organizations of their choice.
Although AFA tries to make clear that it is NOT protesting McDonald’s “hiring homosexuals” or “homosexuals eating at McDonald’s,” as Good As You notes, “Whether it’s a direct attack on gay customer or employees or an attack on particular employees role in a pro-gay capacity, this situation is still about the company supporting diversity (something the AFA resists at every turn).”
AFA has a long history of silly, offensive boycotts against, among others, Wal-Mart (for selling “Brokeback Mountain” DVDs), Ford Motor Company (for advertising in gay-friendly publications), and the American Girl dolls (because the maker contributed to a youth organization that was pro-choice and supported the acceptance of lesbians). In 2005, it called off its unsuccessful nine-year boycott of Disney (for its “embrace of the homosexual lifestyle“).
McDonald’s should follow Disney’s lead and ignore the right-wing protests. After all, during the nine years AFA was boycotting Disney, the company saw record profits.
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The agents of intolerance are at it again. Just for that, I will get a quarter pounder just as soon as I punch out for the day.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:47 pmI almost thougth this was TP's attempt at July 4th humor until I realized it was serious. Good grief imagine someone who supports diversity as the EVIL DEMON ! Boy this group needs some serious counseling. Hope Mickee D holds strong, I might have to start buying there.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:48 pmDo you really think that Big M gives a crap what ReichWingers do, not on your life, those fat asses couldn't pass up a burger for an hour much less a day.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:48 pmWhack-job alert. Really, these fools need to find a much more productive use of their time, such as helping out the poor among us -- perhaps using their money and energy to donate food to food pantries, you know those organizations that provide food to impoverished FAMILIES!
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:00 pmThe AFA may be on to something. Let's consider the menu:
Big Mac?
Quarter Pounder?
Big N' Tasty?
Also suspect:
Sausage McMuffin?
Kiddie cone? (what's that about)?
A hard look into McDonald's gay connection is long overdue.
*sarcasm off*
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:03 pmThis is the sort of thing that makes me want to head for the golden arches tonight after work and order a Combo #2 with Coke, even though I'm not particularly enamored of their food. Good for McDonald's for standing firm and not giving in to these crazies (too bad I can't say the same for Dunkin Donuts).
I really think Wildmon can rest easy -- most people who patronize McDonald's will see the french fry agenda being pushed far more than the supposed gay agenda. And does Wildmon really think that gays are anti-family? I would be willing to bet that when Rosie O'Donnell takes her kids to Mickey Dees that they play in the play area -- just like the kids of straight couples do.
I predict that when Wildmon has succeeded in finding something to condemn about every business in America, he will be eating nothing but home cooking. That is, if he's able to find a place acceptable to him where he can buy groceries.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:04 pmWe treat our employees and our customers with respect and dignity, regardless of their ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other factors. We support our employees’ personal involvement in organizations of their choice.
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Good for McDonalds, but they really should have left it at the bolded. My employer doesn't need to 'support' my personal involvement in anything. Im probably nit-picking, but yeah Good Job McDs.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:05 pmSince when does the American public need our minds censored ? Family Values need to mind their own business instead of minding everyone else.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:06 pmThese un-American, hypocrite fundamentalists drive me nuts. To them it's, "America- Home of the free... but only if you believe like us."
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:10 pmMakes me wish I was gay just so I could piss these freaks off.
Now I have to eat at McDonalds to show support. Does the AFA have list of the companies I should support? Anything that pisses them off is all right in my book.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:11 pmOh great, now where will Parodyll go for dinner tonight?
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:11 pmDamn and just when I have to head out to work. Hamburglared again...
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:11 pmhussein obama(formerly the banned XXX) Says:
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:12 pmSounds like hussein obama (love the name by the way) is against adoption. Probably against abortion too. What should we do with all the unwanted kids? Baby powder? Baby blankets?
Eat shit and die you pathetic puke. Your kind is in the last throes and will be extinct in a few short years. Do us all a favor and go feed the sharks. Make some use out of that wasted protein in clothes.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:15 pmThose who have a homosexual phobia should really look into their own eyes and see what they are afraid of. And realize many child abusers are hetro sexual not gay.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:15 pmGood for McD's!
I'll send them a letter and thank them - they need to know that the vast majority of Americans are NOT hatemongering bigots.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:15 pmGood job Wildmon. You're actually hurting mom and pop with this boycott, since most of the McDonalds franchises are locally owned and run. Doesn't destroying these hard working people destroy families? I guess those families don't mean anything to the AFA if they get in the way of their bigoted hate agenda.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:15 pmIf you choose to end your empty and useless existence at home, please be kind to Mom and do it in the bathtub.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:16 pmMcDonald's says "I'm loven' it."
To be fair, they never did say exactly what "IT" is. :)
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:16 pmWow, is it my imagination - or are the reichwing trolls getting uglier and more unhinged every day...?
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:17 pmSo adopted kids aren't your kids ? Gee, better tell mine that. We have both and truly forget who is who.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:17 pmDRxJ @ #14 ~ I was just wonderin where St D is, he needs to get in here and quote chapter and verse of the New Testament where Jesus says not to eat fast food.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:17 pmhussein obama - Reported for wasting bandwidth
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:18 pmThis actually is a bummer, I rarely eat at MickeyDs, but now feel I must consume a overcooked circle of meat overlaid with synthetic cheese food, crammed between two gooey white bread rounds.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:19 pmCan you take a look at Ronald without your Gaydar going off ?
Seriously, they are upset that an official serves on a committee which doesn't pass the AFA's loyalty oath ?
Not to mention that I seriously doubt McD's would risk their corporate image and bottom line by charging into such a controversial issue. This is shown in their reply letter with the non-committal that we respect our employees and customers.
Really.
And BTW - seeing this I just had a chicken salad at McD.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:22 pmExactly texaslady. I have an adopted niece and nephew and they are as loved and happy as any other kid.
The sanctimonious, pious pricks are against abortion and adoption and birth control at the same time.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:23 pmthe afa
is a funny
organization.
enjoy.
:)
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:26 pmhussein obama - That was what I typed when I reported you, idiot.
Don't worry, you have proven yourself an idiot every time you post.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:27 pmI don't usually eat McDonalds because, well, it's crappy food. But I might just have a Big Mac today in show of support.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:28 pmhussein obama(but XXX your way from the big black scary gay man) Says:
hussein obama - Reported for wasting bandwidth
Prove it!
Case Closed!
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:31 pmI find that those who feel compelled to look into your lives, must not have much going on within their own lives. Otherwise, they would be too busy doing what the rest of us do on a daily basis (work, wash, shop, school, homework, eat, etc...). What makes a person avoid the responsibilities within their own lives to demand that you and I submit to their views of living? I remember a song from the 70's going something like: "If you can't run your won life, I'll be damned to let you run mine". Very appropriate.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:34 pmI don't eat at McDonald's, but now I'm going to have to start.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:35 pmYeah, I'm with you guys -- I'm not a big fan of McDonald's, but today I'll support them with a Quarter Pounder or something.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:35 pmThis is so ridiculous it has to be a joke. AFA isn't against gays working or eating but they can't sit on the Board ? They were against Disney ? They must be the group complaining about the purple telly tubbie with the purse.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:35 pmI remember a song from the 70’s going something like: “If you can’t run your won life, I’ll be damned to let you run mine”.
Arghh: S/B "If you can't run your OWN life, ..."
Me fingers, they no worky worky...
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:35 pmho sez:
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:36 pmI’m not the one making false allegations about Sen. Obama!
Are you 12?
Go away son, ya bother me.
YES!!! The Performance Artist Known as Daryll™ is BACK!
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:38 pmWhy is TP allowing the posting of porn on this website? Do links to porn now pass for progressive issues?
Everytime spamer posts, it links to a gay porn site - at least the link suggests it is a gay porn site.
How about we ban the IP address of spamer, so he/she/it cannot come back on the machine it mainly uses?
Ban the IP.....
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:38 pmDaryll, didn't someone once say, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"?
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:39 pmhussein obama Says
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:10 pm
New flash!!! Gay people can’t have kids naturally!!
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Um...what does that have to do with anything? Are you saying that people who adopt children aren't families? Are you saying that women who conceive through artificial insemination aren't mothers? Are you saying that the families McDonald's markets to are only the Leave It To Beaver models?
I hear a chorus of families who would disagree with that...
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:39 pmDaryll Says
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Mr. Ellis may be the President of Communication, but to Jesus, he is a subordinate. McDonald’s caters to families. We do not want to confuse the children. McDonalds, think about the children. Jesus loves the children, let us show the love for the children by following God’s word. For the word is as sharp as a two-edged sword.
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I would be willing to bet a Big Mac and fries that most children who eat at McDonald's do so without knowing what boards all the executives sit on. I hardly think McDonald's is confusing to children -- except maybe when they have to decide what they want in their Happy Meals.
In fact, if Wildmon hadn't raised the red flag, I wouldn't even have been aware of what boards Mr. Ellis sits on. I wouldn't even know who he is.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:43 pmNo, missmolly, the troll is just saying that it knows where babies come from. His best friend told him yesterday.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:43 pmYou knew Daryll would show up. Sorry about saying pious, sanctimonious prick, that's like a red lght alert for Bro Daryll.
Oh well, it's a slow Friday, let's poke fun at Daryll for a while shall we? Masochists need attention too.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:44 pmyou know why the fries taste so good?
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:44 pmthey make you GAY!!!
"Giant Gay Agenda"
LMFAO!! What a bunch of freaks!
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:45 pmWouldn't it be wonderful if McDonalds starts offering little WALL-E toys in their Happy Meals? That'll REALLY piss-off those fu(king AFA clowns.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:46 pmParodyll Says:
Sin is your motive, right?
Aren't we all sinful?
I would think that eating the ridiculously high cholesterol and carbohydrates found in McD's fries would be considered more sinful, especially to your body (ya know, the temple).
But I missed you, white skin pretending to be black dude!
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:46 pmC'mere and let me give you my special "two all beef patty special sauce lettuce cheese pickle onion on a sesame seed bun!!!
"hussein obama Says:
New flash!!! Gay people can’t have kids naturally!!"
I know inbred mouthbreathers REFUSE to take a biology course since they don't teach creationism but, here's a newsflash for you, you moron: THEY ARE GAY, NOT STERILE. Big difference
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:48 pmAccording to the AFA, McDonald's is "promoting a lifestyle that would utterly destroy the traditional family.” Of course the AFA would never consider boycotting McDonald's for all it has done to lure younger members of the family into lifestyles that threaten their long-term well-being.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:49 pmThe Donald must just want some attention on a slow news day. Even fundie wingnuts know that Right Wing Jeebus is no match for a Happy Meal.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:50 pmhey darryl, I want to get you somethin' nice for christmas. What's yer address?
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:51 pmhttp://www.divine-interventions.com/jackhammer.html
Partial credit for McDonald's -- they're only walking the direction the wind is blowing.
No way would I reward corporate boilerplate-speak by increasing their profits -- and my cholesterol.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:52 pmi always get keltoi
and daryll confused.
;)
tanq is always easy
to recognize because
he's so depressed.
¶
trolls.
*
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:53 pmhussein(XXX cause I'm scared of the black man) obama Says:
tell me how two men impregnate each other?
"Son, fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life!"
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:54 pmhussein obama Says: "tell me how two men impregnate each other?"
Once again, moron, take a biology course, what you're stating cannot happen HOWEVER, that does not mean one cannot impregnate a woman.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:55 pmdaryll,
jesus also said,
"swallow the cotton
and speak not the
mundane."
*
remember that.
*
good luck.
ƒ
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:55 pmDaryll Says:
"Sin is your motive, right?"
i'm guessing hunger is his motive.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:55 pmMr. Ellis may be the President of Communication, but to Jesus, he is a subordinate.
Now he claims to know exactly what Jesus thinks, eh?
Now, that's also a sin, if I remember correctly.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:55 pmTell me, Daryll, who decides the difference between "being a witness for the Lord" and casting stones? 'Cause they look pretty similar to me.
Thanks.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:57 pmSin is your motive, right?
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Parodyll Says:
It only becomes a sin when you commit glutony. Jesus would not want his children to support establishments that support not following his word.
So Jesus doesn't support your cult?
YES! By golly, HE HAS SEEN THE LIGHT!!
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:57 pmCan I get a hallelujah?
Maybe you ought to check out some of spamer's links if that's the kind of action you're after.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:58 pmmethinks hussein obama has left now that he's shot his load all over his keyboard over the thought of another man impregnating him.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:00 pmjoe cantwell Says
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:53 pm
i always get keltoi
and daryll confused.
_________________________________________________________
Actually, Keltoi and Daryll are pretty easy to tell apart.
Keltoi posts conservative views, but is capable of rational debate (even though I don't always agree him), which sets him apart from trolls. Only rarely does he post stupid wingnut stuff like his screed on conservatives, liberals, and beer.
Daryll is actually a performance artist whose character preaches about Jesus and sin -- but also supports bombing other countries. Sort of a super-exaggeration of the average evangelical rightwinger. Count on him to always show up on any gay thread.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:01 pmDarryl is right now fantasizing about so many all beef patties in his buns with special sauce.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:02 pmCan I just say that I'm a big fan of The Performance Artist Known as Daryll™ but I am no less a fan of joe cantwell's free form Whack-A-Troll™ haiku.
While Daryll takes his art to new levels, joe cantwell has, I believe, actually invented a new literary form.
Well done.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:04 pmhussein obama Says:
tell me how two men impregnate each other?
So are you against all sex that is not for the purpose of procreation? How about hetero couples who use birth control and those who are sterile and can't conceive a child?
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:06 pmDarryl is a parody. No doubt.
Rest assured, he probably rushed to California with his significant other to have that marriage certificate printed.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:06 pmThat's some funny chit there, ralph the wonder llama!!!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:06 pmWhy are we feeding the trolls?
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:07 pmmisshusseinmolly,
thank you for the timely tip.
daryll always leaves the thread
when i address him in jesus'
name.
*
is that part
of his art
too?
•
thanks again.
?
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:07 pmI'm sure the real Christians cringe when Daryll shows up with his line of crap.
I have a question for you Bro Daryll since you claim to know so much about Jesus, and even offer yourself as an expert on the subject. Did Jesus' shit stink?
Because mine does, and if Jesus's did too, maybe he was just a human after all. And if he was just a human like the rest of us, we don't need all these goddamn churches with their Red Hot Sunday Specials of saving your soul in exchange for a little something in the plate.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:08 pmScaryBrownHusseinChick (ThinkOutsideTheBush) Says:
So are you against all sex that is not for the purpose of procreation? How about hetero couples who use birth control and those who are sterile and can’t conceive a child?
If that's the case (sex not for procreation), I'm in deep deep trouble.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:09 pmAnd for what it's worth, I'm not getting it reversed, either!
NoMoreBush Says:
Why are we feeding the trolls?
Because for some of us, a well deserved 3 day holiday is less than an hour away, and it helps hasten the time.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:10 pmThat, and let's face it, it's pretty flippin' fun!
Daryll says:
We do not want to confuse the children.
If that is true then put away your myths and concentrate on reality. It is so obvious that you were confused as a child because as an adult, you believe in fairy tales.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:14 pmDaryll Says:
Sin is your motive, right?
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
_____
Nope. The only one sinning here is you, spreading self-righteous bigotry at every turn.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:18 pm1) My son is gay and he is still waiting for someone to explain what the hell the "homosexual agenda" is to him.
2) I wish someone would tell me exactly how this so called "homosexual agenda" is going to ruin the "traditional family" 'cause I'm still scratchin' my head over that one.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:18 pmScaryBrownHusseinChick (ThinkOutsideTheBush) Says
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:06 pm
So are you against all sex that is not for the purpose of procreation? How about hetero couples who use birth control and those who are sterile and can’t conceive a child?
______________________________________________________
Wildmon will no doubt find out where they eat lunch and organize a boycott against the place...
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:21 pmI'm laughing my @ss off here... Daryll ther performance artist.
Daryll buddy, how's it going in Jesusland? Haven't had my fix of sanctimonious crap in a while.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:24 pmNoMoreBush Says:
Why are we feeding the trolls?
Because they can no longer eat at McDonalds? :-D
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:25 pmIgnoranceIsNotBliss,
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:27 pmMy perception is:
Right wing definition of the homosexual agenda is the corruption of civilization brought on by exposing children to the evil lifestyles of the "gays", soon rendering them defenseless, and becoming gay themselves, thus eventually assuring the destruction of mankind.
The normal, sane definition of the homosexual agenda is that everyone should be loved, accepted, and tolerated, not matter race, religion, or sexuality. Here's to hoping (and praying) your son is accepted, tolerated, and loved. Always!!!
ralph the wonder llama Says:
.
.
.
Tell me, Daryll, who decides the difference between “being a witness for the Lord” and casting stones? ‘Cause they look pretty similar to me.
Thanks.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Obviously not you… because if you actually believed that Jesus Christ – the Son of God - said these words, you’d know that he also told the woman who was to be punished for adultery to stop sinning. Christ didn’t condemn her, but he told her to stop sinning.
Don’t believe RTWL ever tells anyone that they would benefit by changing their behavior and to stop sinning.
RTWL must not believe John 8:10,11
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
hussein obama Says:
They are rehearsing for the big moment when they need to reproduce.
But what if they can't and never will? (i.e. sterile.)
And how about women past menopause who will never conceive again? If not, what are older men supposed to do if they can't have sex with their post-menopausal wives, can't bang other men, and can't resort to self service?
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:29 pmWe are feeding the trolls because a) There are several of them today, and b) WHACK-A-TROLL (tm) is the sport of kings!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:29 pmScaryBrownHusseinChick (ThinkOutsideTheBush) Says:
And how about women past menopause who will never conceive again? If not, what are older men supposed to do if they can’t have sex with their post-menopausal wives, can’t bang other men, and can’t resort to self service?
Suicide???
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:31 pmScaryBrownHusseinChick (ThinkOutsideTheBush)
I love the name!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:31 pmAFA - obviously hateful, bigoted non-Christion people. And they never see the irony of what they profess to be vs. what they really are.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:32 pmSo which one of our trolls that was recently kicked off is "Bitbit'?
We sure have had a few "Gutter Trolls" today, real lowlifes.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:34 pmSo bitblt(in the third person), if we are to be Christ like, should we also not condemn others?
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:34 pmBecause, let's face it, you and Parodyll do an awful lot of condemning us tree huggin' Libruls!
Thanks McWars.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:34 pmI'm still looking around for the candid camera... this is unreal! LOL.
Sounds like they need to be shot, society has no use for them.
You, on the other hand, would make excellent fertilizer, after the methane was allowed to dissipate.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:35 pmhussein obama Says: Sounds like mom needs to throw me out of the basement. She has no use for me.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:35 pmhussein obama Says:
Sounds like they need to be shot, society has no use for them.
So murder would be okay, and less sinful than having sex with your spouse?
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:36 pmAFA claims that Gays promote a lifestyle that "utterly destroy(s) the traditional family. What does that mean?
Is it the traditional family where mom and dad are divorced and the children are treated as emotional bat mitten birdies? Or, is it the family down the street where dad is beating mom and raping his daughters (and maybe sons)? Or, is the model for traditional family values that of the Craig family where dad states he is not gay, never has been gay and loves his wife, but seeks boys and men for sexual pleasure in airport bathrooms in between Senate votes promoting "traditional family values"?
I long for the days when Christianity was a challenge to live a life of integrity and not point fingers. Professional finger pointers like Don Wildmon (Wild man)promote hate and divisiveness for pay. The more morally correct he appears, the greater his take.
That all lasts till the day when the Wildmon's of the world are exposed as the creeps that they are, like the Vitter's, the Craigg's, and Mark Foreman's of the world. Believe me when I tell you that this man doth protest too much.
Mr.Wildmon, keep your filthy decrepit morals off of my rights!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:36 pmWe have had legal same-sex marriage in Canada for quite awhile, and - surprise! - the so-called "traditional family" has not only not been "utterly destroyed", it is still doing very well. These AFA people truly are paranoid fear-mongers on top of all that bigotry. They must be very afraid that their own marriages/families are extremely unstable in order to be so hysterical about this.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:37 pmAnd I thought nanlichi was being a bit too harsh with the shark protein comment made to the troll. STUPID ME.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:38 pmdasm Says:
AFA - obviously hateful, bigoted non-Christion people. And they never see the irony of what they profess to be vs. what they really are.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:32 pm
You’re wrong about this. However, they are the “brand” of Christian that believes in telling the truth.
Homosexuality is a deadly lifestyle.
It’s deadly to its practitioners; it may very well be deadly to our nation.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:41 pmAwww. Wittle troll got booted.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:49 pmNah, McWars, you just have to be able to spot them. The troll hussein obama has use, all of God's children have some use. Barfly's fertilizer idea works, I can bring the wood chipper, but I still think shark food would be better. Or maybe some lobster traps? Who doesn't like lobsters?
There's a fine line between dark humor and just plain ass rudeness. Some of us are still searching for that subtlety.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:50 pmSo bitblt(in the third person), if we are to be Christ like, should we also not condemn others?
Because, let’s face it, you and Parodyll do an awful lot of condemning us tree huggin’ Libruls!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Believe this confirms that you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Name one person that bit has condemned.
Believe you’ll find that bit only remarks that certain behavior are good are bad in the context of the Bible.
You don’t know what condemning is so… you’re trying to twist remarks about beneficial and non-beneficial – sinful and non-sinful – behavior to make them sound despicable.
You’re trying to silence by intimidation. This is likely one of the agenda items on the homosexual agenda: silence Christians by intimidation. This is probably agenda item one.
Condemning is a job to which bit neither aspires nor has been assigned.
Commenting on the non-appropriateness and non-desirability of certain behavior is something that’s done on TP.
Hadn’t you noticed?
You should feel free to ignore the remarks of the Christians who post on TP.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:50 pmScaryBrownHusseinChick (ThinkOutsideTheBush) Says
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
what are older men supposed to do if they can’t have sex with their post-menopausal wives, can’t bang other men, and can’t resort to self service?
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Good heavens, don't you read the papers? They hire $1,000/hr hookers, cruise restroom stalls, or dump their wives for younger trophies. If they're GOP politicians, that is -- IOKIYAR.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:53 pmbitblt Says
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Homosexuality is a deadly lifestyle.
It’s deadly to its practitioners; it may very well be deadly to our nation.
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Really? How so?
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:54 pmhussein obama Says:
If still can cook and still give good head then, she could hang around for a couple more years. But the first slip and she dead!
You are obviously too young and not mature enough to be having such a discussion, so for the sake of propriety I will not discuss it with you further.
Would the parents of this child please make sure he has some other activities this summer besides talking so vulgarly about about sex and women in a forum for intelligent and thoughtful adults (well most of us, anyway)?
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:56 pmPoint well taken, nan!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:56 pmGodammit btblt, you are making it tough here. I feel the urge to insult your sanctimonious, self righteous ass but it’s hard to focus on your type without catching the real Christians that contribute here with the overspray. If I say something about your buddy Jesus taking it up the ass, it will offend some of my good friends here.
So I won’t.
And God forgive me. I reccomended a jabberjaw comment.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:59 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
Good heavens, don’t you read the papers? They hire $1,000/hr hookers, cruise restroom stalls, or dump their wives for younger trophies. If they’re GOP politicians, that is — IOKIYAR.
I was thinking that myself, but I was trying to cross examine the witness without leading him. It turns out he's a kid anyway. Probably a junior high schooler at best.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:00 pmFreedom of sexual expression doesn't come with condoning degradation and disrespect in liberaland. Some basement troll should figure that out by the time it turns 25.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:02 pmOh, Christ. It's not the family values bullshit again, is it?
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:03 pmbitbitbit says:
Believe this confirms that you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Name one person that bit has condemned.
Really?
You’re trying to silence by intimidation. This is likely one of the agenda items on the homosexual agenda: silence Christians by intimidation. This is probably agenda item one.
WHOOPS!
Commenting on the non-appropriateness and non-desirability of certain behavior is something that’s done on TP.
UH OH. Another WHOOPS!
It’s deadly to its practitioners; it may very well be deadly to our nation.
Heh, this is fun!
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:03 pmralph finds fascinating the remarkably consistent concurrence of Daryll posts and bitblt posts on the same thread.
Almost as if they were different characters played by the same performance artist, like the alien and the old man characters that Jeff Dunham employs. When Daryll's strident form of Christian teaching comes under attack, generally, bitblt is there to lend a hand, such as it is.
Of course, in bitblt's rather confusing response above to ralph, it's not clear whether bitblt equates Daryll with Jesus or not. It's actually not clear what bitblt is saying at all. Perhaps bitblt has started his Fourth of July holiday early and has already cracked a few Coors Lights. If that's the case, ralph says God bless 'em.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:03 pmbitblt Says
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:50 pm
You’re trying to silence by intimidation. This is likely one of the agenda items on the homosexual agenda: silence Christians by intimidation. This is probably agenda item one.
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I happen to be a Christian, and I am neither silenced nor intimidated. Of course, I don't believe there is a "homosexual agenda" -- unless you count gays wanting to be considered people -- let alone such a preposterous "agenda item one".
Of course, I also believe there is a big difference between Christians and homophobic bigots who call themselves Christians.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:04 pmI'm off!
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:07 pmEveryone have a happy, and SAFE, 4th of July (and yes, that includes the Parodyll/bitbitbit troll)
I also believe there is a big difference between Christians and homophobic bigots who call themselves Christians.
misshusseinmolly NAILED IT.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:08 pmCareful, missmolly, bit might expose you for trying to silence by intimidation. Or some other equally heinous-sounding-but-otherwise-meaningless charge.
Just be careful is all ralph is sayin'.
It's just a good thing bitblt doesn't condemn anyone.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:08 pmEnjoy the holiday, DRxJ. We'll await your return.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:09 pm<Jerry Falwell>I'm pretty sure that Grimace is gay.</Jerry Falwell>
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:11 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Of course, in bitblt’s rather confusing response above to ralph, it’s not clear whether bitblt equates Daryll with Jesus or not. It’s actually not clear what bitblt is saying at all. Perhaps bitblt has started his Fourth of July holiday early and has already cracked a few Coors Lights. If that’s the case, ralph says God bless ‘em.
bitblt rarely makes any real sense, not necessarily out of stupidity but out of a real lack of coherent thought. Today's posts were remarkably coherent. For bitblt.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:17 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
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Of course, I also believe there is a big difference between Christians and homophobic bigots who call themselves Christians.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Believe you'll have difficulty finding a "Christian" scripture that supports this remark.
Don't believe you can find a scripture that considers the "feelings" of the sinner relevant. That is to say that the feelings of the sinners don't change the sin.
For instance, adultery is adultery regardless of how much the offending couple love each other.
But it does make us other sinners feel better doesn't it, and it probably make the man and woman involved fell better?
bit's advice...being a Christian doesn't mean believing in everything...or nothing...
bit predicts that agenda item one on the homosexual agenda is and will be silencing Christians.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:19 pmThank goodness. I thought it was just me -- I mean... ralph thought it was just ralph.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:20 pmWow, gum -- no sooner did you expose bit's lack of coherence than he shows up again and conforms it.
I think it's the drink, you think it's a lack of real coherent thought.
Po-tay-toe, po-tah-toe.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:22 pmbitblt Says:
bit predicts that agenda item one on the homosexual agenda is and will be silencing Christians.
There is no "homosexual agenda", although I realize that this is a persistent fantasy among homophobes. Seriously, whenever I meet a new gay person that's the first thing I ask them: "Where can I get a copy of the homosexual agenda, anyway?" No one seems to know.
Your paranoia is caused by guilt, because you're judging other people's behavior instead of getting the beam out of your own eye.
If "christians" stopped judging everyone else, and took care of their own behavior, no one would ask them to be silent.
May the baby Jesus close your mouth and open your mind, bit.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:25 pmbitbit says:
bit’s advice…being a Christian doesn’t mean believing in everything…or nothing…
bit predicts that agenda item one on the homosexual agenda is and will be silencing Christians.
Wayne's advice: bitbit is a blooming idiot.
Wayne predicts: People who call themselves "Christians" will still persecute others they perceive as different, even gays under the guise of "religion" and won't shut the f_ck up.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:27 pmRalph the wonder llama Says:
Wow, gum — no sooner did you expose bit’s lack of coherence than he shows up again and conforms it.
I think it’s the drink, you think it’s a lack of real coherent thought.
I think it's repression, actually. When I was in college I shared a rest room with a very nice young man who was quite devout and had taken some vow of chastity -- this was in the 60s and the rest of us had taken an entirely different vow. The guy had repressed his normal desires so much that the only real pleasure he had in life was taking a dump. I mean, I appreciate a good poop as much as the next guy, but I've never moaned in ecstasy while I was doing it. This guy did, and as far as we could tell, he did it every time. Sad.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:28 pmgummitch Says:
There is no “homosexual agenda”, although I realize that this is a persistent fantasy among homophobes. Seriously, whenever I meet a new gay person that’s the first thing I ask them: “Where can I get a copy of the homosexual agenda, anyway?” No one seems to know.
All the gay friends I know have no "agenda" other than for people to quit persecuting them and treating them as 2nd class citizens, so they can get on with living their lives.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:31 pmThe purple character "Grimace" is gay.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:35 pmnanlichi thinks that if Jesus came back today, His first act would be to smite the bitblts and Daryll's and the Hagee/Dobson/Robertson for abusing and misusing His name.
Then He would head over to the Rainbow Coalition and have a beer with the gayng.
But nanlichi doesn't think that Jesus is capable of coming back, and so nanlichi thinks that we are left on our own to smackdown the homophobes in Christian skin as we see fit.
Damn! That's a tough sentence structure. How the hell does bitethebullet do it? And more importantly, why?
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:40 pmI missed something, who is Grimace? A little help please?
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:42 pmGo to Google images and type in Grimace. It might jog your memory of the McDonald-land character. But the reason I wanted you to see the pics is because the 5th image that comes up is hilarious.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:49 pmWe can't have equal rights, otherwise self loathing fools will lose someone they believe they have a right to look down on...
bitbit says:
bit’s advice…being a Christian doesn’t mean believing in everything…or nothing…
bit predicts that agenda item one on the homosexual agenda is and will be silencing Christians.
Oh poor TARD. You don't have to PRACTICE homosexuality yourself, just because it's legal... You're allowed to be as big of a bigot as you want, and as loud as you want, you're just not allowed to DISCRIMINATE against others in a civil society (or you shouldn't anyway).
People that talk about themselves in the third personally, should seek professional help - especially when they exhibit a KNOWN SET OF MENTAL ILLNESS SYMPTOMS such as HOMOPHOBIA and RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM... bitblt says it's a psycho, but bitblt is too TARDED to know it... ROTFL!!
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:51 pmjabberjaw Says:
bit bit would condemn adulterers. Jesus forgave them.
Luke 7:36-50
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Christ didn't condemn the woman who was about to be stoned as recorded in John 8, and the woman in Luke 7 was apparently repentant so He forgave her sins. The two versions of text bit consulted do not call her an adulterer though that is probably a good guess.
In Matthew 5 Christ raises the bar on sexual purity into the stratosphere where He says that a man can commit adultery in his heart by lusting after a woman. bit believes this means that action and attitude are both important.
...would condemn adulterers.
Name one!
bit would say that adultery has caused more human misery than any other sexual sin. Do you agree?
bit will be well prepared if TP every posts a news item on the negative effects of adultery.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:51 pmKermit! That's disgusting!
Even I draw the line at inter-species sex. Unless, of course it's between a preacher and his mule.
Thanks for the laugh SCBHC(TOTB).
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:54 pmAn examples of silencing by intimidation..
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000007755.cfm
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:57 pmralph will be astonished if TP ever posts a news item on the negative effects of adultery, because that would mean, given TP's agenda, that someone on the Right was making a big deal of the negative effects of adultery.
ralph is convinced that cause will never get a big response from the Right. Adultery is too close to their hearts.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:57 pmbitblt Says:
bit would say that adultery has caused more human misery than any other sexual sin. Do you agree?
The only sexual sins are those that oppress other people. Adultery may be a mistake for some people, but there is no "sin" attached to perfectly normal human behavior.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:58 pmnanlichi has no doubt that bitblt has done a shitload of research into adultery.
nanlichi is sure that bitblt has done buttload of research into homosexuality.
nanlichi is sure that bitblt has a house full of examples of these sins taped to the wall.
nanlichi thinks that bitblt has some wires touching.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:58 pmbitblt Says:
An examples of silencing by intimidation..
That case is pretty ridiculous. There's no reason for a photographer should be forced to take photographs of anyone and it's asinine to suggest that this is a violation of law. Weirdly enough, I agree with the ADF in this case. However, posting some freakish example of law gone awry scarcely proves anything except that humans are dumb.
It does nothing to establish (a) that there is a "homosexual agenda" or that (b) silencing "christians" is item #1.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:01 pmDamn, I hate McD's food. Going to have to choke down an apple pie to show my support though.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:01 pmralph thanks bit for that link, but it offers no more information than what bit quoted and in fact omits any reason for the judgment, or any of the details of the case. Was the assignment accepted and then refused at the last minute causing damages to the couple whose ceremony was supposed to be photographed?
Why was the judgment for "$6637 in attorneys' fees"?
With such limited information offered, bit, ralph is unconvinced that bit's link demonstrates what he says it does.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:02 pmGrimace may be gay, but the Hamburgler is definitely Republican.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:03 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
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July 3rd, 2008 at 6:02 pm
All points well taken.
bit wonders why the NM Civil Rights Commission was involved instead of a regular, small claims court.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:06 pmbitblt Says:
bit wonders why the NM Civil Rights Commission was involved instead of a regular, small claims court.
Maybe in the future bitblt could do a little research before posting "information" he doesn't understand.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:09 pmralph wonders why bit would offer such a sketchy article from an agenda-driven website in the first place, one which leaves many questions unanswered, as evidence of a charge as serious as "silencing by intimidation"...
ralph suspects that bit does not take the rhetoric seriously and is just looking to provoke.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:10 pmMore detail on
bitblt Says:
An examples of silencing by intimidation..
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July 3rd, 2008 at 5:57 pm
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4593
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Thank you to whoever prompted the google search of Grimace. Between image 5 (as suggested) and the jayzuz dildo, I have the" dirty mental image section" of my brain in full repression mode!
;)D
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:12 pmBTW,
RHF, it's good to have you back. I read a lot w/o posting, and there was a time when things looked rather ugly. Glad you're back with us, as it were.
Have a safe happy 4th, all!
(Not promising I won't annoy you all later, but wanted to get it in....)
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:16 pmPLC believes that people should be free to practice whatever lifestyle, religious or secular, that they wish and with whomever they wish, providing the other person is an adult who can and does give consent and no other person is harmed as a direct result of that lifestyle. PLC also believes that people can use the Bible in a circular reasoning fashion to justify their own choices but have no moral right to demand anyone else to make the same choices. Without free will, neither democracy nor Christianity makes any sense.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:23 pmGotcha...."Still crazy after all these years". (Thanks for thinking of good things for my son.)
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:24 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
ralph wonders why bit would offer such a sketchy article from an agenda-driven website in the first place, one which leaves many questions unanswered, as evidence of a charge as serious as “silencing by intimidation”…
Some effort with The Google is required and needs a lot of digging because most of the search results are filled with the wingnut echo chamber, each website and blog echoing the other and adding no information, just bluster and outrage. Eventually, what I turned up indicated that the photographers, rather than simply suggesting that they wouldn't be a good fit, went out of their way to not only refuse the work but to create a long paper trail that easily met the commission's definition of a civil rights infringement. The money in the judgment was for attorneys' fees only; there was no fine levied on the photographers.
I still think the commission was out of line, but I haven't read any of the paper trail and it's quite possible that the language was inflammatory and/or clearly discriminatory. It also sounds very much like the photographers brought a lot of this on themselves, so I don't have much sympathy.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:24 pmThanks, gum.
I figured that the case presented more than met the eye through the evidence that bit offered.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 pmAFA stands for American FASCIST A$$HOLES!!!
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:01 pmJuly 3rd, 2008 at 7:15 pm
gummitch Says:
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I still think the commission was out of line, but I haven’t read any of the paper trail and it’s quite possible that the language was inflammatory and/or clearly discriminatory. It also sounds very much like the photographers brought a lot of this on themselves, so I don’t have much sympathy.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:24 pm
So did the lawyer need some work or was someone trying to teach someone a lesson?
What was this link you discovered, BTW?
bit was on a jury once for a case involving two young bucks – two twenty year old males. Each said what they did was justified because the other one was calling him names. Protect your honor sort of thing. These pleas didn’t good well in the cold light of the jury room, because you could always ask, “Why didn’t you just walk away?”
If two woman don’t want to be offended by someone’s reaction to their sexual orientation, why didn’t they just remove themselves from the offenders?
But this action is probably in support of another agenda item – make everyone, the Christians include, accept us even if we have to use the government to force it on them.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 pmEveryone who has followed the NUT-BAGS of the RePugniScum, ReichWing, Christianista, Corporate, FASCISTS knows that Donald Wildmon is just PHU(KING STUPID!!!!
The Corporate RePugniScums use these stupid JesusMongers to further their cause and that's it!!!!
Donald Wildmon is sooooo....stupid....he can't even know he's being screwed by the RePugniScums!!!
Fascism HATES JESUS.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:31 pmAnother example of using government power to promote the homosexual agenda…
The California Marriage Protection Act has been certified for ballot in November, but there are those who don’t believe the voters should be allowed to voted on the definition of marriage. Actually, bit believes that should be "...on making the definition of marriage plain."
Caution: Link to an extremely conservative web-site – I’d be disappointed if they weren’t biased. After all, they do believe in something.
http://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=14102&AlertID=857
Liberty Counsel Defends California’s Right to Vote on Marriage in Upcoming Election
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Being Republican means see gayness everywhere you look to. Frankly, too tiring.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:45 pmRun for your lives!!! Bitblt is SHAKING IN HIS PANTS with the threat of gay acceptance!!! His rant is all about HATE!!!
FEAR THE GAYS!!! HATE THE GAYS!!!
FEAR THE GAYS!!! HATE THE GAYS!!!
FEAR THE GAYS!!! HATE THE GAYS!!!
FEAR THE GAYS!!! HATE THE GAYS!!!
Only CLOSET GAYS IN THE USELESS REPUGNISCUM PARTY THINK LIKE YOU MORON!!!
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:51 pmBitblt,
You could be somebody, a real contender, without the JESUS CRUTCH YOU PROP YOUR BRAIN UP WITH...SAD.....
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:54 pmbitblt Says:
What was this link you discovered, BTW?
Hey, do your own research. It's all there in the Google.
But this action is probably in support of another agenda item – make everyone, the Christians include, accept us even if we have to use the government to force it on them.
Much like the Christians trying to force their agenda on the entire country by subverting the rule of law with the rule of (their) god?
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:05 pmbitblt Says:
Another example of using government power to promote the homosexual agenda…
The California Marriage Protection Act has been certified for ballot in November, but there are those who don’t believe the voters should be allowed to voted on the definition of marriage. Actually, bit believes that should be “…on making the definition of marriage plain.”
The mythical homosexual agenda again?
People do not get to vote willy-nilly on the Law, sorry. That's why we have a judicial branch, which the Right is always ecstatic about as long as the judges rule in their favor. If they rule against the Right, then they're "activists" by definition.
The California Supreme Court ruled that, according to the state's constitution, the definition of marriage that makes you so happy discriminates against a group of people. In this country, we try to avoid discriminating against some people just because other people are afraid of them or think they look funny or smell bad or have bad habits.
What has made this country great is that the Founders developed a system to thwart the oppression of the few by people like bitblt. Happy 4th of July!
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:09 pm.
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:31 pmAt least I can eat my happy meal without worrying about some Christian Conservative bothering me.
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:49 pmbitblt Says:
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Hey, Bitblt. Bet you can't (or won't) tell us how same-sex marriage has affected your marriage to your wife, can you?
Also, I laugh every time I hear someone mention the "gay agenda." So you don't want homosexuals forcing their lifestyle on you (a.k.a. their "agenda") yet it's perfectly fine for you and your type to force your lifestyle on homosexuals (a.k.a. your agenda) in ways that includes converting homosexuals back to heterosexuality and passing laws (perhaps even a Constitutional amendment in the future) dictating what their lifestyle will be.
Jeez, what a hypocritical ass you are.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:12 pmWow...All this time I thought McDonalds was evil. Forget that, I'll start eating there again.
Wal-Mart is still boycotted though.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 pmAlso, Bitblt, I have worked with a few homosexuals throughout the years, including currently working with three for the past 3 months. Never have any of those co-workers, past or present, ever tried to force their "agenda" on me. But I sure has hell have been bugged by so-called Christians knocking at my door trying to get me to join their churches and convert me to their way of thinking when it comes to religion.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:19 pmThat makes me think, "I think I deserve a break today!"
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:53 pmWow, he really IS the God of Hate!
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:55 pmDaryll:
Jesus never said word one about homosexuality. Trying to justify your homophobia with Jesus IS a sin: bearing false witness. You have a right to your opinion. You do NOT have a right to put words in Jesus' mouth.
Bit:
I actually agree with you about the New Mexico decision. As appalling as I find the Elane Photography people, they are a private company and as such have the right to turn down jobs. That said, if I lived in Albuquerque I would NEVER use them as photographers and would participate in any boycott operations.
There is no gay agenda. I know many gay people. I go to a progressive Christian church which has many gay/lesbian members, most of whom are in longterm committed relationships, as well as being pillars of our church. How many gay people do you know? I bet very few, and you probably don't know that some of the people you know are gay. They don't exactly wear red Gs on their foreheads. They have no wish to "force" homosexuality on anyone. They just wish to be left alone and to have equal rights. Homosexual marriage will most certainly not force you to become gay nor will it affect your marriage in any way, assuming that you are married. Get over yourself already.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:08 pmOh, and like others on this thread, I don't patronize McDonald's because I rarely eat fast food and they hardly represent the best in fast food, if any such food can really be considered to be healthy. That said, I think I will soon visit for a salad and maybe some fries. No coffee, though.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 pmNot long ago I sent an e-mail to the AFA personally asking Mr. Wildmon (or the person responding to my letter) to explain to me how same-sex marriage affects his heterosexual marriage. I also asked the same of the person responding to my letter, in case Mr. Wildmon was *cough* unavailable.
I've yet to receive a response.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 pmbit was on a jury once for a case involving two young bucks – two twenty year old males. Each said what they did was justified because the other one was calling him names. Protect your honor sort of thing. These pleas didn’t good well in the cold light of the jury room, because you could always ask, “Why didn’t you just walk away?”
And what color were they? You must know "young buck" is conservative code for black, so why did you use it?
It would appear your Freudian Slip is dragging on the ground...
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 pmHere's a link to thank MacDonalds for their stand against such foolishness: http://www.mcdonalds.com/contact/contact_us/social_responsibility/social_responsiblity.html
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:06 pmThe American Family Association pedals their hate filled message primarily directed at a fringe group of people who have absolutely nothing in common with each other aside from being homosexual. AFA makes no distinction between people who are ethical and honest and those that are violent and criminal. Their mission is to sell the ridiculous notion that 5 - 7% or 3 to 4 hundred million people have an agenda to foul an otherwise angelic civil society. They completely miss the opportunity to include the vast majority of these homosexuals who are contributing members of society and support all manner of civility.
McDonald’s has responded professionally. The company will receive free publicity and sales will not be affected at all. The only thing AFA has accomplished is once again demonstrating how fear and prejudice can coalesce among narrow-minded people into abhorrent self-destructive behavior.
This organization needs to do some soul searching and become conscious of the diversity found in nature. It is as vast and commonplace as the air we breathe.
July 4th, 2008 at 12:28 amHappy 4th, all!
Here's what I just sent the nice McDonald's people (of course, this will require my taking some bad karma hits on the environment, animal cruelty, etcetc -- I swear, you need an ethicist & a CPA to figure out whether any given act is a net positive or a net negative on the world):
*sigh*
July 4th, 2008 at 12:36 amSo, once again, it seems that one cannot make even the simplest of purchases without somehow taking sides in the "culture wars."
I see that McDonald's -- one of the most quintessentially American firms I can think of -- has now become a target of the psychos on the far-right, the "American Taliban."
And why? Because McDonald's dares to "refuse to condemn" the personal choice of one of its senior executives to serve (on his own time I'm sure) on a board of Directors of a Chamber of Commerce "promoting a lifestyle that would uttely destroy the traditional family" (thus speaks the AFA's "Rev." Donald Wildmon).
For many years, McDonald's burgers, fries, and fish and chicken sadwiches have been among my various "guilty pleasures."
But I want to thank your firm, and all the decision-makers involved, for not knuckling under to people who clearly think our country, and the world, are not yet sufficiently divided and antagonistic.
Accordingly, I hereby commit to at least doubling, if not tripling or quadrupling, my McDonald's purchases for as long as the AFA's threatened boycott remains in force.
Hope this will help offset any loss in revenue that might come about because of the boycott, and help support your firm's choice to have held strong to the basic American ethos of minding their own business.
i think anyone boycotting macdonalds is good, i dont agree with the reason why, but for gods sake the less people eating that crap the better. Think of how many tax dollars will be save in health care..........
July 4th, 2008 at 12:36 amcorporate monoply, not in my world.
Can anyone explain why bitblt thinks that linking to right-wing websites for "evidence" of homosexuals trying to "silence by intimidation" would convince anybody here of the value of his argument?
Or why he continues to argue that his first story is such evidence, using rhetoric like this:
If two woman don’t want to be offended by someone’s reaction to their sexual orientation, why didn’t they just remove themselves from the offenders?
Or this:
But this action is probably in support of another agenda item – make everyone, the Christians include, accept us even if we have to use the government to force it on them.
without acknowledging the weakness of the reporting he cites?
ralph wonders if bitblt would have used rhetoric like this forty years ago:
But this action is probably in support of another agenda item – make everyone, white people include, accept us even if we have to use the government to force it on them.
July 4th, 2008 at 12:49 amAlmost makes me want to eat at McDonald's again.
Almost.
July 4th, 2008 at 1:12 amMan I knew I would be disappointed. Stupid work getting in the way of goofing on the lunatics and assorted whackjobs.
July 4th, 2008 at 1:30 am.
AFA = BIGOTS
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July 4th, 2008 at 1:54 amThe best way for Ronald to deal with this whackjobs is to start serving demitasse cups and McCroissants...
July 4th, 2008 at 2:21 ambitblt:
You are a re visionary. Pieces like this just boggle the mind...
"It’s deadly to its practitioners; it may very well be deadly to our nation."
The may very well be part is just so perfect. I commend your completely bizarre weirdness
July 4th, 2008 at 4:02 amMcDonalds and Homosexuals - Hmmm - well if you turn the M upside down you get "W" - and that looks like a bum or butt and we know that Bush is an Arse - so does that make him homosexual too?
July 4th, 2008 at 8:24 amAs a man of the cloth, I know, and I truly believe, the AFA is pushing their own agenda on the many children of god. By doing so, they are the practicing sinners, because first of all; Jesus died for all of our sins, period! The AFA has incorrectly translated the bible to meet their personal own agenda. Being LGBTQ, is not a learned culture, it is a born cultural. Being a loving person that does as Jesus would do, forgiving ALL for ALL of their sins, including the high rate of divorce, that can be directly linked to GLBTQ individuals trying to please the misguided, which is usually family, and only playing the part as a heterosexual, when in all honesty, they are not heterosexual. When they finally realize, they have been living a lie, and they are truly honest with themselves and their maker, (god) they realize they were this way since birth and suppressing their true being, is the sin they no longer want to practice. If people like the AFA, would practice what they teach, forgiveness, love and family values, and they would just open their own eyes, to see they are being hypocrites and hate mongrels, that is the sin being committed. Again, Jesus died for our sins, so if being GLBTQ is a sin, which it is not, get off your high horse and forgive those who you think are sinning. Which is only one, of many things that Jesus would want them to do, would be to Stop harassments, ridicules, defamatory statements, and most of all, taking the book of God, which is about love, light and well being, and stop translating it to meet their agenda. While they are asking for forgiveness, they should include their other sin’s, which is demanding their members to practice hate as a family value. I pray you will see your sins, until then, all we can do is continue to write, pray, advocate and be a GLBTQ child of god! A special prayer goes out for GLBTQ individuals who have been hurt from hate and the AFA. I do pray also for ALL GLBTQ, to please try and find forgiveness in your hearts, and be the good child of god.. Blessings to all!
The Reverend Howard, Corvallis OR
July 4th, 2008 at 6:27 pmMcDonald's should not have pulled the ad. Those who were offended are obviously homophobic and insecure with their own sexuality. McDonald's could be a leader, instead of "turning tail and running" from a proud turning point in our society. I hope McDonald's is hurt in revenue by pulling this add. Address your insecurities, McDonald's. Not all of us are as insecure as you are. Place the ad back on TV. Take a stand!! Why be so cowardly?!
July 5th, 2008 at 1:04 pmBeing a cock sucking, sodomizing, mo myself I prefer the King's Big Whopper.
July 5th, 2008 at 5:56 pmSo maybe the AFA should take a look at Burger King and their "whoppers"
Oh I almost forgot
RIP Jesse :)
July 5th, 2008 at 5:59 pmGOD BLESS YOU RONALD McDONALD! SUPERSIZE ME NOW!!
July 5th, 2008 at 10:33 pmBTW for all you intolerant ASS H*LES out there...we all came from "traditional families"!!!! and we are as good people as any hetero wack job out there (better actually).
This is the first time that I have ever visited this site. I must say that I am shocked at the level of depravity that has been posted here. Like it or not there are such things as right and wrong, absolutes and values. Those who disagree with this, well you are disagreeing with what the Bilble has to say. The Bible is the living word of God. I do have friends that are homosexual and I do have a brother that is homosexual. My brother has AIDS as a direct result of the homosexual lifestyle that he chose to live. I can say that I do not agree or approve of this type of behavior. What people choose to do in their personal life is a personal choice. However they do not need to flaunt it in public. They also need to understand what you sow you will reap. You will reap more than what you have sown. The LORD loves the sinner but he HATES the sin. GOD is HOLY and he cannot except sin in any manner. Our society today tries to force our beliefs on GOD and expects him to accept us with our sin. He cannot and will not. He does love us, that is why his son Jesus lived a perfect and sinless life so that he could pay the price for our sins. Jesus was the only sacrifice that could satisfy GOD's holiness for payment of sin. GOD loves us so much that he satisfied his own requirement for the payment of sin by subjecting his own son to the brutality and torture of the cross. I suggest all of you read Galatians chapter 5 vs 19-21 and Romans chapter 1 vs 18-32.
July 6th, 2008 at 10:52 pmAll you homo's male and female should go back in the closet where you belong
July 6th, 2008 at 11:52 pmI'm so thrilled the Righteous Rev. Wildmon is finally outing that flaming hamburger clown! It’s about time!! If Wildmon and his holier-than-thou minions WEREN’T focusing their energies on de-homo-izing the fast food industry, imagine what they MIGHT be doing instead. They could be wasting time on frivolous and silly pursuits like . . . oh I don't know . . . Feeding the hungry? Clothing the poor? Things that the old-school, fuddy-duddy Christians used to do when I was a kid. Good on ya, Rev! And remember—Get to the polls in November and defeat that swishy Mayor MacCheese!
July 7th, 2008 at 2:00 amNow I understand this email I got from the Woodhull Freedom Foundation (they work for sexual freedom):
"Woodhull Freedom Foundation calls for McDonald's BUYCOTT-that is buy more at McDonalds by making an extra purchase regularly at McDonalds in recognition of its action supporting Sexual Freedom as a Fundamental Human Right"
Weird, getting emails from an org like that telling you to support McD's...
July 11th, 2008 at 10:10 amIt is not the sinner we are against. It is the sin. I have several family members who are gay or lesbian and I love them very much and would help them any way I could within my means; however, the lifestyle of the gay and lesbian is different...period!!! If you are going to call an organization a family organization then it is not the gay and lesbian lifestyle. Nature itself teaches male to female and female to male...and this is without putting God into the mix...so with that said, it's not a matter of diversity or racism. It is a matter of what is natural or not. You can be angry with us Christians, but you are as intolerant as we are and it's time we draw the line and stand up for our rights as well. You want your organizations to gain revenues and popularity then you build them for yourselves...our organizations should remain neutral and out of yours. If not then we simply do not support them...you do. So be angry, but you're just as prejudiced and just as intolerant as we. And the big difference between us Christians and you is we will still love you no matter what you do to us because we are commanded to do so by our Lord...and it is He who will take vengeance on you and your supporting organizations, not us.
July 12th, 2008 at 12:24 pmGreetings Gods creation:
July 15th, 2008 at 2:23 ambeing created by God and knowing God are two different matters. God is love and those who embrace His love are humbled by His grace. Often people say its not a choice I was born this way. A person who chooses at one point to be a drunl, chooses his influence. A person chooses to kill and how to do it. Will one except them saying I was born this way? Yet indeed people are borm into iniquity. People are born to sin. Homosexuality is just one of the many sins that manifest in unrepent sinners. That's why Jesus said one must be born again. Like a butter fly from a cacoon. A thief doesn't like when the light shines upon them. Nor do the wicked like true Christains... and oh how they hate when Christians speak. This very page validates Gods word. As long before it existed Gods word revealed people who refuse to repent would scoff Jesus and Gods word as you all do...THERE IS HOPE. AS FOR MANY YEARS I TOO REJECTED JESUS FOR MY OWN LIFE OF SIN.God knows some among you by Gods grace shall see why Sodom was so wicked in His sight and see how corp America play people like a violen. Because a cause is popular doesn't make it true. it was popular in the past to belive the world was flat. Gods word revealed the world was a sphere long before man discovered wow its not flat. Neither liberal nor democrat Jesus trancends the unrighteous and self righteous partys!
Then the LORD said to me, "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name.
I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them.
They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds."
- Jeremiah 14:13
It's hubris to claim to tell others how they should lead their lives, but this hasn't stopped any of the ultra-radical right-whining "c"hristians who claim to be better than everyone else becase they somehow understand which verses of the Bible to pick & choose to follow.
It's the inconvenient verses that don't support their radical agenda to force everyone to live by their interpretation of the Bible. It's sad that the self-proclaimed "c"hristians are neither Christian nor right.
July 15th, 2008 at 10:37 amI signed that "silly, offensive" petition against mcdonald's. And guess what? So did many, many, many of my "radical right winged" christian friends. And I'm forwarding my email with the petition to all of my other "silly" Christian friends, who in turn are forwarding it to all of their christian friends, and before you know it? I hope mcdonalds is soon history, just as starbucks will be!
~SM
July 30th, 2008 at 6:50 amMechanicsville, Va.
Ignorance truly is bliss, isn't it? I'm sorry, but the "gay agenda" is being shoved down mine and my children's throats. I'm simply for the family as we used to know it in this country. I hate no one, I simply don't want it forced upon me. And it will not, not now nor ever, be forced upon or taught to my children. I'm so sick of democratic doublespeak.
According to you "people", if i take a stand against something (because of my Christian faith), it should be called hatred? But if you do it, it's quite another matter. I'm not shoving my beliefs down your throat. If you asked me not to teach your children Christianity in a public school system, i completely respect that. So why should i have to sit back and watch someone teach my children something that i absolutely take a stand against? Oh, that's right. Because we're "dumb" and don't know any better. wouldn't the world be a better place if your beliefs were the only one's that mattered?
July 30th, 2008 at 6:58 amBut hey, McDonalds has a right to support what it believes, as long as it aligns with what you all believe. If it were promoting Christianity, wouldn't it be another matter to you though? Lol.
July 30th, 2008 at 7:03 am#201 - stacie01872 Says:
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"Ignorance truly is bliss, isn’t it? I’m sorry, but the “gay agenda” is being shoved down mine and my children’s throats. I’m simply for the family as we used to know it in this country. I hate no one, I simply don’t want it forced upon me. And it will not, not now nor ever, be forced upon or taught to my children. I’m so sick of democratic doublespeak."
According to you “people”, if i take a stand against something (because of my Christian faith), it should be called hatred? But if you do it, it’s quite another matter. I’m not shoving my beliefs down your throat. If you asked me not to teach your children Christianity in a public school system, i completely respect that. So why should i have to sit back and watch someone teach my children something that i absolutely take a stand against? Oh, that’s right. Because we’re “dumb” and don’t know any better. wouldn’t the world be a better place if your beliefs were the only one’s that mattered?
July 30th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Wow, how incredibly silly of you to think that the push "equal rights" somehow consititues the "gay agenda".
I'VE been pretty darned sick of having the "straight agenda" shoved down my throat, screamed in my ears, and slapped in my face 24/7 for my entire life! Why don't you b!tc# about THAT agenda for once in your life?
Or is that asking too much of you to treat heterosexuals the exact same way you apparantly treat gays?
July 30th, 2008 at 12:21 pm