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Miscellaneous / Verschiedenes » alt.tv.simpsons » Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity
| Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity [message #232608] |
Sa, 04 März 2006 20:35 |
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Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity
Church Seen as Main Obstacle Hindering Wholesale Acceptance of
Homosexual Agenda
By Ed Vitagliano
(AgapePress) - "All churches who condemn us will be closed." That was
what Michael Swift, a "gay revolutionary," declared in a February 1987
issue of the Gay Community News.
"Michael Swift" was a pseudonym, and the first line of the now-infamous
homosexual rant -- which was even reprinted in the Congressional Record
-- claimed that the entire piece was a "cruel fantasy" that explained
"how the oppressed desperately dream of being the oppressor."
The "dream" was filled with a nightmare scenario that seemed like
something out of a fascist coup d'etat: "All laws banning homosexual
activity will be revoked .... [W]e shall make films about the love
between heroic men .... The family unit -- spawning ground of lies,
betrayals, mediocrity, hypocrisy and violence -- will be abolished ....
All churches who condemn us will be closed."
As the article found its way into Christian publications, believers
were horrified, and homosexual activists tried to make light of its
contents, claiming that it was intended merely as a satire.
Not many Christians, however, saw the humor in Swift's sentiments, such
as the following: "We shall sodomize your sons .... We shall seduce
them in your schools, in your dormitories, in your gymnasiums, in your
locker rooms, in your sports arenas, in your seminaries, in your youth
groups, in your movie theater bathrooms, in your army bunkhouses, in
your truck stops, in your all-male clubs, in your houses of Congress,
wherever men are with men together."
Identifying the Opponent
Whether or not the ravings of this "gay revolutionary" were intended as
satire, what is striking is the remarkable success of the plan found
within the article. Who can doubt that the legal system -- especially
following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
striking down sodomy laws -- has been brought to heel by gay activists?
Or that Hollywood has freely committed its tremendous resources to the
fight for homosexual legitimacy? Or that the family unit will virtually
cease to exist in any traditional sense should gay adoption and
same-sex "marriage" become legal everywhere?
While they claim to want only equal protection under law, the real
agenda of homosexual activists is simple: the complete alteration of
American society to fit the homosexual view of human sexuality,
marriage and family.
This is not an overexaggeration. Paula Ettelbrick is former legal
director of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and now
executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
Commission. Ettelbrick stated, "Being queer is more than setting up
house, sleeping with a person of the same gender, and seeking state
approval for doing so .... Being queer means pushing the parameters of
sex, sexuality, and family, and in the process, transforming the very
fabric of society .... We must keep our eyes on the goal ... of
radically reordering society's views of reality."
That is a pretty comprehensive goal, and activists face a daunting task
if they hope to accomplish it. They must change the views of a culture
that still remains somewhat anchored in the Judeo-Christian tradition,
which considers homosexuality unnatural and sinful. For Ettelbrick and
her ilk to convince the American people to change their mind on this
issue, the foundation of our culture must be shifted to a new way of
perceiving reality that rejects the Judeo-Christian view.
However, that leaves one major institution standing in the way: the
Church. Christians who still hold to the Judeo-Christian views of human
sexuality, marriage and family are called by religious faithfulness to
resist the homosexual movement.
That makes Christians the enemy. In 1987 Steve Warren, a spokesman for
the controversial homosexual group ACT UP, wrote an article for The
Advocate, a magazine for the gay community. Titled "Warning to the
Homophobes," Warren spoke of "the mean-spirited nature of
Judeo-Christian morality."
Even in 1987, Warren felt that the homosexual movement could not be
stopped. And as activists continued to find success, he promised that
"we are going to force you [Christians] to recant everything you have
believed or said about sexuality."
Warren said the Bible, especially, would require a face-lift. "Finally,
we will in all likelihood want to expunge a number of passages from
your Scriptures and rewrite others," he said, "eliminating preferential
treatment of marriage and using words that will allow for homosexual
interpretations of passages."
Battle Tactics
So a homosexual utopia awaits these activists, if only they can deal
with those pesky Christians. But if removing the obstacle of the Church
is the strategy, what are the tactics through which this victory might
be achieved?
That question was answered as far back as 1985, when in their article
for Christopher Street, a gay magazine, Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen
caused a sensation with their blueprint to "persuade straight America"
to accept homosexuality. Their article was expanded into a book on the
subject, the national number-one best seller After the Ball: How
America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the '90s.
Kirk and Madsen focused the heart of their strategy on using the media
as a propaganda tool in persuading the majority of Americans that gay
is OK. But they also addressed the question of what to do with the
hardened opposition -- that is, at least in institutional terms, those
following the "religious authority" of the Church. Gay activists, the
authors said, should take a two-pronged approach to neutralizing the
threat of a vigorous Christian-led opposition.
First, to "confound" what Kirk and Madsen called "the homophobia of
true believers," they suggested that gays "muddy the moral waters."
This would be accomplished in part by "publicizing support for gays by
more moderate churches" and "raising theological objections of our own
about conservative interpretations of biblical teachings."
This has been done with amazing success in mainline Protestant
denominations, such as in the Episcopal Church USA, United Methodist
Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Presbyterian
Church USA. Homosexual activists in each of these major denominations
have so clouded the issues regarding the biblical view of homosexuality
as to threaten each with schism and ruin.
For those churches which resist the siren call to complete moral
relativism, Kirk and Madsen submitted a secondary strategy. They
suggested that gays "undermine the moral authority of homophobic
churches by portraying them as antiquated backwaters, badly out of step
with the times ...."
It should come as no surprise, therefore, when Christians see
themselves portrayed on countless television shows as self-righteous
bigots or hate-filled lunatics who simply refuse to accept the fact
that things have changed in America.
Nevertheless, Kirk and Madsen knew that the religious authority of
Christian denominations in the U.S. would be difficult to dispel;
churches would therefore continue to act as a powerful braking
mechanism on any momentum for the acceptance of the homosexual agenda.
Kirk and Madsen understood, for example, that simply poking fun of
"bigoted Southern ministers drooling with hysterical hatred" would not
be enough.
Instead, they said, "Against the mighty pull of institutional Religion
one must set the mightier draw of Science and Public Opinion (the
shield and sword of that accursed 'secular humanism'). Such an unholy
alliance has worked well against churches before, on such topics as
divorce and abortion."
Thus Christians involved in this theater of the culture war have become
accustomed to defending the Judeo-Christian view on sexuality against
claims that science has "proven" that homosexuality is genetic. The
same is true of the claim that all major mental health and medical
professional groups have declared that being gay or lesbian is as
natural as being left-handed. Such "scientific" claims have no doubt
been instrumental in the dramatic shifts of American public opinion on
this topic.
End Game
But beyond these tactics, Kirk and Madsen said plans must also be drawn
up to deal with "the entrenched enemy," which might persist in
resisting even in the face of the preliminary schemes. They said: "At a
later stage of the media campaign for gay rights -- long after other
gay ads have become commonplace -- it will be time to get tough with
remaining opponents. To be blunt, they must be vilified."
Again, astute Christians who are paying attention to what is happening
in our culture can already see this occurring. On high school and
college campuses, for example, believers who dare to speak up against
the homosexual agenda are being ridiculed and smeared. In corporations
where they work, some Christians who refuse to acquiesce to the
reigning pro-gay environment are reprimanded or fired.
Nor does it require prophetic insight to understand that churches will
not be immune from coercion, either. In fact, gay and lesbian activists
at the 1986 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
made this demand: "Institutions that discriminate against lesbian and
gay people should be denied tax-exempt status."
Is it conceivable that in the near future, churches could be threatened
with the loss of their tax-exempt status if they refuse to hire a
homosexual employee?
Some might scoff at such a threat, relying on the Constitutional
protection of religion in the U.S. as a shield. But some homosexual
activists seem to view religious liberty as an obstacle to be overcome.
For example, lesbian lawyer Barbara Findlay predicted that "the legal
struggle for queer rights will one day be a showdown between freedom of
religion versus sexual orientation."
If sexual orientation is ever enshrined as a protected status in
federal and state laws, which right will win that showdown?
For the time being, activists can simply attempt to suppress religious
free speech whenever the mood hits them.
For example, when a church in Boston hosted a 2005 conference with a
message that Jesus can free gays and lesbians from that lifestyle, they
were harassed and terrorized by hundreds of homosexual activists and
sympathizers outside -- while Boston police stood by and did nothing
(See related article).
Finally, if activists ever achieve their goal of having sexual
orientation included in federal hate crime statutes, many pro-family
groups fear such a moment will be a beachhead on the way to
criminalizing "anti-gay" speech and thought.
In his article, Warren's final warning should cause wise Christians to
accurately discern the times in which we live: "We have captured the
liberal establishment and the press. We have already beaten you on a
number of battlefields. And we have the spirit of the age on our side.
You have neither the faith nor the strength to fight us, so you might
as well surrender now."
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| Re: Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity [message #232623 ] |
So, 05 März 2006 03:00 |
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Rob Wade is back. And, as usual, his mind is no longer in mint
condition.
Aaron Xpac3 Mvx3vm
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| Re: Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity [message #232638 ] |
So, 05 März 2006 16:20 |
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RoB WAde wrote:
> Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity
> Church Seen as Main Obstacle Hindering Wholesale Acceptance of
> Homosexual Agenda
> By Ed Vitagliano
>
> (AgapePress) - "All churches who condemn us will be closed." That was
> what Michael Swift, a "gay revolutionary," declared in a February 1987
> issue of the Gay Community News.
It was a satire piece. I once wrote a similiar one stating that we would,
when in power, end nascar on tv and replace it with rugby.
>
>
> "Michael Swift" was a pseudonym, and the first line of the now-infamous
> homosexual rant -- which was even reprinted in the Congressional Record
> -- claimed that the entire piece was a "cruel fantasy" that explained
> "how the oppressed desperately dream of being the oppressor."
>
> The "dream" was filled with a nightmare scenario that seemed like
> something out of a fascist coup d'etat: "All laws banning homosexual
> activity will be revoked .... [W]e shall make films about the love
> between heroic men .... The family unit -- spawning ground of lies,
> betrayals, mediocrity, hypocrisy and violence -- will be abolished ....
> All churches who condemn us will be closed."
>
> As the article found its way into Christian publications, believers
> were horrified, and homosexual activists tried to make light of its
> contents, claiming that it was intended merely as a satire.
It was
>
>
> Not many Christians, however, saw the humor in Swift's sentiments, such
> as the following: "We shall sodomize your sons .... We shall seduce
> them in your schools, in your dormitories, in your gymnasiums, in your
> locker rooms, in your sports arenas, in your seminaries, in your youth
> groups, in your movie theater bathrooms, in your army bunkhouses, in
> your truck stops, in your all-male clubs, in your houses of Congress,
> wherever men are with men together."
We dont find much humour in your referring to us as diseased, immoral,
depraved, damned, or calling for our exclusion from public life or
advocating the criminalalizing of our love.
>
>
> Identifying the Opponent
> Whether or not the ravings of this "gay revolutionary" were intended as
> satire, what is striking is the remarkable success of the plan found
> within the article. Who can doubt that the legal system -- especially
> following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
> striking down sodomy laws -- has been brought to heel by gay activists?
Legal system brought to heel? How? By forbidding it from throwing us in
jail to keep your streets pristine and straight?
Are you familiar with the Nuremberg laws?
>
> Or that Hollywood has freely committed its tremendous resources to the
> fight for homosexual legitimacy? Or that the family unit will virtually
> cease to exist in any traditional sense should gay adoption and
> same-sex "marriage" become legal everywhere?
Prove that point please.
>
>
--
Natalie Clifford Barney
Membre; L' Academie des Femmes
One of the Lesbian Immortals of the Left Bank
We never die....
"If too little of the love I invoke appears in this book, it is because I
have better spent it elsewhere. Here there remain only fragments."
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| Re: Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity [message #232642 ] |
So, 05 März 2006 20:01 |
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http://www.counterpunch.org/scagliotti03032006.html
After the Tears, the Questions...
Why Are There No Real Gays
in "Brokeback Mountain"?
By JOHN SCAGLIOTTI
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| Re: Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity [message #232691 ] |
Do, 09 März 2006 16:18 |
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~~~~~-----:-----~~~~~
First they put away the dealers,
keep our kids safe and off the streets.
Then they put away the prostitutes,
keep married men cloistered at home.
Then they shooed away the bums,
then they beat and bashed the queers,
turned away asylum-seekers,
fed us suspicions and fears.
We didn't raise our voice,
we didn't make a fuss.
It's funny there was no one left to notice
when they came for us.
Looks like witches are in season,
you better fly your flag and be aware
of anyone who might fit the description,
diversity is now our biggest fear.
~~~~~-----:-----~~~~~
....sad, but true!
To all homo- and negrophobes...the true un-american patriots!
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| Re: Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity [message #232692 ] |
Do, 09 März 2006 16:22 |
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Negrophobes?
--
-- R Flowers
-- (signature suspended until next failed project)
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| Re: Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity [message #232695 ] |
Do, 09 März 2006 16:47 |
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R Flowers wrote:
> Negrophobes?
>
>
something wrong with my translation? ^^
negrophobes is a perfectly cromulent word!
(is it -phobics?)
KG
(Der Sauerbraten schmeckt köstlich)
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| Re: Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity [message #232697 ] |
Do, 09 März 2006 17:10 |
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"Khlavkalashguy" <thrasher0815 [at] gmx.at> wrote in message
news:ca977$44104dfd$506cd490$3122 [at] news.chello.at...
>R Flowers wrote:
>> Negrophobes?
>>
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> something wrong with my translation? ^^
> negrophobes is a perfectly cromulent word!
> (is it -phobics?)
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> KG
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> (Der Sauerbraten schmeckt köstlich)
I've never heard that word before. In the U.S., we do use the word
"homophobes" and the word "racists" to describe those that we disagree with
on the usenet. :)
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-- R Flowers
-- (signature suspended until next failed project)
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| Re: Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity [message #232724 ] |
Fr, 10 März 2006 17:09 |
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Rob wade is to ats, as Dick Cheney's hunting accident is to Jon Stewart
and Jay Leno.
Aaron Xpac3 Mvx3vm
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