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RE: Kill the Gays Bill
March 23, 2015 at 12:33 pm
(March 23, 2015 at 9:36 am)Faith No More Wrote: (March 23, 2015 at 9:34 am)Chad32 Wrote: How did a guy like that get elected there?
He didn't. This is just some lawyer proposing a bill. Apparently, all it takes to propose a bill in California is $200.
It isn't a bill which is something that would need to voted on by the state legislature and signed by the governor but a ballot initiative. A ballot initiative is a method of bypassing the legislature and go directly to the people for a vote on a law or constitutional amendment. Now that fucktard has filed the forms and paid the $200 he still needs to collect 365,000 signatures before his proposed law can appear on a ballot and be voted on. While I'd like to think that can never happen it isn't as far fetched as it might seem. 365,000 signatures is less than 1% of the population of California. It is also less than 5% of of the people that voted for proposition 8 when California voters approved that amendment to the state constitution.
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RE: Kill the Gays Bill
March 23, 2015 at 12:51 pm
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2015 at 1:21 pm by Homeless Nutter.)
(March 23, 2015 at 11:42 am)Chad32 Wrote: It does seem that the louder you are in speaking out against gays, and saying it's a choice, the more likely you are to be trying to convince yourself.
I'd say it's a reasonable conclusion, that people who consider gay sex a "choice" - consider it an option. Meaning - they must feel the need for some hardcore man-on-man, or hot lesbo action, only they consciously suppress it. Maybe they're bisexual, or maybe they just force themselves to have sex with people who they're not attracted to. Maybe they're simply confused about their own gender and sexuality and have to follow specific instructions regarding what to put where...
Personally - I couldn't imagine "choosing" to be gay, therefore I'm inclined to believe, that gay people feel the same about heterosexuality. Which is why they risk ridicule, alienation and violence from militant heterosexuals - by breaking society's sexual stereotypes, instead of conforming to them, which would seem like an obvious choice, if sexuality was a choice.
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RE: Kill the Gays Bill
March 23, 2015 at 12:54 pm
If heterosexuality isn't a choice they why is same sex a choice? This is a bullshit argument made buy assholes who cant stand that other people exist.
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RE: Kill the Gays Bill
March 23, 2015 at 2:08 pm
Maybe they think hetero is a choice. It's the right choice, because it's the one that makes women pregnant, and the bible says homo is bad. It all comes down to ignorance, really, and unfortunately some people are willfully ignorant.
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RE: Kill the Gays Bill
March 23, 2015 at 2:27 pm
To be honest I am willing to bet a lot that the most outspoken and extreme homophobes -- and I think we need to make a distinction here between ignorant christers who just follow what the pastor told them and clinically obsessed hate-spewing maniacs -- are experiencing same-sex attractions themselves and are having trouble coming to terms with them, be it because of their religion, upbringing, environment or any other factor. It's not so much directed at the LGBT community, but at their own sexuality itself. It's an inner battle manifesting itself on the outside.
Speaking from personal experience, at the time I had most difficulties dealing with my sexuality, I resented LGBT individuals. Having experienced self-hatred and lack of acceptance myself, I can't help but feel sorry for those people. It's a terrible mindset to have. This, of course, doesn't justify the atrocious things they say. It just gives a little insight into what might cause this behavior.
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RE: Kill the Gays Bill
March 23, 2015 at 2:34 pm
Yet, if anyone proposed a bill of, "Kill all the Christians" they'd be the first to shout "persecution".
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RE: Kill the Gays Bill
March 23, 2015 at 2:36 pm
They are the first to shout "persecution" even at the bare suggestion of same-sex marriage. The victim card never leaves the table.
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RE: Kill the Gays Bill
March 23, 2015 at 5:50 pm
(March 23, 2015 at 9:33 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: If he claims to be a christian how does he get around the whole "Thou shalt not kill" thing?
Because on the next page the Bible says this:
Leviticus 20:13 Wrote:If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.
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RE: Kill the Gays Bill
March 23, 2015 at 5:55 pm
"If a man is of the persuasion to prefer the romantic company of other men, then they will buggereth you if you turn your back on them for a mere moment because you're so fuckingeth irresistible. So best killeth them all, tell everyone who witnesseth this that I, the lord, said it was cool."
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RE: Kill the Gays Bill
March 23, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Seems common enough in the dictatorship type governments when even loyalists and the party faithful get purged, yet we don't see too much in the Christer orbit about 'purifying' the movement and immolating the slackers in their midst, do we ??
Seems like God would be really happy to see a few sneaky menstruating women in the local Baptist franchise marched out to the parking lot next Sunday and incinerated with charcoal lighter fluid (as an example to the rest), but damn, you never hear about that sort of thing happening, ever.
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