Comments on: Future So Bright, I Gotta Be Gay

By: Jaime

Jaime — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:44:52 +0000

This response blog by Jim Wallis was excellent, in case anyone needs something they can actually take seriously: http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=3283

By: Golem

Golem — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:46:34 +0000

Stephen,

I didn’t read the entire Focus on the Family letter. What little I read hurt my eyes. Yes, they are foolishly obsessed.

Perhaps I did read too much into what you said. I’ll be glad when the election is over.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:16:22 +0000

Golem, as Jeff suggested, you’ve taken my post and read a tremendous amount into it. To be explicit, the Focus on the Family letter is profoundly stupid in many ways, starting with a misunderstanding of how fast the Supreme Court could effect change. The letter proclaims that their extrapolation is based on reasonable interpretation of what has already happened in the US, but notice how their footnotes vanish for the more lurid fantasies such as schools being forced to teach 1st graders about homosexuality, with no students being able to opt out. Their predictions don’t pass the laugh test.

That’s the real message of this post, that Focus on the Family’s letter makes them sound like Focus on the Gays, and not that people who vote for McCain or against Obama are homophobic religious whack jobs.

By: Kismet

Kismet — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:29:05 +0000

Okay so I want to know, when did saying something against one person who supports McCain equate to a slander against McCain himself? Is there some connection to things I am not aware of? I have seen a lot of it lately. Just curious.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:10:14 +0000

Golem,
Don’t you think that’s a bit of a leap? Stephen’s remarks were directed quite explicitly at their sorely deserved target: Focus on the Family. I don’t follow how that equates to an opinion that all people opposed to an Obama presidency are “homophobic religious whackjobs.” I won’t profess to know the “true message” of Stephen’s post, but I know him well enough to know it’s not that. I promise you that no thoughtful and reasonable person has any reason to feel “convicted” by Stephen’s remarks.

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By: Golem

Golem — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:19:23 +0000

So what’s the real message here? People who oppose the Obama presidency are homophobic religious whack jobs?

I live in California. I will be voting for McCain and against Proposition 8. What does that make me?

Incidentally, I loved your LOL Trek from last year. I just disagree with you on some issues.

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:46:32 +0000

Now I’m pondering a name change …

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:06:35 +0000

Seth, the more I think about it, the more Adams I realize I know. Goodness, how was I blind to this possibility for so long?

Jamie, I liked the “Mao-rocks-my-face-off act” in your link.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:12:20 +0000

Ahh, Steven You are so hilariously inappropriate… I really appreciate that you tried to match the inappropriateness level of the 2012 futuristic letter. It was a valiant effort, but I think that letter still wins. {sigh} I read it yesterday and shook my head. Matt sent me a response letter from 2016 that someone posted on their blog here: http://stillsearching.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/letter-from-2016-in-obamas-america/. Also hilarious.