Comments on: Calling Out Bigotry http://wakingupnow.com/blog/calling-out-bigotry Thu, 17 May 2012 08:45:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Maggie: Why Focus on Same-Sex Marriage Rather than Divorce? « wakingupnow.com http://wakingupnow.com/blog/calling-out-bigotry/comment-page-1#comment-11481 Maggie: Why Focus on Same-Sex Marriage Rather than Divorce? « wakingupnow.com Tue, 08 May 2012 19:52:40 +0000 http://wakingupnow.com/blog/?p=1320#comment-11481 [...] Not so much: gay couples can’t love each other the way straight couples do (yes, that is NOM’s official position). Maggie’s made this clear again and again and [...] [...] Not so much: gay couples can’t love each other the way straight couples do (yes, that is NOM’s official position). Maggie’s made this clear again and again and [...]

]]> By: Box Turtle Bulletin » Maggie: Why Focus on Same-Sex Marriage Rather than Divorce? http://wakingupnow.com/blog/calling-out-bigotry/comment-page-1#comment-11480 Box Turtle Bulletin » Maggie: Why Focus on Same-Sex Marriage Rather than Divorce? Tue, 08 May 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://wakingupnow.com/blog/?p=1320#comment-11480 [...] Not so much: gay couples can’t love each other the way straight couples do (yes, that is NOM’s official position). Maggie’s made this clear again and again and [...] [...] Not so much: gay couples can’t love each other the way straight couples do (yes, that is NOM’s official position). Maggie’s made this clear again and again and [...]

]]> By: Box Turtle Bulletin » NOM’s Strategy: Denying Reality http://wakingupnow.com/blog/calling-out-bigotry/comment-page-1#comment-10574 Box Turtle Bulletin » NOM’s Strategy: Denying Reality Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:10:05 +0000 http://wakingupnow.com/blog/?p=1320#comment-10574 [...] such a commitment is even possible between two men. That’s why NOM’s website contains this false and dehumanizing assertion: Love is a great thing. But marriage isn’t just any kind of [...] [...] such a commitment is even possible between two men. That’s why NOM’s website contains this false and dehumanizing assertion: Love is a great thing. But marriage isn’t just any kind of [...]

]]> By: NOM’s Strategy: Denying Reality « wakingupnow.com http://wakingupnow.com/blog/calling-out-bigotry/comment-page-1#comment-10573 NOM’s Strategy: Denying Reality « wakingupnow.com Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:08:17 +0000 http://wakingupnow.com/blog/?p=1320#comment-10573 [...] such a commitment is even possible between two men. That’s why NOM’s website contains this false and dehumanizing assertion: Love is a great thing. But marriage isn’t just any kind of [...] [...] such a commitment is even possible between two men. That’s why NOM’s website contains this false and dehumanizing assertion: Love is a great thing. But marriage isn’t just any kind of [...]

]]> By: Suicide, Responsibility, and the Teenaged Brain « wakingupnow.com http://wakingupnow.com/blog/calling-out-bigotry/comment-page-1#comment-5943 Suicide, Responsibility, and the Teenaged Brain « wakingupnow.com Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:16:29 +0000 http://wakingupnow.com/blog/?p=1320#comment-5943 [...] calling us an abomination, or phrasing it more gently (like Maggie) and merely saying we can never feel the love that a man and a woman can.  You all have blood on your hands. [...] [...] calling us an abomination, or phrasing it more gently (like Maggie) and merely saying we can never feel the love that a man and a woman can.  You all have blood on your hands. [...]

]]> By: Box Turtle Bulletin » Suicide, Responsibility, and the Teenaged Brain http://wakingupnow.com/blog/calling-out-bigotry/comment-page-1#comment-5942 Box Turtle Bulletin » Suicide, Responsibility, and the Teenaged Brain Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:16:08 +0000 http://wakingupnow.com/blog/?p=1320#comment-5942 [...] calling us an abomination, or phrasing it more gently (like Maggie) and merely saying we can never feel the love that a man and a woman can. You all have blood on your hands. For related [...] [...] calling us an abomination, or phrasing it more gently (like Maggie) and merely saying we can never feel the love that a man and a woman can. You all have blood on your hands. For related [...]

]]> By: Those Poor Bullied NOMmers « wakingupnow.com http://wakingupnow.com/blog/calling-out-bigotry/comment-page-1#comment-5647 Those Poor Bullied NOMmers « wakingupnow.com Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:48:01 +0000 http://wakingupnow.com/blog/?p=1320#comment-5647 [...] it, calling us hateful, intolerant bigots for daring to disagree — loudly — when they question our basic human [...] [...] it, calling us hateful, intolerant bigots for daring to disagree — loudly — when they question our basic human [...]

]]> By: Ed-M http://wakingupnow.com/blog/calling-out-bigotry/comment-page-1#comment-2209 Ed-M Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:04:48 +0000 http://wakingupnow.com/blog/?p=1320#comment-2209 <blockquote>But NOM’s offense to logic isn’t what pisses me off. It’s the implication that gay and lesbian couples aren’t capable of feeling the same sort of love that straight couples can. Even more outrageously, that we can’t feel the same love for our children that straight couples can.</blockquote> Exactly what she and her ilk want all future generations of kids to learn. So they can dehumanise, demonise, discriminate against, pursue and finally exterminate us. I can't see any other so-called "justification!"

But NOM’s offense to logic isn’t what pisses me off. It’s the implication that gay and lesbian couples aren’t capable of feeling the same sort of love that straight couples can. Even more outrageously, that we can’t feel the same love for our children that straight couples can.

Exactly what she and her ilk want all future generations of kids to learn. So they can dehumanise, demonise, discriminate against, pursue and finally exterminate us. I can’t see any other so-called “justification!”

]]> By: Mykelb http://wakingupnow.com/blog/calling-out-bigotry/comment-page-1#comment-2142 Mykelb Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:37:38 +0000 http://wakingupnow.com/blog/?p=1320#comment-2142 Dear Mrs. Chili: They aren't afraid of anything. They are exploiting the fears of others through religious tyranny and taking that money to the bank. These people are an industry of hate. Don't believe otherwise. Dear Mrs. Chili: They aren’t afraid of anything. They are exploiting the fears of others through religious tyranny and taking that money to the bank. These people are an industry of hate. Don’t believe otherwise.

]]> By: Mrs. Chili http://wakingupnow.com/blog/calling-out-bigotry/comment-page-1#comment-2104 Mrs. Chili Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:13:51 +0000 http://wakingupnow.com/blog/?p=1320#comment-2104 What, exactly, are Maggie and her ilk so afraid of that they make this issue their life's work? What, exactly, are Maggie and her ilk so afraid of that they make this issue their life’s work?

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