I'm going to hijack this thread for a moment to stand up for something that just was brought up.

Certainly there may be some people who are confused or uncertain, and "choose" to try homosexual acts, however for a gay person ... there is no choice involved. My father-in-law is gay, and people could tell decades before he "came out." In the meantime, he chose to be a married man, raise a family, etc. After 33 years of marriage he finally got real about who he is. He has no choice over what attracts or excites him any more than I get tingly and nervous (I mean cool and suave) around hot women. I know many other gay and lesbian people who would stand behind that as well.

This idea of "homosexuality is a choice" is an antiquated notion passed down by the same folk who thought slavery and religious wars were A-Okay! This has been used as a tool and fodder for shaming and degrading homosexuals for centuries. We are progressing beyond that now ... and it's high time that the stragglers caught up.

As for Falwell ... I doubt that the man spent as much time in self-reflection as he did in spreading his verbal filth. As a fan of Christ and what he actually said and did, I could imagine well what the conversation would be like if the two lived at the same time and happened to meet. I do believe that Mr. Falwell would have found himself corrected ... that sort of thing tended to happen when religious folk flapped their mouths a lot but couldn't quite see that what they were doing wasn't love.

/ end rant

Falwell = Pope, FTW?

I havent read anything else that has been posted yet since my last post, but I thought this was interesting

Before Falwell Ever Mentioned Teletubbies In February, 1999 - If Tinky Winky wasn't gay, he was about one Broadway show away . . .

“Gays have championed Tinky Winky and his beloved red purse, and night-clubbers have adopted the show as a sort of druggy daydream.”
— Newsweek, April 6, 1998

“Tinky actually became a gay icon in Britain because, for no apparent reason, his voice is male but he sometimes carries a flashy red purse.”
—The Toronto Star, April 6, 1998

“Tinky Winky, the heaviest, looks a little like an eggplant with cellulite. He also sometimes carries a red purse, which has won him popularity among gay viewers.”
— The Washington Post, April 06, 1998

Tinky?became quite the celebrity, especially after gay-rights groups fought for his reinstatement, partly because Tinky Winky has a male voice but skips about Teletubbyland carrying a red purse.
— Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas), April 6, 1998

“And what's with Tinky Winky, whose voice sounds strangely mature and who sometimes carries a red handbag?”
— The New York Times, April 6, 1998

But today many forms of gender nonconformity have actually become mainstream. . . . Even Teletubbies, a show for toddlers, features Tinky Winky, a boy who carries a red patent-leather purse.
— Time Magazine, July 20, 1998

“The way the original Tinky Winky carried his tote-bag-size red purse reportedly made him a gay icon in Britain.”
— Time Magazine, July 20, 1998

That's why Jesus made a rabbit the first Pope...

Cardinal: "What should we tell people about how to live their lives?"

Pope: ""


Good riddance to the founder of the immoral but vocal minority. May you burn for eternity in whatever hell you believed in.