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Brown insists outfits like the FRC don’t have operations aimed at shutting
out from media voices with which they disagree. In reality, the American
Religious Right[tm] maintains an entire megamillion-dollar-a-year industry
devoted to doing exactly that. GLAAD, the source of Brown’s complaints,
represents a tiny minority, and has a total annual budget of $5.8 million.
The American Family Association alone has an annual budget of $20 million,
and that’s only one of the seeming infinity of right-wing orgs devoted to
blackballing from media voices like those of GLAAD.
When talking about civil rights, there is no legitimate reason to allow
regressive bigots equal time with those who support equality.
In discussion over interracial marriage, it would be unheard of for a
legitimate news source to invite a KKK member to “balance” the opinion that
interracial marriage is a good thing. In forty years, I have no doubt that
people will think something similar about this kind of anti-gay bigotry.
P.S. to Brown: The Greek, Roman, and Macedonian empires, along with the
early Holy Roman Empire, all had legal marriage statutes for same sex
couples that were equal to those of straight couples.
While I have nothing but contempt for people who opposite gay marriage and
wish to halt legislature and such that helps push gay rights forward, I’m
not a fan of unfair censorship, either.
It’s important, also, that one be critical of both sides of an issue in
order to keep yourself fair and reasonable, even if the group you normally
support does not follow suit.
Censoring those who disagree with you is (at least those who are willing to
be civil) does not usually reflect very well on those who censor them.
Not that I’m disagreeing with David, I’m just speaking in general terms.
As usual, David Pakman calm and coolly slaughters a right-wing nut job.
david are you really this unintelligent?all he ever does is argue in his
“interviews.” And I thought Piers Morgan was awful
There is most certainly is censorship of those who do not share the gay
agenda. Such as when Donnie McClurklin was uninvited to perform at a civil
rights event or when HGTV fired the Benham Brothers after offering them a
television show and signing a contract with those young men. It happens all
of the time.
Gay Voices have been shut out for far too long. The tables have been
turned. Now Anti-Gay Voices are being shut out. So what?
Yawn. Poor wimpy victims, letting those mean gays censor you. boohoo.
Thank you for a show that is as thought provoking as it is entertaining.
It doesn’t matter what anyone’s religious or biblical opinion is about
marriage equality because the Bible is not a legal document and in America
we have separation of church and state. Furthermore, allowing same-sex
couples to get married is not “redefining” marriage. It’s simply extending
the freedom of marriage to an entire minority group of Americans that have
been denied that right for years.
Idiocy should be silenced. Especially when such idiocy is a direct assault
on the rights of individuals or a specific group of individuals.
Anit-gay people are not promoting open discussion. They are promoting their
specific theology that is based in archaic tradition. There are not
logical arguments against gay rights. Only hate. We don’t give Nazi’s or
NAMBLA pedophiles their fair airtime either.
Personally the moral I got out of this is… we need to stop allowing
Lobbyists!
Thanks DOC BROWN, the reason the messages below are so hateful is because
they know your points are valid. And while it is fun to chuckle at them, it
is disturbing to see so many people embrace censorship and the silencing
others they disagree with.
What would be the point of censoring these nutjobs? We’ve heard it all
before. “I don’t support killing gay people… but god does.” “It’s
unnatural.” “It will harm marriage as an institution.” “We must protect the
children from being recruited.” When these numpties have something new to
say, let me know.
what’s really sickening is that I’m a 32 year old gay man who still lives
(more or less) in the closet because of stupid people like this piece of
shit and HE’S the one worried about being censored out of existence? fuck
this guy and everyone like him.
if he’d rather not be censored, stop saying stupid bigoted hateful shit.
Cuts both ways. He can say it, but is not magically free from society using
it’s rights to condemn it
Directly quoting = censorship.
Who knew?
This is ridiculous… “freedom of speech” refers to government enforced
silence. It doesn’t prevent douche from being treated like a douche, if you
behaviour like a douche… why shouldn’t people allow to treat you like
one? As for “standing up”… people who actually stand up for something
often get treated badly, this bitch can’t take what he deal out. He also
clearly forget that people have the right to not want to listen to his
crap.
This hatemonger is not being censored, he is promoting the Hitler style
propaganda that led to the holocaust!
It isn’t just about the term marriage to these people. Many states have
laws where they said no marriage between two gay people so ok they try to
get a civil union or domestic partner registry and the same groups threw a
fit and said, no, that’s still too much like marriage. Ok, so fine, you
can’t even compromise, so gay people will fight you till the end to get
what they want because they are fully vested in the issue whereas the
anti-gay crowd have nothing vested and will lose interest.
Dr Brown has authored five scholarly books on Jewish Objections to Jesus.
For David and Louis, try something different in your reading patterns.
MICHAEL BROWN IS A BLESSING FOR THIS NATION
His deflection at the end is ridiculous. Rather than address the very real
legal, financial (and social) inequality inherent in denying same-sex
marriage rights he dodges the issue by talking about his personal
motivations for getting married. Not good enough Dr Brown.
Dr Brown always mentions the fact that when he met his wife, the last thing
on his mind was a the legal or financial side of it. The same goes for gay
people. However, I am sure if he died, the legal issues would affect his
loved ones enormously. It would affect the future of his organisation’s
ministry, his wife’s future well-being, and even the well-being of his
children. Not buying it, Michael. Sorry.
I can sum up his argument like this, “we can’t have marriage equality
because it goes against MY particular religion that everyone should be
forced to conform to.”
Wow, don’t watch Pakman too often, but he pretty much owned that guy. Then
again, if you have a logical mind, anybody can own a person arguing from a
religious moral perspective.
* Finally someone speaks out about the mediocrity of censoring anti-gay
speeches.
I just love you David. Calm, cool, collected, concise.
This allegedly not gay person is being persecuted. He’s not gay. Honest!
Going to have to visit his website and send him a respectful comment.
Chemtrails. Lebron Paul 2016!
your bible is outdated and wrong and nobody cares about you beliefs only
based on that book. these are the same people using the same reasons that
were once against interrracial marriage. literally cut and paste. sure.
different verse but same justification
Well, Mr Brown, 1.30 into this and you’re already misrepresenting the
facts. Censorship? This has nothing to do with censorship. The GLAAD
Accountability Project is nothing more than it says it is, if you are
listed, it’s a place where your very own words are easily available for
others to ‘read through.’ You’re free to speak and you do speak. Perkins
is on air all the time. Your credibility is zero, but keep speaking!
Yes, because gay people and their families don’t “cherish” the institute of
marriage like you and your ilk does, Dr. Brown.
Poor you, fighting this “sudden” wave of human sexual “re”definition
against the change of an ingrained, traditional component to
civilization… you know how Marriage has never changed in the thousands of
years it’s been around, right?
It’s not as though the threat of death and torture these past 600 years in
an emboldened effort by Christian missionaries around the world to stunt
the public identity of Homosexuality within all worldly societies had
anything to do with a strict man-woman definition, am I right? Because
those threatened would surely be out on the streets, proclaiming their love
in equal vigor as those with heterosexual relations.
Your religion stunted a portion of the population for years in relation to
marriage and societal growth, and now you’re crying about being censored
for doing the same thing in this century? Get off the stage.
Just a cursory look at many anti gay / anti marriage equality channels on
You Tube would show that they are heavily censored – posts often don’t
allow replies – negative comments are removed however polite & none zealots
are blocked