Comments on: Just Think About It

By: Tim D.

Tim D. — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:37:05 +0000

I’ve been posting on that guy’s site for a couple of days now, and I have to say I’m troubled by his mannerisms. Of course, I’m always troubled by people who refuse to acknowledge scientific developments beyond the 1960’s and 70’s….you know, back during the era when people were so stupid, they thought only gays could get AIDS?

I’m serious; it’s like people just look for things that some gay people do that offend them, and then try to say that they’re against gay people. It’s a lot like those people who read select parts of the Bible and decide that they agree with those parts, and so they must be Christian. I don’t even think they get it….

By: hoverFrog

hoverFrog — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:26:53 +0000

Why should the state endore marriage as a religious institution?

Why should the church endorse marriage as a legal contract?

Should’t the legal and religious aspects of a decision to wed be seperate and distinct?

By: mark

mark — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:40:03 +0000

Hey, we should put together a list of the harm to society that follows because we allow churches to exist and be involved in politics while avoiding paying their fair share of taxes.

1. The taxes of the rest of us has to go up to compensate for the taxes the church isn’t paying.

2. Churches illegally act as political action committees thus robbing you of your share of influence on the political process.

3. Churches cover up child molesting priests in order to protect their “reputation” at the expense of innocent children in the community.

4. Churches foster hate and violence in the name of God which is a threat to the general safety of the community.

5. Churches cause medical harm to innocent people by encouraging them to pray instead of seeking proper medical attention.

6. Churches harm the quality of education in the community by home schooling children by untrained and unqualified parents.

7. Churches do harm to the advancement of science by arresting people such as Galileo who make major breakthroughs in our understanding of the universe.

8. Churches harm the poor and the starving when the vatican hords billions in valuable historical artifacts, buildings and land when they could be sold and the money used to feed the poor around the world.

What other harm to the community do churches pose and thus justify their not being allowed to legally exist? Feel free to add to this list.

By: Iztok

Iztok — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:42:25 +0000

Preferential adoption to homosexuals at the expense of married couples (Children will be treated as trophies!)

While I can only tell numbers for North Carolina I am sure situation in US is about the same. There are close to 11,000 kids in foster care in NC at this point. I can assure you that there is not a line of heterosexual married couples waiting to adopt majority of these kids. Most of them will age out of the system at the age of 18. The chances of a kid older then 10 years to get adopted is about 4%.

Position: Adoptive parent of a 16 year old daughter.

By: Gabriel Brawley

Gabriel Brawley — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:45:18 +0000

Well I came home the other day and divorced my wife. Then I walked down to the 7-eleven and held it up at gunpoint. I beat the chilrdern. Kicked the dog. Set fire to a couple of random houses. Grabbed the first cute guy I saw and flew off to California to get married. I didn’t want to do any of this but now that gays can get married I didn’t have a choice. I mean I can’t be held responsible for my actions if gays can marry. I loved my wife and was planning to stay with her for the rest of our lives but I couldn’t. I mean gays are allowed to marry. What can I do?

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:09:55 +0000

If you’ve made any sort of attempt to participate in discussion on his blog, you’ll know that he doesn’t really want discussion. He wants people to agree with him. He wants sycophants. Particularly on this issue, it seems — he wants people to express agreement so that it’ll be easier for him to squelch the tiny little voice deep down in his heart that says no, it is NOT okay to be homophobic and bigoted. And since other homophobes need to do the same thing, he’ll have enough takers, I think.

Hemant, you introduced me to Turek’s blog a couple weeks ago, and ever since then I’ve felt dirty and slimy and a few IQ points stupider. Damn you for that. I’ve summarized my experience here: http://www.silentdave.net/?p=23

By: Epistaxis

Epistaxis — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:38:17 +0000

Wait, what’s “traditional marriage?” According to the Bible, it might involve polygamy and/or incest.

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:17:28 +0000

Forget what Steven said. You guys can keep Florida. I’d rather have Washington anyway. Maybe Oregon.

Actually, let’s just take the whole left coast.

And Hawaii.

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:37:07 +0000

This Turek dude is a tool.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:14:40 +0000

He has made the traditional mistake when thinking about Homosexuality, in that he believes being homosexual is only about sex. The reason for that, of course, is that he cannot stop thinking about the sex part of a homosexual relationship. He’s the messed up one in this equation.