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"does TEH STOOPID BURN"? Hey guys it's 2008 and here's a newsflash--sexuality as a part of the broad spectrum of human behavior, from gay to straight to bi, is a function of nature and the evolutionary process in all mammalian species. If all men are created by a perfect God, and nature is God's perfect creation, then how could God have made a mistake in creating beings that are biologically presdisposed to sexual attraction to the same gender rather than the opposite? Another one of God's twisted tests of our human moral fortitude? Seems to be a God with a twisted sense of humor if you ask me if that's the case.
Have either of you ever read a biology textbook or any book other than the bible? Or are you just being purposefully obtuse morons? Yes the vast majority of human populations fall into the "center" or hetero predispositions, but we know for a fact that in utero hormones and a host of other genotypical factors play into ultimate phenotypes of which sexuality is only one trait. Generally speaking it would be an incredible feat to socialize someone into going against their biologically predisposed "nature" in terms of sexuality.
What most sane people are getting truly tired of is your dark ages view on human existence. Do you see any other Western civilization that treats sexuality as a civil rights issue teetering on the brink of social destruction? No. You want to live in the dark ages you have every right to do so in America but that doesn't mean you get to dictate morality for all--not that sexuality (assuming it's sexuality between consenting adults of the same species) should be thought of as a moral issue to begin with anymore than the color of ones skin, size of ears etc. etc. is.
Your pathetic fear of all things you don't understand is typical. You suggest also that it's against God's will? How exactly do you suggest any (wo)man knows the mind or will of God? Why is it you have the temerity to suggest you know the will of God? You think the bible is proof--an historically inaccurate book written by MEN who lived 300 years after Christ walked the earth (assuming he did)? Just a last point--read your bible and tell me how many things in the Old Testament were forbidden as amoral that currently are not. If the bible is the literal infallible word of God how is it that you are deviating one iota from its text in any respect (which I'm sure you are)? Which version or translation of the bible is the correct bible BTW?
the First Amendment doesn't allow for religious believers to engage in whatever behavior they believe is justified by their religious doctrine, like bigotry, polygamy, incest, burning of witches, physical beatings, . . . I'm sure you and your ilk feel persecuted because it doesn't but that doesn't mean it means what you think it means.
Hey, look over here. The gooper lawyer elephantman is doing carnival tricks (clairvoyance) disguised as political analysis.
"Step right up you culture warriors, win a kewpie doll, you pick an Obama program and I'll predict it won't work, isn't comprehensible (at least not by me), and won't be funded."
Unless of course a program works, is comprehensible to others, and is funded (hopefully with some of Elephantman's hard earned tax dollars if there's any karmic justice).
"Step right up, see the buffoon guess your weight little darlin' . . . "
I'm personally hoping Obama starts by putting some the the shittier no bid contracts that have been going out to Elephantman's clients for the last 30 years. It be nice to see him have to get of his ass in front of the computer or off the golf course and earn an honest living instead of harass us with his inane rhetoric.
that one has to wonder if "it" is really a sentient being. Could be one of those funky neocon algorithms that injects itself into any reasonable dialogue anywhere in the internet underverse to distract and disrupt with pithy non-sequiters, blatant lies, and outright "teh stoopidnuss".
President Carter did not single handedly "cause" the gas crisis in the 70's you idjit. Try reading, then thinking, followed judiciously by speaking or posting.
Or am I trampling your First Amendment right to let everyone know how much of a buffoon you are?
you're funny THawk7. The same Bircher/Federalist Society/conservative ninny who does honorable things like bash all plaintiff's lawyers as a career until he slipped at a Harvard/Yale (or whichever school he attended) reunion event and then hired himself one of those pesky old plaintiff's lawyers to sue someone? I heard he was drunk when he slipped. If Bork's your judicial idol that explains alot. Do you have a framed signed picture of the Court's greatest mind--Antonin Scalia? Wouldn't be shocked. Grow up and stop idolizing clowns.
like the rest of the rabid believers whose ideas have driven America into the ditch. Because EVERYONE KNOWS liberals don't have jobs, don't create jobs, don't pay taxes, and don't pray. What they do do is seek to undermine their own country by freeloading--more bizarro reality from another fearful nutbag (readerreader)--teh scary Sen. Obama is going to create a "class" based society where one portion works to support another portion (odd concept in its similarity to a family taking care of its young, old, and disabled) and teh eeeveels of teh socialism will wreck teh great America. Odd that all those socialist countries who are our very good allies surpass us in every important measure from education to transparency of government to infant mortality.
Here's a newsflash pal . . . I'd rather have all of my taxes go to paying for food stamps, health care, and whatever other social program you can think of than paying to build and use machines that kill people. That you don't agree makes me very suspicious of your basic humanity and capacity for empathy.