Christian Coalition: Gays Should Wear Warning Labels

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/06/061305pride.htm

(New York City) The leader of a conservative Christian lobby group appears to suggest that gays should be required to wear warning labels, although he denies that was his intention.

"We put warning labels on cigarette packs because we know that smoking takes one to two years off the average life span, yet we 'celebrate' a lifestyle that we know spreads every kind of sexually transmitted disease and takes at least 20 years off the average life span according to the 2005 issue of the revered scientific journal Psychological Reports," Rev. Bill Banuchi, executive director of the New York Christian Coalition told the Mid Hudson News.

The journal regularly publishes articles described by many mainstream psychologists as misleading and faulty. The homosexuality morbidity study was conducted by the conservative anti-gay Family Research Institute.

Banuchi called LGBT Pride celebrations held in New Paltz, north of New York City, and other areas of the country on the weekend "sad".

He called on people to "pray for those who are deceived by the lies of popular culture, who are caught up in a destructive lifestyle, and for the children who are being zealously evangelized by radical homosexuals."

Despite using the analogy of cigarette labels, Banuchi tells 365Gay.com that he is not advocating gays specifically be labeled.

Banuchi also alleges that he has received hate mail since his remarks were published.

The issue of labels is particularly sensitive to gays. In Nazi Germany they were forced to wear the pink triangle to differentiate them from other internees at concentration camps.

But, while, Banuchi was denouncing homosexuality, 300,000 people were celebrating gay Pride in West Hollywood, California, nearly half a million in Boston, and 100,00 in Salt Lake City this weekend.

In West Hollywood, crowds lined Santa Monica Boulevard for the 35th annual Pride Parade. But, this year's choice of grand marshals did not make everyone in the crowd happy. Christopher Street West, which organizes Weho's Pride festival selected Paris Hilton and her mother, Kathy to host the parade.

"I just don't know what anybody was thinking of. My jaw dropped when I heard it," Dan Berkowitz, a member of the West Hollywood Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board, told the West Hollywood Independent. "I'm sure she is a very nice girl and her mother is a very nice woman, but what they have to do with gay pride in West Hollywood or anywhere else is utterly beyond me."

Christopher Street West defends its choice of a heterosexual daughter and mom saying Paris has agreed to speak out on LGBT issues including gay marriage.

In Boston, the Pride Parade marched from the South End to Boston Common on Saturday. A number of local politicians were on hand, but two were noticeably missing. Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, who opposed same-sex marriage and continues to block out of state gay couples from marrying in the state, was in Detroit at his high school reunion. Democratic Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly also skipped the parade.

Reilly who says he supports gay marriage and opposes a proposed amendment to ban it is seeking his party's nod to run for governor. The other declared candidate for the Democratic nomination, Deval Patrick, attended Pride events.

In Salt Lake City, the annual Pride Parade saw record crowds. Organizers say the parade helped the community develop a renewed sense of purpose following last year's bitter fighter over a constitutional amendment which bans same-sex marriage in the state.

Gays also celebrated Pride in Washington, DC and nearly a dozen other communities.

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[Phobia]

Why would you put a warning label on them when watching them swish down the street is indicator enough?

[Saulbadguy]

The title of this thread is contradictory to the content.

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

Why would you put a warning label on them when watching them swish down the street is indicator enough?

That's what I was thinking. ROFL

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[Baby Lee]

In related news, Paris says she's tired of working so hard, and will retire within the year.

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

The title of this thread is contradictory to the content.

You should have seen my first title. This is headed for the political forum, but my previous title would have seen the thread moved instantly.

[bogie]

Oh that's what had Santa Monica Blvd. blocked off on Sunday. I took my daughter to the La Brea Tar Pits and could barely get home because of all the chaos. I'm okay with Gay pride and all, but do they have to block off major streets? Can't they show just as much pride in like Northridge?

[Tuckdaddy]

That's what I was thinking. ROFL

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You are the man. ****ing great!

Labels would be funny as hell.

[KC Kings]

"The issue of labels is particularly sensitive to gays. In Nazi Germany they were forced to wear the pink triangle to differentiate them from other internees at concentration camps."

Holy crap, those were some hard core homo's! You can pretend to be straight, or act gay and get treated worse than a regular nazi in a prison camp.

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

When I was a JW, it was drummed into my head that the nazis made them wear purple triangles.

[Cochise]

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[ENDelt260]

"The issue of labels is particularly sensitive to gays. In Nazi Germany they were forced to wear the pink triangle to differentiate them from other internees at concentration camps."

And, of course, now they voluntarily slap that same pink triangle on the bumpers of their cars.

[Ari Chi3fs]

Um, the Nazis already tried this with the Pink Triangles... didnt go over too well then, probably wont go over now. Funny how the Christian Coilition doesnt seem to notice this parallel.

[Brando]

"The issue of labels is particularly sensitive to gays. In Nazi Germany they were forced to wear the pink triangle to differentiate them from other internees at concentration camps."

And, of course, now they voluntarily slap that same pink triangle on the bumpers of their cars.

Is that what you've got on the back of your truck?

[Ari Chi3fs]

"The issue of labels is particularly sensitive to gays. In Nazi Germany they were forced to wear the pink triangle to differentiate them from other internees at concentration camps."

And, of course, now they voluntarily slap that same pink triangle on the bumpers of their cars.

damn, I guess I should read your posts occassionally.

[ENDelt260]

Is that what you've got on the back of your truck?
To say you half-assed this one would be being generous.

[Adept Havelock]

How about warning labels on Homophobes? That way Gay people know to avoid them, and it's just as logical as the other idea.

-Yes...it's sarcasm (for the sarcastically impaired)

[Baby Lee]

Speaking of pink triangles, I had a roomie in colleege, Jamaal. One of my best friends of all my time at Northeast/Truman. And he was the most 'country' black dude you could ever run into. He pledged AGR [the 'farmers' frat] in Kirksville, if that helps the mental picture. And his dad was a science teacher. Pretty nerdy.
Anyways, when it came time at the end of the year to move out, his dad came up to load up the pickup. Turns out he'd been shopping at Goodwill, and found a T-Shirt. A black muscle shirt with a huge pink triangle on the chest. His dad had no idea the significance. Jamaal spent the whole day shaking his head. Good times.

ROFL ROFL

[ENDelt260]

How about warning labels on Homophobes? That way Gay people know to avoid them, and it's just as logical as the other idea.

-Yes...it's sarcasm (for the sarcastically impaired)
They're also easily identified. That dude yelling, "Hey, c'mere, fagg0t!" while jumping out of the bed of his buddy's pickup swinging a baseball bat ain't a gay rights activist.

[jcroft]

"The issue of labels is particularly sensitive to gays. In Nazi Germany they were forced to wear the pink triangle to differentiate them from other internees at concentration camps."

And, of course, now they voluntarily slap that same pink triangle on the bumpers of their cars.

And certainly you are "with it" enough to know that the adoption of the pink triangle by the queer community is simply a means of "taking the power away" from those who would use it against then, right?

It's much akin to the black community (especially the young black community) reclaiming the N-word as their own. They figure, "you can't hurt us with that word -- hell, we call ourselves it!"

[jcroft]

How about warning labels on Homophobes? That way Gay people know to avoid them, and it's just as logical as the other idea.

-Yes...it's sarcasm (for the sarcastically impaired)

ROFL

[jcroft]

Speaking of pink triangles, I had a roomie in colleege, Jamaal. One of my best friends of all my time at Northeast/Truman. And he was the most 'country' black dude you could ever run into. He pledged AGR [the 'farmers' frat] in Kirksville, if that helps the mental picture. And his dad was a science teacher. Pretty nerdy.
Anyways, when it came time at the end of the year to move out, his dad came up to load up the pickup. Turns out he'd been shopping at Goodwill, and found a T-Shirt. A black muscle shirt with a huge pink triangle on the chest. His dad had no idea the significance. Jamaal spent the whole day shaking his head. Good times.

ROFL ROFL

ROFL

[Cochise]

Yes, this is a senational and sexed-up thread title that even jaz would be proud of.

[Lzen]

It's called an analogy. Talk about sensationalism. :rolleyes:

Despite using the analogy of cigarette labels, Banuchi tells 365Gay.com that he is not advocating gays specifically be labeled.

He called on people to "pray for those who are deceived by the lies of popular culture, who are caught up in a destructive lifestyle, and for the children who are being zealously evangelized by radical homosexuals."

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

It's called backpedaling.

[Lzen]

It's called backpedaling.

Yes, I know this hurts you personally. But the writer of this article is taking things too literally. Get a clue.

[MOhillbilly]

Oh that's what had Santa Monica Blvd. blocked off on Sunday. I took my daughter to the La Brea Tar Pits and could barely get home because of all the chaos. I'm okay with Gay pride and all, but do they have to block off major streets? Can't they show just as much pride in like Northridge?

Are you ok w/ White Pride?
I dont see why being insane is something to be proud about.
what about black or brown pride?

[jcroft]

It's called an analogy. Talk about sensationalism. :rolleyes:

Actually, as much as I am a gay rights advocate, I tend to agree. This guy clearly didn't mean that he thought homosexuals should be labeled. As you say, he was just making an analogy.

Still, though, the dude deserves any flack he is getting, just for having said called homosexuality a "lifestyle that we know spreads every kind of sexually transmitted disease" -- as if heterosexuality <em>isn't</em>.

[jcroft]

Are you ok w/ White Pride?
I dont see why being insane is something to be proud about.
what about black or brown pride?

Of course I'm okay with white pride. And black pride. And Jamaican pride. And patriotism. And any other sort of pride you can bring up.

As long as you are demonstrating your pride in a peaceful and uplifting way, then by all means, be proud of who you are!

[tyton75]

If anything.. this would just help ghey people be more ghey.. they would then be able to spot the dudes that they wouldn't have guessed were ghey and go blow each other in the alley...

The city would disintegrate into a shadow world of dudes seeing their labels and deciding to buttslam each other in the restrooms

[Cochise]

Still, though, the dude deserves any flack he is getting, just for having said called homosexuality a "lifestyle that we know spreads every kind of sexually transmitted disease" -- as if heterosexuality <em>isn't</em>.

Well of course both lifestyles transmit them but the difference in the frequency of HIV and other VD in homosexuals vs. heterosexuals is not something that I think can be honestly ignored.

[Cochise]

If anything.. this would just help ghey people be more ghey.. they would then be able to spot the dudes that they wouldn't have guessed were ghey and go blow each other in the alley...

The city would disintegrate into a shadow world of dudes seeing their labels and deciding to buttslam each other in the restrooms

I dont know why but this struck me as hilarious ROFL

[MOhillbilly]

Well of course both lifestyles transmit them but the difference in the frequency of HIV and other VD in homosexuals vs. heterosexuals is not something that I think can be honestly ignored.
the apologist have already drank the kool aid.

[Baby Lee]

If anything.. this would just help ghey people be more ghey.. they would then be able to spot the dudes that they wouldn't have guessed were ghey and go blow each other in the alley...

The city would disintegrate into a shadow world of dudes seeing their labels and deciding to buttslam each other in the restrooms
Highway rest areas--they're the bathhouses of the nineties

[jcroft]

Well of course both lifestyles transmit them but the difference in the frequency of HIV and other VD in homosexuals vs. heterosexuals is not something that I think can be honestly ignored.

I have two responses to that:

1. I'm unaware of the difference in frequency. That's not to say it doesn't exist -- I've just never heard of it.

2. Even if that's true, it's not at all what the guy said. He definitely implied that gay people spread disease, whereas straight people don't.

[jcroft]

If anything.. this would just help ghey people be more ghey.. they would then be able to spot the dudes that they wouldn't have guessed were ghey and go blow each other in the alley...

The city would disintegrate into a shadow world of dudes seeing their labels and deciding to buttslam each other in the restrooms

Yes. Because that's what gay people do. As soon as they discover that another is gay, they blow each other in the alley and buttslam each other in the restrooms. Seen it happen time and time again. It's amazing how many times I'm walking down an alley and I see some dude sucking another off, or I go to a restroom in the bar only to see some guy ass-ramming his gay lover. It's already a weekly occurrence, and if they were labeled, it's be at least daily! :rolleyes:

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

Yes. Because that's what gay people do. As soon as they discover that another is gay, they blow each other in the alley and buttslam each other in the restrooms. Seen it happen time and time again. :rolleyes:

Yeah, gays are obsessed with buttsex. It's all they think about.

[Cochise]

I have two responses to that:

1. I'm unaware of the difference in frequency. That's not to say it doesn't exist -- I've just never heard of it.

2. Even if that's true, it's not at all what the guy said. He definitely implied that gay people spread disease, whereas straight people don't.

He said: a lifestyle that we know spreads every kind of sexually transmitted disease and takes at least 20 years off the average life span according to the 2005 issue of the revered scientific journal Psychological Reports

Are you suggesting that this is false? If so then present your rebuttal.

[MOhillbilly]

Yes. Because that's what gay people do. As soon as they discover that another is gay, they blow each other in the alley and buttslam each other in the restrooms. Seen it happen time and time again. It's amazing how many times I'm walking down an alley and I see some dude sucking another off, or I go to a restroom in the bar only to see some guy ass-ramming his gay lover. It's already a weekly occurrence, and if they were labeled, it's be at least daily! :rolleyes:

there is a park in spfld i wouldnt take a child to for any amount of money anytime of day.

[MOhillbilly]

its not just gays that spread AIDS like wildfire.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/Facts/afam.htm

[SNR]

I'm pretty sure people don't need labels to figure out if a guy is a homosexual or not.

"If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck..."

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

I'm pretty sure people don't need labels to figure out if a guy is a homosexual or not.

"If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck..."

I like showtunes. But I'm not gay.

[tyton75]

Yes. Because that's what gay people do. As soon as they discover that another is gay, they blow each other in the alley and buttslam each other in the restrooms. Seen it happen time and time again. It's amazing how many times I'm walking down an alley and I see some dude sucking another off, or I go to a restroom in the bar only to see some guy ass-ramming his gay lover. It's already a weekly occurrence, and if they were labeled, it's be at least daily! :rolleyes:


They would if they were labelled and easier to spot!

:p

[ct]

I like showtunes. But I'm not gay.

ROFL no, just a puzzy

[jidar1]

Well of course both lifestyles transmit them but the difference in the frequency of HIV and other VD in homosexuals vs. heterosexuals is not something that I think can be honestly ignored.

the difference of people dying in motorcycle accidents compared to dying in car crashes also cannot be ignored...

oh wait.

Really I'm not sure what your point is. It's their lifestyle and it's going to have different risks and rewards compared to a different one, that's the nature of it being different. Just like riding bikes.

I feel like I oughta add some kind of gay joke here to distance myself from the gayness of this post, but I'll control it. heh

[MOhillbilly]

Really I'm not sure what your point is. It's their lifestyle and it's going to have different risks and rewards compared to a different one, that's the nature of it being different. Just like riding bikes.



thats the weakest argument ive ever read.

[luv]

Yeah, gays are obsessed with buttsex. It's all they think about.
Hmmmm...and what is it straight guys think about all the time? If that's the only place to stick it, then of course that's what they're going to be obsessed about.
Hell, there are straight guys who are obsessed with buttsex as well, just not with other guys.

[Brando]

Hmmmm...and what is it straight guys think about all the time? If that's the only place to stick it, then of course that's what they're going to be obsessed about.
Hell, there are straight guys who are obsessed with buttsex as well, just not with other guys.

Here here!

[Cochise]

the difference of people dying in motorcycle accidents compared to dying in car crashes also cannot be ignored...


I'm not the one seemingly implying that motorcycles are just as safe as cars, as it were.

I made no moral judgement in my post. I drew no conclusion from the statement. I just said that the truth of the statement, however insensitive, cannot be ignored by any serious person.

[ChiTown]

I could care less about labels for Gay People. If I were a single man still, I'd like to see labels for chicks with stinky boxes.......

[luv]

I could care less about labels for Gay People. If I were a single man still, I'd like to see labels for chicks with stinky boxes.......

That's usually a matter of hygiene. They will be the ones with greasy hair or something too.

[jcroft]

He said: a lifestyle that we know spreads every kind of sexually transmitted disease and takes at least 20 years off the average life span according to the 2005 issue of the revered scientific journal Psychological Reports

Are you suggesting that this is false? If so then present your rebuttal.

Certainly it's not false that sex -- ANY SEX -- spreads every kind of sexually transmitted disease. That includes both gay and straight sex. I don't know about the life-span thing, but I wasn't commenting on that, either. I said he deserves the flack he's getting because he IMPLIED that gay sex spreads disease whereas straight sex does not. If he wasn't saying this was a "gay problem" then why would he bring it up when talking about gays?

[jcroft]

I'm pretty sure people don't need labels to figure out if a guy is a homosexual or not.

"If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck..."

It's this sort of thinking that gets me labeled as a homo all the time. :D

[jcroft]

Hell, there are straight guys who are obsessed with buttsex as well, just not with other guys.

Amen!

[ChiTown]

That's usually a matter of hygiene. They will be the ones with greasy hair or something too.

Uh, no, that's just not always the case - hence the need for the Waring Label.

[jcroft]

I'm not the one seemingly implying that motorcycles are just as safe as cars, as it were.

I made no moral judgement in my post. I drew no conclusion from the statement. I just said that the truth of the statement, however insensitive, cannot be ignored by any serious person.

The truth of the statement shouldn't be ignored (although I'm not convinced it's true -- I haven't seen any evidence). If it is true that gay people live 20 years less than straight people, then it is absolutely worth noting. However, it's absurd to point out that gay sex spreads disease, when every other kind of sex does, too. It's like if I said:

"Dick Vermeil is a lousy coach because he stands on the sideline!"

That would be an absurd thing to say, because every coach stands on the sideline, so it can't possible be a variable in whether or not he is a lousy coach, just as the (very true) fact that gay sex spreads disease can't be a factor in whether or not having gay sex should be "celebrated".

[Baby Lee]

Here here!
It's actually 'hear hear.' But that's not nearly as distressing as the fact you were 'presenting' your azzcrack when you posted that!! :p