Comments on: Anti-Gay Activist and Prop 8 donor confesses to sexually abusing young boys http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Yatima http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1522851 Yatima Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1522851 It's getting increasingly difficult for me to believe that the church has any purpose other than protecting child abusers. It’s getting increasingly difficult for me to believe that the church has any purpose other than protecting child abusers.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520536 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520536 Also because working around food can put you off your feed. Also because working around food can put you off your feed.

]]> By: Athena Hollow http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520528 Athena Hollow Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520528  Very much right. In fact, most of the people I know who work around food aren't overweight at all (maybe 1 in a staff of 10-20). This is because when you're working around food, you're on your feet and/or running around like a chicken with your head cut off - appeasing customers, taking/delivering orders, etc.  Very much right. In fact, most of the people I know who work around food aren’t overweight at all (maybe 1 in a staff of 10-20). This is because when you’re working around food, you’re on your feet and/or running around like a chicken with your head cut off – appeasing customers, taking/delivering orders, etc.

]]> By: Pjay (Patti) Pender http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520525 Pjay (Patti) Pender Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520525 I don't think comparing being fat people to pedophiles is really a fair comparison. I also don't think most fat people work around, or even would like to work around, food. I don’t think comparing being fat people to pedophiles is really a fair comparison. I also don’t think most fat people work around, or even would like to work around, food.

]]> By: Pjay (Patti) Pender http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520523 Pjay (Patti) Pender Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520523 I find them tedious and annoying as well. I find them tedious and annoying as well.

]]> By: Pjay (Patti) Pender http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520521 Pjay (Patti) Pender Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520521 And...? First of all, there ARE such people, and they occur in about the same proportions in straight and gay people. I fail to see why it would be a marriage equality issue. And secondly, so the eff what? And…? First of all, there ARE such people, and they occur in about the same proportions in straight and gay people. I fail to see why it would be a marriage equality issue. And secondly, so the eff what?

]]> By: Pjay (Patti) Pender http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520520 Pjay (Patti) Pender Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520520 Well, when I ask they always say because it's "unnatural" because gays can't reproduce. Which, of course, explains nothing. About the same number of gays and straights are infertile, and, quite frankly, what does the world need with more people anyway? If it's survival of the species, we'll survive as a species longer if we reduce, not increase, our numbers. Well, when I ask they always say because it’s “unnatural” because gays can’t reproduce. Which, of course, explains nothing. About the same number of gays and straights are infertile, and, quite frankly, what does the world need with more people anyway? If it’s survival of the species, we’ll survive as a species longer if we reduce, not increase, our numbers.

]]> By: Teto85 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520508 Teto85 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520508 What's shocking is that the perp is not a catholic priest, bishop, cardinal or other rank. What’s shocking is that the perp is not a catholic priest, bishop, cardinal or other rank.

]]> By: foobar http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520498 foobar Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520498 Jebus, his poor cousin from the strip did, but it was mostly  just rich uncle Republican Jesus using it as a wedge issue to make sure Caesar got his. Jebus, his poor cousin from the strip did, but it was mostly  just rich uncle Republican Jesus using it as a wedge issue to make sure Caesar got his.

]]> By: llazy8 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520454 llazy8 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520454 Just for the record, having families and being loyal to each other aren't always hand-in-glove.   There are people out there who want marriage rights without kowtowing to the default option of monogamy.  Just for the record, having families and being loyal to each other aren’t always hand-in-glove.   There are people out there who want marriage rights without kowtowing to the default option of monogamy. 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520345 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520345 Sigh. I can't even remember the last time that I committed any shameful acts with other men. Sigh. I can’t even remember the last time that I committed any shameful acts with other men.

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520271 RedShirt77 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520271  I would still bet there is some correlation between Shame and repression with pedophilia.  All types of people have it, it just seems that hating your own natural urges might be part of the formula for this type of abuse.  I would still bet there is some correlation between Shame and repression with pedophilia.  All types of people have it, it just seems that hating your own natural urges might be part of the formula for this type of abuse.

]]> By: Dr P Fenderson http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520256 Dr P Fenderson Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520256 You're correct - although not "perhaps Paul". Most certainly Paul. Romans 1:26-27 "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error." Bigotry is still bigotry though. You’re correct – although not “perhaps Paul”. Most certainly Paul. Romans 1:26-27

“Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.”

Bigotry is still bigotry though.

]]> By: chenille http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520236 chenille Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520236 It does nothing to help children to expect that all adults should want nothing to do with them. Enough has been written here about the unfair results of your suspicions on people like parents. They go far beyond cases like this, where "family values" is a better warning than "teacher". Because speaking as someone who remembers being a child, I'm <i>glad</i> not everyone has such a snobby attitude to them. Not everything is about how <i>you</i> find other people, you know. It does nothing to help children to expect that all adults should want nothing to do with them. Enough has been written here about the unfair results of your suspicions on people like parents. They go far beyond cases like this, where “family values” is a better warning than “teacher”.

Because speaking as someone who remembers being a child, I’m glad not everyone has such a snobby attitude to them. Not everything is about how you find other people, you know.

]]> By: Jaye Whitmire http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520185 Jaye Whitmire Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520185 Folks, you're not surprised when fat people work around food? A pedophiles goal is to be close to children. They engineer situations where they are trusted and close to children. Why is anyone surprised about this kind of revelation? Shouldn't be. Not sure how you prevent it other than empowering children to tell someone. Children are trusting and make poor decisions, but they need to know they have power over their own body and no one, no one is allowed to violate them.  Folks, you’re not surprised when fat people work around food? A pedophiles goal is to be close to children. They engineer situations where they are trusted and close to children. Why is anyone surprised about this kind of revelation? Shouldn’t be. Not sure how you prevent it other than empowering children to tell someone.

Children are trusting and make poor decisions, but they need to know they have power over their own body and no one, no one is allowed to violate them. 

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520152 Preston Sturges Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520152 Most pedophiles have easier access to children of the same sex.   When a guy like a softball coach has access to young girls, he molests girls.  He does not drive across town looking for boys to molest instead.  Most pedophiles have easier access to children of the same sex.  

When a guy like a softball coach has access to young girls, he molests girls.  He does not drive across town looking for boys to molest instead. 

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520116 B E Pratt Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520116  Just to be clear, Jesus never said anything about the subject. Leviticus or perhaps Paul, but not Jesus. On the other hand, 'Jebus' IS pretty good for referring to the wingnut types.......  Just to be clear, Jesus never said anything about the subject. Leviticus or perhaps Paul, but not Jesus. On the other hand, ‘Jebus’ IS pretty good for referring to the wingnut types…….

]]> By: foobar http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520050 foobar Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520050 Because Jebus. Because Jebus.

]]> By: oldtaku http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1520024 oldtaku Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1520024 It's great that people have finally stopped calling this sort of thing ironic. It’s great that people have finally stopped calling this sort of thing ironic.

]]> By: HerkyDerky http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1519988 HerkyDerky Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1519988 I think NefariousNewt is saying that there is a correlation between pain and abuse, not homosexuality and pedophilia. I think NefariousNewt is saying that there is a correlation between pain and abuse, not homosexuality and pedophilia.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1519980 robcat2075 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1519980 I always wonder about people who are fixated on "working with children" because I typically find children tedious and annoying. I always wonder about people who are fixated on “working with children” because I typically find children tedious and annoying.

]]> By: ToMajorTom http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1519855 ToMajorTom Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1519855 In reply to NefariousNewt:  I agree it's time for the rhetoric to stop, but I don't agree that there's a direct correlation between being gay and being a pedophile (which you seem to be saying here).  There are plenty of "straight" pedophiles (for lack of a better term), and I don't think there has ever been rhetoric against straight folks to drive them to such activity. In reply to NefariousNewt:  I agree it’s time for the rhetoric to stop, but I don’t agree that there’s a direct correlation between being gay and being a pedophile (which you seem to be saying here).  There are plenty of “straight” pedophiles (for lack of a better term), and I don’t think there has ever been rhetoric against straight folks to drive them to such activity.

]]> By: jerry clark http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1519846 jerry clark Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1519846 People who comment on such horrid stories must be covering their own arses.  Apart from me. People who comment on such horrid stories must be covering their own arses.  Apart from me.

]]> By: NefariousNewt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1519839 NefariousNewt Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1519839 So, because he could not deal rationally with the pain his homosexuality was causing him, he inflicted that pain on the innocent. Is it perhaps time for the rhetoric of 'homosexuality as abomination' to stop? Because far from warding away the desire, it only seems to be used to inflict more harm. So, because he could not deal rationally with the pain his homosexuality was causing him, he inflicted that pain on the innocent.

Is it perhaps time for the rhetoric of ‘homosexuality as abomination’ to stop? Because far from warding away the desire, it only seems to be used to inflict more harm.

]]> By: Chuck http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1519832 Chuck Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1519832 You're obviously leading a liberal conspiracy to smear those with traditional conservative values by having them all investigated for crimes against children.  (And how long before I find someone who believes in that conspiracy theory for real?) You’re obviously leading a liberal conspiracy to smear those with traditional conservative values by having them all investigated for crimes against children.  (And how long before I find someone who believes in that conspiracy theory for real?)

]]> By: SFDex http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1519815 SFDex Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1519815 The lady doth protest too much, methinks. (Of course, someone else beat me to the Shakespeare reference.) And I agree, there's no joy to be had from this news, unless it helps open people's eyes to the hypocrisy of many who fight so stridently against the rights of others. The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

(Of course, someone else beat me to the Shakespeare reference.)

And I agree, there’s no joy to be had from this news, unless it helps open people’s eyes to the hypocrisy of many who fight so stridently against the rights of others.

]]> By: Cameron Postelwait http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1519811 Cameron Postelwait Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1519811 i wish a 'family values' proponent would explain why they'd be against gays having families and being loyal to each other. i wish a ‘family values’ proponent would explain why they’d be against gays having families and being loyal to each other.

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1519807 benher Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1519807 Ah, see now. They always lead a cabal against it so they don't have to share. Dirty pool! Ah, see now. They always lead a cabal against it so they don’t have to share. Dirty pool!

]]> By: wizardru http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1519808 wizardru Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1519808 Schadenfreude or no, children were harmed.  I can take no joy from such news, especially as a father. Schadenfreude or no, children were harmed.  I can take no joy from such news, especially as a father.

]]> By: CSBD http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/anti-gay-activist-and-prop-8-d.html#comment-1519800 CSBD Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178418#comment-1519800 methinks the 52 year old (who has sleepovers with kids) doth protest too much methinks the 52 year old (who has sleepovers with kids) doth protest too much

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