tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post8184178605152443766..comments2024-03-12T04:51:46.468-05:00Comments on Blue Gal: Tony Perkins helps me write to the Boy ScoutsFran / Blue Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-8448367460397755282013-02-25T18:13:12.111-06:002013-02-25T18:13:12.111-06:00Remember that the Bible Belt spends more than any ...Remember that the Bible Belt spends more than any other part of the country on online porn. (During church time on Sunday it slows, but then catches up and more after church.)<br /><br />(http://people.hbs.edu/bedelman/papers/redlightstates.pdf)<br /><br />Why? "Calling Dr. Freud."<br /><br />In a New Scientist post a guy named Edelman offers this: "Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by," Edelman says.<br /><br />(http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16680-porn-in-the-usa-conservatives-are-biggest-consumers.html)ScarabusRedivivushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09568476339485344159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-90377059687423433352013-02-07T17:43:24.637-06:002013-02-07T17:43:24.637-06:00I think part of the problem of homosexuality is th...I think part of the problem of homosexuality is that it makes fundies think about sex. Sexual repression is the norm for anything other than a man's desire to penetrate a woman's vajayjay with his Glorious Penis of Christian Might. So, by opening the topic of something that is indirectly related to sex (and homosexuality is indirectly related to sex), the fundie followers may have the thought, "Hey! I want to make *my* naughty bits tingle too!" That would lead to empowerment and pleasure, which are both seen as "chaos" and "Satan".<br /><br />The main part of the problem though is that the fundies have been using Militant Homosexuals as a boogeyman and fundraiser since the Values Voters Coalition and Moral Majority were officially started in the early 70's. (To draw the evangelicals in who still felt the sting of the Great Dixiecrat Rebuke of the '64 DNC.) The only thing more dangerous to fundamentalism than sexually gratified women and gays is questions. Questions are rocks thrown at a house of cards. The three fundraising planks of the Moral Majority have been abortion, communism, and militant homosexuality. Communism had to change to Sharia Law, and notions on abortion are changing. If public opinion on homosexuality changes, people may start to ask what else fundamentalism got wrong. (Quick answer: damn near everything.)<br /><br />Mike.K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-77111080182493822262013-02-07T00:37:29.203-06:002013-02-07T00:37:29.203-06:00Good work there, 'Gal. Let's hope they rea...Good work there, 'Gal. Let's hope they read it and think about what you're saying.<br /><br />That may be a stretch, though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-90828295382946071762013-02-05T20:26:06.002-06:002013-02-05T20:26:06.002-06:00Mr. Perkins writes: "safeguarding Scouts by r...Mr. Perkins writes: "safeguarding Scouts by restricting openly homosexual Scout leaders from holding leadership positions" - Wow, is that a loaded sentence...tres creepy!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420029088809696342noreply@blogger.com