[ehenningsen]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

Phelps group is like Cartman on Southpark...they are a disgusting parody...which ironically is a walking advertisement for tolerance. NO sane person wants to be a nut-job like them. There is a reason there is a group called phags for phelps....they ALSO understand that Phelps actions actually HELP the gay community by showing nutjob intolerance.

Go back to my post (#61) which reads "Phelps group is much worse..."
and now I have to listen to chastise me for "how I word things".

I will comment no further, I'm sure you will do the right thing.

chill! You are now going overboard! It's all good.. I was just letting you know that it is hard to read somebody over a message board, especially with the way you worded it..

[WesternPilgrim]

The WBC protests are certainly disgusting and hateful, but the homosexual "pride" events are much, much more pernicious and dangerous. Everyone is repulsed by the Phelps family and WBC. They make no converts, win no sympathizers. They're just a convenient whipping boy to help the masses feel morally superior. The "pride" events, though, have the effect of increasing support and tolerance for the homosexual movement over time - even when their displays cross the line of public propriety.

For some reason the initial public reaction to public homo-vulgarity is not "these people are insane, get them out of my city", but "I don't mind what they do to each other as long as I don't have to watch". Little do most people realize that, if this movement wins, they will soon be living in a city in which homosexuality is an everyday topic of conversation, permeating the culture of every workplace, dominating the city's billboards and buses and posters, and confronting them in the streets and restaurants and shops and schools and libraries and churches, making the topic impossible to avoid.

As a threat to public order, then, Omaha really ought to shut these "pride" events down for good. It's too late for other cities, but it's not too late for Omaha. There is still hope. Let the homosexual activists make speeches to themselves in some auditorium somewhere, fine. But - trust me - once they take over Omaha's public spaces, you will have a different city, a city that is far from tolerant and hospitable, a city which drives out families, a city where anyone with traditional beliefs on the subject is most unwelcome.

[DTO Luv]

No one is going to "take over" any public space. Does any other faction have some control over the billboards and buses I don't know about? Plus it's not like the Pride events in Omaha are something new. They've been around for 15 years and grow every year. Last year there were over 10,000 attendees.

[WesternPilgrim]

DTO, you need to pay a visit to the Left Coast. It's already happened here. Omaha is just a few years behind the curve.

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by ehenningsen

chill! You are now going overboard! It's all good.. I was just letting you know that it is hard to read somebody over a message board, especially with the way you worded it..

Yes, it is very easy to misread someones post on a message board and then jump them and then blame them for their writing.

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by WesternPilgrim

The WBC protests are certainly disgusting and hateful, but the homosexual "pride" events are much, much more pernicious and dangerous. Everyone is repulsed by the Phelps family and WBC. They make no converts, win no sympathizers. They're just a convenient whipping boy to help the masses feel morally superior. The "pride" events, though, have the effect of increasing support and tolerance for the homosexual movement over time - even when their displays cross the line of public propriety.

For some reason the initial public reaction to public homo-vulgarity is not "these people are insane, get them out of my city", but "I don't mind what they do to each other as long as I don't have to watch". Little do most people realize that, if this movement wins, they will soon be living in a city in which homosexuality is an everyday topic of conversation, permeating the culture of every workplace, dominating the city's billboards and buses and posters, and confronting them in the streets and restaurants and shops and schools and libraries and churches, making the topic impossible to avoid.

As a threat to public order, then, Omaha really ought to shut these "pride" events down for good. It's too late for other cities, but it's not too late for Omaha. There is still hope. Let the homosexual activists make speeches to themselves in some auditorium somewhere, fine. But - trust me - once they take over Omaha's public spaces, you will have a different city, a city that is far from tolerant and hospitable, a city which drives out families, a city where anyone with traditional beliefs on the subject is most unwelcome.

Um, you are calling for Obama to repeal freedom of assembly.
That's a pretty scary view in both concept and the fact that you have no idea about how the constitution even works.

FYI- I am pretty sure pride events have been around 30 years or more in most decent sized cities.

[kdbrich]

Originally Posted by smithy77

Then you'd better stay in your cave with your gun collection, cuz we gay folk are everywhere!

so are heteros but we don't feel the need to have parades about it. Honestly...I don't really care who you sleep with. There are more important things to judge a person by.

[WesternPilgrim]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

Um, you are calling for Obama to repeal freedom of assembly.
That's a pretty scary view in both concept and the fact that you have no idea about how the constitution even works.

First, I'm not asking Obama to do anything. You have Obama on the brain.

Second, freedom of assembly is not absolute. No city has to allow every group to do anything they want on public property. Permits can and do have conditions attached. There's probably an old law somewhere on the books in Nebraska that makes public events which contribute to the "corruption of morals" a crime.

Third, a creative and determined city administration can make life difficult for the organizers without necessarily "banning" these events outright.

[DTO Luv]

A Pride parade has nothing to do with corrupting morals.

[mattpoulsen]

To somehow suggest gay pride parades are worse than Westboro simply shows how twisted you are.

You are blatantly advocating the deliberate practice of denying basic fundamental rights to people by gaming the permit system.


Yup...freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and religious freedom are great...just as long as everyone uses those rights to advocate ONLY your position.

You're disgusting.