...O/T...I am so sick of this type thing;

Denny I don't want this to turn onto that we're ganging up on you but, first off being a bigot IS a bad thing. There is no good that comes from that word. Webster defies bigot as "one who holds blindly and intolerantly to a particular creed". Mr. Robertson has not done that. He saw them laughing in the fields so he assumed (right or wrong) that they were happy. Hell, when I see someone laughing I would assume the same thing. And you STILL haven't shown me ANYWHERE where he said he was happy about those other things, buses, fountain back of restaurants etc.

Look, let me ask you a question, I have NEVER used the term African american. And I never will. Now that by itself may have people think I'm a bigot (racist) but I'm not. By the time I was 14 years old I had already spent half my life in an orphanage (mixed races). As I grew up of course I went to school, joined the service & worked. And in a few months I'll be turning 60. Now you may wonder why I'm telling you this, well, in all those experiences I have played with, showered with, went to school with, shared a bedroom with, & worked with many black people. I've even developed many great friendships with blacks & even dated a few lovely woman of color. BUT.........I have NEVER known one that even so much as visited Africa let alone having been born there. Nor were any of there parents. So my point is that the term African american just doesn't apply. It is my opinion that the only group of people that should be called BLANK Americans are Asians since 80% of them in this country were born in there native lands.

So if I was being interviewed & I was asked how I feel about the term African American & I gave my above response would I be labeled a racist? Like Robertson I was asked for MY opinion & I gave it. The fact that people don't agree with my opinion is really NOT my problem.

BTW: I'll still wait for the part of Robertson's article where he said those other things. (fountains, buses, etc.).

 

the people he worked with were happy... the people he saw were happy... he didn't use the word ALL

 

only thing... he isn't a racist though... you have completely FAILED to show that he is a racist. and he isn't a bigot either. He didn't say that he hates homosexuals. He said what they were doing is wrong, but he didn't say he hated any of them, so he isn't even a bigot either...

 

You obviously know nothing about his background. He and his family were dirt poor... hence why he was working in the cotton fields... so they probably didn't even have a TV or around the kind of "white folk" that were portraying that horrible prejudice. He worked with them, next to them. He sang with them, he ate with them, he fed them, he gave them money when his family had barely any of its own... why would a racist do ANY of those things let alone ALL of them... And holding onto the Corinthians passage does not in any way, shape, or form make him a bigot.

 

Where does he show contempt? where does he show fear? he doesn't for either. He just plainly says it is wrong and that it doesn't make sense.

And no, he didn't "equate" bestiality with homosexuality in anything other than saying they (along with many other things including adultery and drunkenness) were sins...

 

who said glaad or naacp shouldn't be afforded their 1st amendment rights???? I didn't, I know that for sure! I haven't seen anyone else on this thread or board say that glaad or naacp shouldn't either... so where are you getting this crap from?

 

Holy crap Denny you're going back 100-150 years to make a point? Look its terrible the way blacks were treated back then & even during hateful days that you illustrate through the above photo's but I think by Robertson saying they were happy you're assuming that he meant though EVERYTHING. and he's clearly not. I mean c'mon he talks about seeing blacks in cornfields laughing & you're ASSUMING that he thinks blacks were happy about everything they've been through. You're blowing this WAY out of perportion.

You seem to be condeming the man because he answered a direct question HONESTLY. As I mentioned earlier this was NOT an unsolicited anti-gay rant. He was asked a question & he answered it. What the hell is this country coming to when you have to tip toe through every opinion & walk on egg shells when giving an HONEST answer to a question because a few over-sensitive ass wipes might be offended.

It's total bullshit. If you don't like the answers don't ask the fucking questions.

 

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

That is ANYONE and EVERYONE then... so you are saying EVERYONE is a bigot then cause everyone holds blindly to at least one belief (if not more)

 

But it was not an unsolicited rant it was a RESPONSE. As far as his linking Homosexuality to bestiality IMO he was just equating animals procreating from behind so in that sense he's really not wrong. I'm not saying its a bad thing but its also not exactly inaccurate.

 

Or you could look at it as Robertson giving his HONEST opinions while Bush was only saying what he thought people wanted to hear. as far as my procreating from behind as being silly REALLY? When was the last time you saw a animal laying on his back spread eagle while his mate laid on top of him? They do it from behind. The same as I'm assuming gay men do it.