Tom Hanks questions Prop. 8 supporters’ patriotism

By Michelle Malkin  •  January 16, 2009 12:02 PM

We were considered fascists for questioning theirs, but it’s patriotic for them to question ours.

Per Hot Air headlines, Hollywood lib Tom Hanks tars Prop. 8 supporters as “un-American.” As opposed to all of those patriots gathering black lists and compiling maps of people who exercised their right to vote and dared to express political opinions in opposition to Tinseltown orthodoxy…

Tom Hanks, Executive Producer for HBO’s controversial polygamist series “Big Love,” made his feelings toward the Mormon Church’s involvement in California’s Prop 8 (which prohibits gay marriage) very clear at the show’s premiere party on Wednesday night.

“The truth is this takes place in Utah, the truth is these people are some bizarre offshoot of the Mormon Church, and the truth is a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop-8 happen,” he told Tarts. “There are a lot of people who feel that is un-American and I am one of them. I do not like to see any discrimination codified on any piece of paper, any of the 50 states in America, but here’s what happens now. A little bit of light can be shed and people can see who’s responsible and that can motivate the next go around of our self correcting constitution and hopefully we can move forward instead of backwards. So lets have faith in not only the American, but Californian constitutional process.”

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  1. #201
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:38 pm, zeroangel said:

    right4life:

    All the more reason to convince me (and others) that your version of religion is pure fantasy dreamt up by power hungry, misogynist, ignorant, and fearful desert dwellers. It sounds no better than any other ancient religion. Simply put, if a loving God did in fact exist, I sincerely doubt he would condemn people for simply believing in the wrong version of religion, or just not believing at all.

    TXGator:

    Are you implying that right4life is a tortured, closeted homosexual? That would explain a great many things and if it were true I guess I really feel pity for him.

  2. #202
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:41 pm, Trop said:

    GAYS aren’t pedophiles, PRIESTS are.

  3. #203
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:42 pm, AniMEL said:

    WarEagle82, that last crack about Obama nominees was very funny and spot-on. However, I know quite a few gay men and lesbians who never had issues with their parents, and in fact are still very close to their parents. It is believed that it may well be genetic and is being studied. It has also been proven that more than 80% of gay youth who try to accept that part of themselves at a young age and are rejected by their families are pushed toward depression, alcohol/drug abuse and suicide.

    There are plenty out there who “go gay” for a little while because it’s fun. Those people are odd to me; I don’t understand it. I know straight people who will claim to be gay just because they like to shock people and I’m offended by that. But I can tell you that I have been attracted to the same sex all my life, even when I was younger.

    I cannot believe that God “gave me up to a sinful desire” when I was 8 years old and had a crush on another girl in class. It took me a long time to figure out that’s what it was, but it makes sense. My father knew I’d be gay when I was very little. I’m not willing to say that I’m in any sort of protected class, but I do believe that for a small segment of society, it is a normal thing.

  4. #204
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:43 pm, TXGator said:

    Just sayin’…I usually don’t have such vitriol for anything unless it gets to me, um…down deep, IYKWIMAITYD.
    If Hitler could be in heaven, I’m pretty sure a gay or two might slip in there. Who else would make all that gold look understated and elegant?
    Not us straight guys.

  5. #205
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:43 pm, chapoutier said:

    I know straight people who will claim to be gay just because they like to shock people and I’m offended by that.

    Or, according to the movies, because then co-eds will feel comfortable changing in front of you.

    That really happens, right?

  6. #206
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:44 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:32 pm, TXGator said:
    One would hope that, as a Christian, right4life would be happier and not so cruel and judgmental.

    where am I cruel and judgemental? maybe I should have just said ‘there are many paths to God…homosexuality is not a sin’

    and that would make me nice and happy!!

    please.

  7. #207
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:45 pm, AniMEL said:

    Chapoutier, I read you. I know it’s no small thing, that’s why I’m honest about it. It’s also no small thing to be openly conservative in the gay community.

    Yes, I have come out of the political closet!

    ;-)

  8. #208
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:45 pm, Trop said:

    I know gay people who have NEVER had sex. Yet they KNOW they are gay. I knew I was different long before I even knew what sex was.

    If you are NATURALLY right-handed, but choose to write with your left hand, it doesn’t change your NATURAL handedness. It just makes you a sloppy writer.

  9. #209
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:45 pm, right4life said:

    Simply put, if a loving God did in fact exist, I sincerely doubt he would condemn people for simply believing in the wrong version of religion, or just not believing at all.

    here maybe you can understand this, since you can’t seem to understand very much at all..

    say YOUR son died to save someone on 9/11…then at the funeral they come up and spit in your face…how would you feel???

    its simple, spurn His grace, earn His wrath…

  10. #210
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:46 pm, TXGator said:

    Judge not lest ye be judged.
    God is love. Whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
    Do you really believe you are representing God well by judging people, sight unseen? I think God would fire you for insubordination if you weren’t union.
    God is love.

  11. #211
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:47 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:38 pm, chapoutier said:
    Notice not once has right4life denied that s/he thinks it silly to assume that AniMEL and/or Trop support pedophilia solely because they are gay.

    you cannot deny what I said, or dispute it.

    I make a general observation, which is true, that homosexuals are interested in recruiting young people…and you lie about what I say…no surprise, you’re trash.

  12. #212
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:48 pm, The Ugly American said:

    Oh yeah… vandalizing churches, attacking little old ladies, intimidating restaurant managers, demanding resignations …now THAT’S American!

  13. #213
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:48 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:46 pm, TXGator said:
    Judge not lest ye be judged.
    God is love. Whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
    Do you really believe you are representing God well by judging people, sight unseen? I think God would fire you for insubordination if you weren’t union.
    God is love.

    first of all I’m not judging people…post where I did that. or apologize.

    warning people that there is a hell, and there is a judgment, seems to very upsetting to you, why is that?? don’t you think there will be????

  14. #214
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:49 pm, zeroangel said:

    say YOUR son died to save someone on 9/11…then at the funeral they come up and spit in your face…how would you feel???

    The incredible, unavoidable, absolutely plain difference is as follows:

    I am not spitting in anyone’s face. I am merely saying I have never met that person and until I do I don’t think they exist because they just sound so unbelieveable.

  15. #215
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:51 pm, right4life said:

    I am not spitting in anyone’s face. I am merely saying I have never met that person and until I do I don’t think they exist because they just sound so unbelieveable.

    in your opinion….but YOU do not get the last word…HE does…

    everybody talks about John 3:16…a couple verses later 18…

    “He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

    you don’t like it? take it up with Him…good luck.

  16. #216
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:51 pm, Trop said:

    Christians project that on us gays. They are the ones doing the recruiting, with their Christian schools and colleges. We don’t recruit. That’s just another lie.

    I have a daughter, and I’m relieved she’s not gay. I would not want her to be subjected the religious bigotry I’ve experienced my whole life.

  17. #217
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:53 pm, chapoutier said:

    So irght4life,

    Do you think that Trop and AniMEL are lying when they say they hate pedophilia, or is it like some role playing game where you have to reach Level 10 Mage before you are imbued with the knowledge?

  18. #218
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:54 pm, Trop said:

    I couldn’t make my daughter gay, even if I wanted to (I don’t), any more than my fundamentalist Christian parents (married 60 years) could make me a heterosexual.

  19. #219
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:54 pm, zeroangel said:

    warning people that there is a hell, and there is a judgment, seems to very upsetting to you, why is that?? don’t you think there will be????

    Oh please! How incredibly disingenuous!

    OK, let’s try it this way:

    Right4life: I am just warning you, but you do of course know that folks that are against gay marriage will go to hell, right?

    Am I being judgmental or not?

    in your opinion….but YOU do not get the last word…HE does…

    Of course, we could be both be wrong and the Hindus could have it right. In which case you will likely come back as a mule or something.

  20. #220
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:55 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:53 pm, chapoutier said:
    So irght4life,

    I’ll answer that as you as you answer my previous question.

    you continually seek to lie about what I said, and twist what I said…no surprise..given what you are.

  21. #221
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:56 pm, zeroangel said:

    chapoutier:

    Be careful, DnD is from the devil!

  22. #222
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:58 pm, MrVIBEMAN said:

    I was going to make a nice long comment on this topic (since I’m Pro-Prop 8) but there’s just too much hatred going on here, so I’ll keep it short.

    Anyone who believes in the American Constitution (regardless of religion or lifestyle) should be happy because the People of California have spoken, and it was in favor of Prop 8. If you don’t like it, the good thing about this country is you can campaign to change people’s minds, or, in the future, maybe the majority vote will go to Prop 8 opposers.

    America is Great!!

  23. #223
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:58 pm, right4life said:

    Oh please! How incredibly disingenuous!

    OK, let’s try it this way:

    Right4life: I am just warning you, but you do of course know that folks that are against gay marriage will go to hell, right?

    Am I being judgmental or not?

    oh please this is laughable. mentioning that God is the Judge…means I CONDEMN YOU TO HELL…right. I post what the Bible says..and I AM CONDEMNING YOU TO HELL…as if I had that power…

    delusional.

    Of course, we could be both be wrong and the Hindus could have it right. In which case you will likely come back as a mule or something.

    and if you’re right, I lose nothing…and if I’m right…THEN I’M CONDEMNING YOU TO HELLL…just because its fun… :roll:

  24. #224
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:58 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Why do gay people need the government to stamp the name “marriage” on their somewhat un-natural and biologically futile unions?

    A good lawyer, a will and a durable power of attorney gives gay people who want to live with their partners all the protections of marriage, and even the one complaint they may have, some company medical plans may not cover live in sperm receptacles as family, since gay people can’t have children naturally, they can probably both work, and provide for their own health insurance.

    Gay people have all the rights straight people do, and they can’t use judges and Hollywood celebrities to force me to respect their lifestyle.

    And until I hear widespread gay condemnation of public orgies like “Up Your Alley”, I will assume many members of the gay community don’t have a problem with that kind of lifestyle, and I can’t be forced to respect it.

    (Link has a couple of barriers for your protection, but even the pixilated version available a few mouse clicks away is not for the squeamish.)

  25. #225
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:58 pm, Trop said:

    She thinks we approved of sexual violence against children with no evidence at all, simply because she believes a stereotype. that’s a bigot for you.

    The Pope is a man of God, and he does support pedophilia. If he didn’t, then that Cardinal from Boston, who harbored pedophile priests, would not be part of the Pope’s inner circle. The pedophile-harboring Cardinal would have been de-frocked a long time ago. But that never happened. Therefore, the Pope supports pedophilia.

  26. #226
    On January 16th, 2009 at 3:59 pm, conservativesRus said:

    What I’d like to know is what is the foundation of Tom Hank’s views. If the foundation is only Tom Hanks – then his views are no more valid than mine or the views of the average horse in the field. He says “discrimination” is wrong. Why? I ask.
    Further, just because a majority think something, does not make it valid. Once upon a time, the majority thought the earth was flat. The majority thought the sun revolved around the earth. Majority does not determine correctness.
    Correctness HAS to be external. Tom Hanks is not my “external” determiner.

  27. #227
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:00 pm, chapoutier said:

    you continually seek to lie about what I said, and twist what I said…no surprise..given what you are.

    Your words…

    and yes pedophilia is right there..and the gay movement is all for it…because thats where they get their recruits…NAMBLA…

    Care to expound?

  28. #228
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:03 pm, right4life said:

    Care to expound?

    for a lawyer you are incredibly DENSE…

    and yes pedophilia is right there..and the gay movement is all for it…because thats where they get their recruits…NAMBLA…

    I didn’t say ALL GAYS..duhhh..and that article that YOU posted listed GAY ORGANIZATIONS…dare I say, part of the GAY MOVEMENT…duhhh…that supported ELMINATING THE AGE OF CONSENT LAWS…

    care to expound???? hmmmmmmm?? since you havne’t already?? mr. know-it-all-lawyer????

  29. #229
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:04 pm, chapoutier said:

    So then you do or you do not believe that gays supports pedophilia?

  30. #230
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:05 pm, Trop said:

    The Pope is surely going to hell. He’ll have a lot of company there… James Dobson, Rick Warren, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson…. all religious fear/hate-mongers.

    Just by sheer numbers, the majority of pedophiles are heterosexual than are homosexual. Don’t you watch those Catch a Predator stings on MSNBC?

  31. #231
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:05 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    I have some sympathy for gay people, studies with fraternal twins and identical twins suggest there is both environmental and genetic factors that seem to determine sexual orientation to some degree. However, since identical twin pairs do exist where only one twin is gay, it isn’t absolute destiny.

    But if two men want to share a place, dress fabulous, see Streisand shows together, more power to them. Just don’t flaunt your sexuality in public or ask for a change in a millenias old definition of marriage.

    BTW, the whole Catholic/pedophilia thing.

    Wrong. It was a gay priest thing. Almost (not all) all the victims were post-pubescent boys (roughly age 12 and up), victimized by homosexual priests.

    Pederasty, the Michael Jackson thing. Kind of like straight men with a “Lolita” complex, who find 14 girls hard to resist.

    True pedophilia, sex with pre-teen children, was quite rare.

  32. #232
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:05 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:04 pm, chapoutier said:
    So then you do or you do not believe that gays supports pedophilia?

    why don’t you answer my question first…FOR ONCE??? hmmm?? can’t answer it though, can you now??? hmmmm???

    laughable.

  33. #233
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:06 pm, chapoutier said:

    And your silly “mr. lawyer” ad hominems are getting tired.

    Did you get stood up on a date by a lawyer once? Did one take away your blankie as a baby?

  34. #234
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:06 pm, Trop said:

    I don’t support pedophilia. And I do not know a gay person who does.

  35. #235
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:06 pm, zeroangel said:

    Right4life:

    Perhaps I should adopt a new strategy with you?

    Should I start quoting the Upanishads to support my worldview and then make claims about how I am just warning you that you are going to come back as a mule?

    It’s ridiculous, much like your Bible quoting, and you in a general sense.

    PS. Duuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh~~~~~

  36. #236
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:07 pm, chapoutier said:

    why don’t you answer my question first…FOR ONCE??? hmmm?? can’t answer it though, can you now??? hmmmm???

    I did answer the question. I said I have no idea. Why don’t you ask the people that wrote it back in 1972.

    Now answer my question, which conveniently, is actually about you. A subject I am sure you are familiar with.

  37. #237
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:07 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Just by sheer numbers, the majority of pedophiles are heterosexual than are homosexual. Don’t you watch those Catch a Predator stings on MSNBC?

    Neither are pedophiles. See post above.

    Male homosexuals who prefer teen lovers are pederasts. I don’t think they have a name for the “15 will get you 20″ type straights that like girls below the age of consent.

  38. #238
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:08 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:06 pm, chapoutier said:
    And your silly “mr. lawyer” ad hominems are getting tired.

    Did you get stood up on a date by a lawyer once? Did one take away your blankie as a baby?

    so why did those groups advocate eliminating the age of consent laws??? HMMMMMM??? moron.

  39. #239
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:08 pm, Trop said:

    about priests.

    I’m sure if girls were allowed to alter boys, the abuse would have happened to girls.

    They weren’t gay (they’d have to be human first), they were sexual predators, and alter boys were convenient prey.

  40. #240
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:09 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:04 pm, chapoutier said:
    So then you do or you do not believe that gays supports pedophilia?

    some obviously DO..ever hear of NAMBLA??? hmmmmm??? duhhhhhh

  41. #241
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:10 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    BTW, I consider myself a Christian and all, and I don’t mind explaining when people take the Bible out of context, but the Christians on this forum threatening the atheists and promiscuous gays with Hell probably aren’t convincing them of anything.

    Really.

  42. #242
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:10 pm, chapoutier said:

    some obviously DO..ever hear of NAMBLA??? hmmmmm??? duhhhhhh

    What percent do you gather?

    Do any heterosexuals support pedophilia?

  43. #243
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:07 pm, chapoutier said:

    I did answer the question. I said I have no idea. Why don’t you ask the people that wrote it back in 1972.

    oh of course, you know about everything else in the world, but not this of course…right.

    maybe they advocated that because its what they want!!!

    maybe they were just telling the truth??

    and even a lawyer could figure out what they wanted with getting rid of the age of consent laws…maybe.. :roll:

    shocking isn’t it??

  44. #244
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pm, Mookie said:

    say YOUR son died to save someone on 9/11…then at the funeral they come up and spit in your face…how would you feel???

    Kind of like Fred Phelps & company with Mark Bingham’s memorial?

  45. #245
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pm, zeroangel said:

    Ed Mahmoud:

    but the Christians on this forum threatening the atheists and promiscuous gays with Hell probably aren’t convincing them of anything.

    No doubt, but right4life’s lunacy needs to be exposed for the benefit of other posters and lurkers alike.

  46. #246
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:12 pm, Mookie said:

    Do any heterosexuals support pedophilia?

    Blasphemy!! You never see teachers having sex with their students.

  47. #247
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:12 pm, chapoutier said:

    What percent do you gather?

    Do any heterosexuals support pedophilia?

    ANSWER MY QUESTION! WHY ARE YOU AVOIDING MY QUESTION!!

  48. #248
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:13 pm, zeroangel said:

    Mookie in #244:

    *high five* Right on dude. Good point.

  49. #249
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:14 pm, right4life said:

    blockquote>On January 16th, 2009 at 4:10 pm, chapoutier said:

    What percent do you gather?

    don’t know…why don’t you tell me why gays wanted to be scout masters so badly..and they reacted so badly when they were denied…and the contineu to this day to punish boy scouts whenever possible…

    and why is the homosexual movement so interested in promoting their agenda in schools…even to such ridiculous lengths as:

    Don’t say mum and dad… teachers told not to assume pupils have heterosexual parents

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-511209/Dont-say-mum-dad–teachers-told-assume-pupils-heterosexual-parents.html

    now why don’t you try answering this instead of saying ‘i don’t know’ hmmm??

  50. #250
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:14 pm, Mookie said:

    A good lawyer, a will and a durable power of attorney gives gay people who want to live with their partners all the protections of marriage, .

    That’s not true. The tax laws are completely different. Same with social security benefits.

  51. #251
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:15 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:12 pm, chapoutier said

    just desperate for my attention aren’t you??

  52. #252
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:16 pm, right4life said:

    No doubt, but right4life’s lunacy needs to be exposed for the benefit of other posters and lurkers alike.

    your stupidity and lies are exposed with every post.

  53. #253
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:17 pm, chapoutier said:

    just desperate for my attention aren’t you??

    You let me play out my loony- fundamentalist-airhead fetishes.

  54. #254
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:18 pm, right4life said:

    you might want to check the mirror there jethro…

  55. #255
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:19 pm, zeroangel said:

    your stupidity and lies are exposed with every post.

    Honestly man. I do feel a twinge of pity for you. It’s really a shame. Your fundamentalist view of religion has obviously blinded you to so many wonderful things about the natural world.

    I don’t mind you acting like an ass anymore. I suppose it’s just your nature.

  56. #256
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:19 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    about priests.

    I’m sure if girls were allowed to alter boys, the abuse would have happened to girls.

    They weren’t gay (they’d have to be human first), they were sexual predators, and alter boys were convenient prey.

    Girls have been allowed to be altar servers for over a decade.

    I went to a Catholic high school, and I’d guess, using my less than perfect straight man’s “gaydar” that about 25% of them were gay. Possibly more than most priests, it was a Jesuit school. And 7 boys in my high school were abused, and won healthy settlements, which hopefully provide the psychological help they need to try to recover.

    But almost all the victims were post-pubescent. The Church has had an issue with sexually active homosexual priests. Many gay priests, no doubt, found sex away from their parishes. Many more, I’d hope, would do as many of their hetereosexual counterparts do, and follow their oath of celibacy. (Not all straight priests are celibate, of course, they are human). Gay attraction isn’t sinful. Just as I don’t automatically sin noticing attractive women around me. If I allow myself to dwell on them, or fantasize, I commit adultery in my heart, if I actually try to have sex with women I’m not married to, I’ve committed out and out adultery. My Catholicism comes with some built in guilt, which a lot of people assume is bad, but knowing how guilty I’d feel cheating on my wife ensures I’d never do it.

    BTW, abstinence isn’t exactly fun, but it isn’t impossible. My wife and I have had four kids, and each involved a couple of months of enforced abstinence.

    But wishing that the vast majority of the Catholic priest sex abusers weren’t homosexuals won’t change that fact.

  57. #257
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:21 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:19 pm, zeroangel said:

    unlike you, I don’t worship the natural world..I can appreciate it for what it is, and WHO made it…without thinking ‘this just all happened by chance’

    praise darwin!! :roll:

    but you prove the bible with every post…

    professing to be wise…they have become fools

  58. #258
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:22 pm, chapoutier said:

    why don’t you tell me why gays wanted to be scout masters so badly

    I don’t know. Why do heteros want to be scout masters so badly?

    and they reacted so badly when they were denied

    Gee, maybe they were a little peeved at the insinuation from idiots like you that they were doing it because they wanted to rape your children.

    and why is the homosexual movement so interested in promoting their agenda in schools

    My you are paranoid. “They’re coming to get youuuuu Barbara……”

  59. #259
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:23 pm, zeroangel said:

    right4life:

    I don’t worship the natural world, I am amazed by it as one might be amazed by a fractal but only on a much grander scale.

    It didn’t happen by “chance” that is a misunderstanding of natural selection.

    Once again, I don’t worship Darwin. He was just a man.

  60. #260
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:24 pm, right4life said:

    I don’t know.

    you don’t know much of nothing, except how to lie.

    My you are paranoid. “They’re coming to get youuuuu Barbara……”

    oh so that article was a PLANT..by the VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY!

    I forgot my tin-foil, so I didn’t notice it…glad you have yours on!!

  61. #261
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:25 pm, chapoutier said:

    oh so that article was a PLANT..by the VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY!

    I didn’t say the article was a plant. I said your reaction to it was one of paranoia. Do you shutter yourself indoors for fear of being exposed to The Gay?

  62. #262
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:25 pm, right4life said:

    I don’t worship the natural world, I am amazed by it as one might be amazed by a fractal but only on a much grander scale.

    It didn’t happen by “chance” that is a misunderstanding of natural selection.

    oh please…if it didn’t happen by chance, then evolution is the intelligent designer…

    1) assume evolution
    2) personify nature
    3) wave the magic wand of millions of years..

    and shazam!! you have miraces of DESIGN…

    laugahble.

    Once again, I don’t worship Darwin. He was just a man.

    of course not…no darwinist does… :roll:

  63. #263
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:26 pm, chapoutier said:

    you don’t know much of nothing

    Hah! A double negative! You said I know a lot! Thanks! :) I heart you!

  64. #264
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:26 pm, right4life said:

    I said your reaction to it was one of paranoia

    you say a lot, and it means very little…so?

    so why do you think they would do that??

    oh I know, you don’t know… :roll:

    laughable.

  65. #265
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:27 pm, right4life said:

    Hah! A double negative! You said I know a lot!

    :roll: I was imitating you there jethro… :roll:

    thought a brilliant lawyer like you would get it…

  66. #266
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:28 pm, chapoutier said:

    oh I know, you don’t know…

    I am still waiting for the self professed expert on the causal link between gays and pedophilias to tell me how many gays are such and how many heterosexuals are pedos.

  67. #267
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:28 pm, right4life said:

    Gee, maybe they were a little peeved at the insinuation from idiots like you that they were doing it because they wanted to rape your children.

    and of course YOU KNOW that they didn’t…because you’re the great chap!!

  68. #268
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:29 pm, zeroangel said:

    right4life:

    Yes, I am the one that believes in magic and miracles. Sweet irony…

    I think I know how best to counter your insanity, fire with fire:

    *Napolean dynamite voice*:

    DUUUHHHHHHHH~~~

    Duuuuhhhh~~~

    Idiot!!

    Duhhhhh~~~

  69. #269
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:29 pm, chapoutier said:

    thought a brilliant lawyer like you would get it…

    Yeah. Not buying it. Try picking up a copy of Strunk and White and see if you can fit that in between your angry little rants.

  70. #270
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:31 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    About gay scout masters-

    Would people be comfortable with men as troop leaders with the Girl Scouts, and sleeping in tents with them?

    BTW, the women teachers getting the hots for 14 year old boys are not technically pedophiles. Not sure what psycholical dysfunction makes them want to be predatory in that way (and I think any gay or straight sexual relation involving an older person and a teeanger is almost by definition predatory), but those women are straight and are not pedophiles.

  71. #271
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:32 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:29 pm, zeroangel said:
    right4life:

    Yes, I am the one that believes in magic and miracles. Sweet irony…

    given that you cannot duplicate evolution in the lab, nor see it in the fossil record…

    yes you do believe in miracles, obviously.

  72. #272
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:33 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:31 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:
    About gay scout masters-

    Would people be comfortable with men as troop leaders with the Girl Scouts, and sleeping in tents with them?

    of course to the board wackos its HATEFUL and BIGOTED to say that!!!

  73. #273
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:33 pm, zeroangel said:

    right4life:

    Wrong, but we;ve been through this before.

    DUUHHHHH~~

    Idiot~~~

    Duhhhhhhh!

    *rolling eyes*

    Duhhhh~~

  74. #274
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:34 pm, right4life said:

    between your angry little rants.

    projection…get some professional help there chappy!!

    its rather obvious you need it…

  75. #275
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:35 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:33 pm, zeroangel said:
    right4life:

    Wrong, but we;ve been through this before.

    yeah and I’ve made you look foolish every time we have…

    tell ya what, why don’t you go evolve something, and then let me know??

    make a bacteria into a multi-cellular animal…should be a cinch!!

    or tell me the exact sequence of mutations that caused an eye to develop from a normal cell…

    but you can’t, yet you believe it…FAITH.

    laughable.

  76. #276
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:36 pm, chapoutier said:

    given that you cannot duplicate evolution in the lab

    Oh my god (that was ironical, just for you). The bar for stupidity just went WAYYYYYYY up.

    Of course you can’t duplicate evolution in a lab, seing as labs have been around for oh….maybe what 500 years? And the fact that it is impossible for a lab to even begin to duplicate all of the variables and forces at work in nature.

    Seriously. THIS is the post that has convinced me it is absolutely pointless to engage you.

  77. #277
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:37 pm, AniMEL said:

    With regard to recruiting young’uns into the gay community…it doesn’t happen as much as some conservatives would like to believe, but yes, Right4life, it does happen. Michelle pointed that out right here just a few months ago. One elementary class was taken on a “field trip” to a lesbian wedding in California, and a kindergarten class was asked by their teacher to sign GLSEN “pledge cards” that they could barely sign their names to, much less read and understand (the same teacher put up a large, loud sign in that school for National Coming Out Day).

    Yes, it happens, but that does not mean that we condone it. Do I believe kids should be encouraged to find their way without being afraid of being bullied by other kids who think they’re weird? Absolutely. But I don’t agree with exposing kids to this stuff when they’re that young. I think that’s the best way to make them think it really is weird.

    While a grown man having sexual contact with a young boy is same-sex behavior, that does not make the act or the perpetrator “gay.” With the exception of priests, many pedophiles actually have heterosexual marriages. In the Mideast, men use women for reproduction and property, but a large number of them prefer young boys for pleasure. Disgusting but true.

  78. #278
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:37 pm, zeroangel said:

    This is a repost from another thread:

    Here’s what one might see if “Creation” were true:

    Surface
    —————————–
    Horse fossils
    —————————–
    Horseish “proto-horse”
    —————————–
    Horse / Doglike mammal
    ————- <- point of creation.
    Nothing

    Here’s what we actually see (incredibly simplified):

    Surface
    —————————–
    Horse fossils
    —————————–
    Horseish “proto-horse”
    —————————–
    Horse / Doglike mammal
    —————————–
    Reptiles
    —————————–
    Fish
    —————————–
    Creepy crawlies
    —————————–
    Very little
    —————————–
    Nothing

    The evidence simply does not support the Biblical creation myth. PERIOD. End of story, see you later, BYE BYE.

  79. #279
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:38 pm, zeroangel said:

    chapoutier:

    Actually:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._coli_long-term_evolution_experiment

    Of course, some folks here will dispute that.

  80. #280
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:40 pm, chapoutier said:

    chapoutier:

    Actually:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._coli_long-term_evolution_experiment

    Of course, some folks here will dispute that.

    Oh. Well there we go then. Glad to have been actually proved wrong for a change.

  81. #281
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:40 pm, right4life said:

    Of course you can’t duplicate evolution in a lab, seing as labs have been around for oh….maybe what 500 years?

    really?? why not?

    Evolution Occurs in the Blink of an Eye
    A population of butterflies has evolved in a flash on a South Pacific island to fend off a deadly parasite.

    link

    so which is it? its whatever you darwiniacs need it to be..

    but they’ve tried actually…sorry you haven’t kept up with the science, obviously…

    The tendency for genetic architectures to exhibit epistasis among mutations plays a central role in the modern synthesis of evolutionary biology and in theoretical descriptions of many evolutionary processes. Nevertheless, few studies unquestionably show whether, and how, mutations typically interact. Beneficial mutations are especially difficult to identify because of their scarcity. Consequently, epistasis among pairs of this important class of mutations has, to our knowledge, never before been explored. Interactions among genome components should be of special relevance in compacted genomes such as those of RNA viruses. To tackle these issues, we first generated 47 genotypes of vesicular stomatitis virus carrying pairs of nucleotide substitution mutations whose separated and combined deleterious effects on fitness were determined. Several pairs exhibited significant interactions for fitness, including antagonistic and synergistic epistasis. Synthetic lethals represented 50% of the latter. In a second set of experiments, 15 genotypes carrying pairs of beneficial mutations were also created. In this case, all significant interactions were antagonistic. Our results show that the architecture of the fitness depends on complex interactions among genome components.

    link

  82. #282
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:42 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:38 pm, zeroangel said:
    chapoutier:

    Actually:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._coli_long-term_evolution_experiment

    Of course, some folks here will dispute that.

    yes because its STILL a bacteria…

    and Behe says:

    I think the results fit a lot more easily into the viewpoint of The Edge of Evolution. One of the major points of the book was that if only one mutation is needed to confer some ability, then Darwinian evolution has little problem finding it. But if more than one is needed, the probability of getting all the right ones grows exponentially worse. “If two mutations have to occur before there is a net beneficial effect — if an intermediate state is harmful, or less fit than the starting state — then there is already a big evolutionary problem.” (4) And what if more than two are needed? The task quickly gets out of reach of random mutation.

    To get a feel for the clumsy ineffectiveness of random mutation and selection, consider that the workers in Lenski’s lab had routinely been growing E. coli all these years in a soup that contained a small amount of the sugar glucose (which they digest easily), plus about ten times as much citrate. Like so many cellular versions of Tantalus, for tens of thousands of generations trillions of cells were bathed in a solution with an abundance of food — citrate — that was just beyond their reach, outside the cell. Instead of using the unreachable food, however, the cells were condemned to starve after metabolizing the tiny bit of glucose in the medium — until an improbable series of mutations apparently occurred. As Lenski and co-workers observe: (1)

    Such a low rate suggests that the final mutation to Cit+ is not a point mutation but instead involves some rarer class of mutation or perhaps multiple mutations. The possibility of multiple mutations is especially relevant, given our evidence that the emergence of Cit+ colonies on MC plates involved events both during the growth of cultures before plating and during prolonged incubation on the plates.

    In The Edge of Evolution I had argued that the extreme rarity of the development of chloroquine resistance in malaria was likely the result of the need for several mutations to occur before the trait appeared. Even though the evolutionary literature contains discussions of multiple mutations (5), Darwinian reviewers drew back in horror, acted as if I had blasphemed, and argued desperately that a series of single beneficial mutations certainly could do the trick. Now here we have Richard Lenski affirming that the evolution of some pretty simple cellular features likely requires multiple mutations.

    If the development of many of the features of the cell required multiple mutations during the course of evolution, then the cell is beyond Darwinian explanation. I show in The Edge of Evolution that it is very reasonable to conclude they did.

    link

    grasping at straws….

  83. #283
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:43 pm, zeroangel said:

    …and none of the scientists that wrote said articles would say that evolution is false.

    They would disagree with you, so why are you quoting them?

  84. #284
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:43 pm, chapoutier said:

    but they’ve tried actually…sorry you haven’t kept up with the science, obviously…

    The post above obviates (look it up) your point, but you claim that because scientists have been unable to replicate an incredibly complex process in a lab, that is proof that it is untrue?

    And for the record, has anyone been able to replicate Moses parting the Dead Sea? Has anyone been able to replicate being swallowed by a whale and living in its belly?

  85. #285
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:44 pm, zeroangel said:

    …save Behe, who is a sellout and a piss poor philosopher.

  86. #286
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:45 pm, AniMEL said:

    Hey, how ’bout them Cardinals?

  87. #287
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, right4life said:

    Here’s what we actually see (incredibly simplified):

    Surface
    —————————–
    Horse fossils
    —————————–
    Horseish “proto-horse”
    —————————–

    same old lies and stupidity..guess gould was all wrong about punctuated equilibrium wasn’t he??

    Doug: What got you started thinking about punctuated equilibrium?

    Stephen Jay Gould: It wasn’t broad philosophical or political issues as I think many people assume. It really comes right out of an operational dilemma in paleontology.

    I had been trained, as Niles Eldredge had, in statistical methods for the study of subtle changes in evolution. Evolution at that time was defined as gradualism. The two were virtually equated; to see evolution meant finding gradualistic sequences, but every paleontologist knew that they had effectively never been found, and that was a frustration.

  88. #288
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, zeroangel said:

    chapoutier:

    He’s on the ropes again, quoting long articles he doesn’t undrestand.

    I’ll leave him to you for now, it Friday.

    Have a good weekend.

  89. #289
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:47 pm, right4life said:

    but you claim that because scientists have been unable to replicate an incredibly complex process in a lab, that is proof that it is untrue?

    And for the record, has anyone been able to replicate Moses parting the Dead Sea? Has anyone been able to replicate being swallowed by a whale and living in its belly?

    but you believe even though you cannot see it…

    and uh duhhhhhh we take what Moses did on faith…just as you do evolution…thanks for making my point!!

  90. #290
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:48 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:44 pm, zeroangel said:
    …save Behe, who is a sellout and a piss poor philosopher.

    and who makes you darwiniacs foam at the mouth…truth hurts…you cannot dispute what he says….just call him names….moron.

  91. #291
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:48 pm, chapoutier said:

    Oh no…I am done.

    As Captain said: “Some men you just can’t reach.” Its just unfortunate we can’t give right4life a metaphorical night in the box.

  92. #292
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:49 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, zeroangel said:
    chapoutier:

    He’s on the ropes again, quoting long articles he doesn’t undrestand.

    I’ll leave him to you for now, it Friday.

    yeah you’d better run before you look even more foolish!! (I know thats hard)

  93. #293
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:49 pm, right4life said:

    here explain this…

    A HERV-K provirus in chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas, but not humans.
    link

    there are pseudogenes found in humans and apes but not in chimps:
    A truncated immunoglobulin epsilon pseudogene is found in gorilla and man but not in chimpanzee.
    link
    why are so many tests done on mice rather than on other primates? While it is also cheaper to do tests on mice, the real reason is that their bodily systems (especially the immune system) function more similarly to ours than do those of primates.
    As has been the case with numerous nuclear DNA markers, there was no consensus among the HERV trees for the relationship among humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas (30). The remaining trees displayed interesting deviations from the predicted separation of the 5′ and 3′ LTR sequences.
    link

  94. #294
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:50 pm, Tom Blogical said:

    Tom Hanks can shove it.

  95. #295
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:50 pm, chapoutier said:

    and uh duhhhhhh we take what Moses did on faith

    First, there is plenty of evidence for evolution, for anyone that cares not to blindly ignore it. But are you claiming that there really is no factual, empirical basis for belief in the Bible?

  96. #296
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:50 pm, right4life said:

    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:43 pm, zeroangel said:
    …and none of the scientists that wrote said articles would say that evolution is false.

    if they wanted to keep their jobs…see sternberg….you brown-shirted darwiniacs are an intolerant lot.

  97. #297
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:53 pm, Socky said:

    About gay scout masters-
    Would people be comfortable with men as troop leaders with the Girl Scouts, and sleeping in tents with them?

    My issue with the BSA has always been, why do gays and atheists have to move in on someone else’s organization? Why can’t they start their own?

    Just start an organization where godless homosexuals sign up to take young boys out into the woods for sleepovers. That’s fine. Start your group and see how many parents sign up for it.

    But muscling in on an organization that others have spent decades building… that just seemed plain wrong to me.

  98. #298
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:53 pm, L.N. Smithee said:

    Some inconvenient truths for Trop:

    *To suggest that David and Jonathan’s relationship was sexual is to pretend there is no such thing as male friends who love each other more than they love women in their lives unless they’re bed buddies.

    *Jesus had a lot to say about illicit hetero sex and nothing specific about homo sex for a very good reason — sex was lawful and encouraged among those who were married. Everybody already knew what the law was about homosexuality, and it didn’t need to be mentioned because it was ALWAYS illicit. In the same way, when laws against “mixed” marriage were struck down in California in 1948, there was no presumption that the right to marry applied to same-sex couples because such an idea was beyond the pale.

    *And since you brought up that supposedly “gay” centurion whose servant was healed by Jesus, here’s a challenge — what did that man say about himself when pleading for his servant’s healing, and what did that say about his “pride”?

    Don’t chicken out.

    There is not a single instance of a homosexual relationship — male or female — receiving acknowledgment in the Scriptures except in the condemnatory sense, and that is the bottom line (pun not intended).

  99. #299
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:54 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Unrelated to Tom Hanks and gays and chimpanzees….

    OT

    Global warming alert

    Big Black River in Maine hit -50ºF this morning, breaking the all time Maine record of -48º set in 1925.

    -14ºF this morning in Westhampton, NY. Shirley hit zero, NYC (urban heat island) got to +10ºF.

  100. #300
    On January 16th, 2009 at 4:56 pm, right4life said:

    First, there is plenty of evidence for evolution, for anyone that cares not to blindly ignore it.

    obviously there is not. not in the fossil record, and you admit you cannot duplicate it..

    explain the tuatara…which has the highest molecular DNA in the world, and is aliving dinosaur…

    But are you claiming that there really is no factual, empirical basis for belief in the Bible?

    a lot more for the bible than for your hairygod’s evolution…but no surprise you’d say something this stupid.

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