Selling Homosexuality to America

CBN ^ | 7/11/03 | Craig von Buseck

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Selling Homosexuality to America

By Craig von Buseck
CBN.com Producer

In this exclusive interview, Paul Rondeau talks about his in-depth study, Selling Homosexuality to America, which was recently published in the Regent Law Review.

CBN.com – In his recent study, Selling Homosexuality to America, marketing expert Paul Rondeau explains, "Among America's culture wars, one of today's most intense controversies rages around the issue alternatively identified, depending on one's point of view, as "normalizing homosexuality" or "accepting gayness." The debate is truly a social-ethical-moral conceptual war that transcends both the scientific and legal, though science and law most often are the weapons of choice. The ammunition for these weapons, however, is persuasion."

This article and interview explores how gay rights activists use rhetoric, psychology, and the media to frame what is discussed in the public arena -- and how it is discussed. "In essence," Rondeau points out, "when it comes to homosexuality, activists want to shape 'what everyone knows' and 'what everyone takes for granted' even if everyone does not really know and even if it should not be taken for granted."

"The first strategy of persuasion," he goes on to say, "is to establish a favorable climate for your message so that the communicator (marketer) can influence the future decision without even appearing to be persuading ... This is at the heart of the homosexual campaign: to get consent via social construct today to determine whose idea of personal freedoms will prevail in our legal codes tomorrow."

Paul Rondeau has been a senior sales and marketing management professional with industry leaders for over 25 years. He holds an M.A. in Management, with a specialty in persuasive communication. Currently, he is a doctoral student in communication studies with a focus in rhetoric and persuasion.

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[Jorge]

I'm tempted to say something like: "You're not from around here are you." LOL! Maybe you forgot the clinton years???

I wasn't on FreeRepublic during the Clinton years. Guess I missed some real good threads!

[I got the rope]

I reread my post. I guess it was a bit confusing. Thanks.

[185JHP]

And what percentage of that 1% were raped when they were young, and convinced "you're one of us now - you can't go back." Rape of the innocent is a thing of humor to some sodomites - and a way to "get dates." A lot of people would be shocked to hear what vice/sex crimes detectives know about the nastiest of the sodomites.

[ThinkFreedom]

What you're talking about is a tactic the left uses that was started by Leon Trotsky, known as "entrism". This is where socialists hijack a social movement to further their agenda of a worldwide socialist government.

Most decent people aren't racist, and treat black and white people the same. Unfortunately the anti-racism movement has been hijacked by leftists who have seen it as a perfect opportunity to push a radical agenda. Rather than emphasizing ethnic equality, they've moved on to push 'cultural' equality - as long as the culture in question isn't Christian Conservativism. Similarly, the Feminist movement has been hijacked by socialist entrists, seeking to push their agenda.

This has led to a huge shift in domestic and foreign policy, and has allowed for situations where - for instance - Christians who treat people of all races equally can be branded "racist", or Christian African Americans are "racist" for opposing the negative, mysoginist (sp?) messages of rap music! When you think about it for a minute, it's bizzare!

In a foreign policy sense, as I've mentioned before here on FR, it's been hugely damaging to the people of Africa the leftists claim to support so ardently. Supporting multiple tribal cultures in African and other 3rd world cultures gets in the way of forming national, and christian cultures. This gets in the way of overthrowing tribalist Marxist and Islamist dictators in favor of the free market capitalist governments that 3rd world countries so despirately need. Of course, creating stable free markets across Africa - where foreign investors can build up the economies and make 3rd world countries valuable contributors in the world economy is "racist" because it would mean getting rid of a lot of tribal cultures.

The gay agenda is another front where socialists can undermine traditional Christian values. What has happend in the past decade or so is that the gay agenda has been grafted on to the feminist and anti-racism (now multiculturalist) movements by the socialist entrists who have hijacked those movements.

Look no further than how radical lesbian feminism and marxist feminism is now equated with feminism; respect for mothers, housewives, and women who chose to work based on their own talents and abilities is off the agenda. Meanwhile, "hetrosexism" ("sexism" against gays by straight people) is on the feminist agenda. Sexism against men dressed as women is on the feminist agenda.

Similarly, many of the same laws preventing anti-semitism discrimination against African Americans have also had "homophobia" added to the list you can be thrown in the slammer for.

Think something's screwed up when Christians start being treated - by the law - like Klansmen? Worried about free speech? Do you read the Bible? You're not just homophobic, but according to these hijacked movements, you're also a sexist and a racist!

[Jorge]

Jorge, Jorge, Jorge...are you going to tell me you weren't on full attack mode when you joined this thread?

I've lurked other threads long enough to know that this is your M.O.

Me in "attack mode"? I can't believe you would say such a mean thing. I'm really hurt. (You must be thinking about somebody else )

Anyway..even if I was, you're the one who posted the verse that Jesus said we are not supposed to bring "peace" but should "divide".

So that means you are persecuting me for being a follower of Christ. Repent!

Fine. I'll concede. I apologize.

You don't sound very sorry to me. I think maybe you need to do penance. :)

[I got the rope]

Then you understand where I stand. Judgement for matters of the flesh are the court's responisbility, not mine. Judgement for matters of the spirit goes to God, not me.

Are you not a member of society? Are you not a citizen? Your vote could alter what some appointed black robe judge says about our culture. (i.e...sodomy) These "Ministers of Justice" were originally supposed to be of the greatest moral standing. The courts are now a joke, because they invent their own morality or laws out of thin air.

[savagesusie]

It is definately a learned "recruited" behavior. Read Pink Swastika about the "Youth programs" in Germany in the lst half of the 20th century. How do you explain ALL the molested boys who became homosexuals--like Roehm of Nazi fame and the Catholic Priests who have molested boys and confessed that they were molested as boys.

People are "conditioned" to think the way they do--it is not by accident that some believe there is a "gay" gene. It is from the constant indoctrination of the media and the removal of "shame" when no acts will be considered "wrong"--even man-boy sex.

[DannyTN]

A lot of people would be shocked to hear what vice/sex crimes detectives know about the nastiest of the sodomites.

I think that the problem, our people don't know the course this perversion takes and how it manifests itself.

Thus we don't view it as a perversion of natural desires combined with rebellion, we view it as "natural". And nothing could be further from the truth.

I don't really have anything to base this on other than annedotal stores, but my guess is 95% raped when young and the other 5% just wicked. Which means I'm not unsympathetic to them, the damage inflicted on them wasn't their fault. But it is a perversion that spreads like a desease and it should remain a state's right to outlaw it.

[185JHP]

And it should remain a punishable offense under the UCMJ. FReegards

[Jorge]

See the scripture reference in my post #57. I think it makes it quite clear that adultery and fornication are on equal footing with the practice of homosexuality.

I don't need to reference your previous post. If you say so I'll take your word for it.

But without being too nit-picky...I have to say that I'm not quite sure adultery and fornication are on "equal footing" with the practice of homosexuality.

I mean they're all sin...and God prescribes the death penalty for both adultery and homosexuality in the Old Testament.

BUT...it seems to me that homosexuality goes further than simple sexual immorality and disobedience to God...but also totally distorts God's design and created intent for human sexuality.

Now that doesn't mean that I think homosexuality is the worst form of sexual immorality around...I believe heterosexual pedophilia is worse because it violates even more standards of decency. As well as God's special care for children.

[KC_for_Freedom]

well said.

[sweetliberty]

From my perspective, I agree with you, but I'm not sure that God does. He says that none of them will inherit the kingdom of God so it sounds like the same punishment awaits them all. Or maybe it's a matter of degrees or maybe heterosexual promiscuity is something one is more likely to repent of ultimately. I don't know. Purely speculation on my part.

[I got the rope]

So that means you are persecuting me for being a follower of Christ.

Jorge, why do I get the feeling that you are everthing but a follower of Christ. BTW...Catholics do Penance...and I'm not Catholic. If you are not going to accept my apology for hurting your feeling then I'll have to take it back and start flaming you. I don't want that. I don't want to have to follow you from thread to thread for weeks on end. I don't want to have to search for you at DU like some angry troll. Can't we all just get along.

[Jorge]

From my perspective, I agree with you, but I'm not sure that God does.

I don't either.

But I do know that some sins have greater consequences than others when it comes to their destructive nature.
And God doesn't want us to destroy our lives.

[I got the rope]

So tell us Jorge. How do you really feel about sodomy?
All forms of it. Hetero, Homo, etc. Just for the record.

[MHGinTN]

Allow an aside pointed added to your cogent post.

While there is a hormonal influence traceable in a very rare percentage of homosexual behavior, the behavior is a complex mix of onset hormonal rage (prepubescent/pubescent) and choice in behavior patterns, IMHO. But how to explain the homosexuals who actually turn their lives around and away from the debasement of homosexual behaviors? You can tell a homo-activist by their insistence that this is not a genuine turnaround.

As human beings are exposed to notions of God and salvation, there is a very real tug of war between the 'adamic nature' we're all born with and the longing to commune with God, to be pleasing to Him not abhorent to Him. I think this is generated because of the human spirit within our human soul.

As the homosexual community seeks society's full affirmation for their deviant behavior, they cannot resolve the inner whispers in their human spirit ... they cannot mollify that which Holy God calls them to by forcing through their activism the acceptance and protection within this society or any society.

Much of the activist behavior of homosexuals is misdirected rage against God's still small voice calling them to reject the behavioral urges in favor of spiritual growth. Deviancy in sexual matters (whether adultery, or homosexual behavior, or addiction to pornography ...) is an immaturity in sexual development where sexual and social development run into the 'diety' needs of the adult human being with a spirit that will not be at peace until a relationship with the Creator is begun. It is the source of so many homosexuals that rage against Christianity. It is also the source of the demand to be accepted within a church community as if they are 'just like everyone else'. They are not like everyone else, unless everyone else is slave to addictive behaviors!

You wrote, "He wanted us to love him freely. Homosexual life is no life at all." As you know, when our behavior impedes our free association with Him, we are in a state of 'unrequited spiritual love', deep spiritual longing if you will, thus such a state in life is not 'aliveness', spiritually. I'm reminded of where Jesus said 'Let the dead bury the dead'.

And lastly, 'Many are called but few are chosen' and 'Faithful is He that calleth you, for He will also do it' (calls you to salvation for He will also save you). It is innate in so many to want to respond to God's still small voice by doing their own saving, being good enough to 'warrant' God's affirmation of them, not relenting to allow Him to also 'do it', to grace them with eternal life in Him. As Cain railed at God when told to bring a specific offering, 'I can bring what I have produced by my own efforts and it will be good enough.' But it never was.

[I got the rope]

"My summer with Jorge"

[nmh]

Being gay isn't "natrual" for human beings. Sure homosexuality has been around for ages however the root cause it typically sexual abuse or lack of a role model. For example, is it any wonder that Cher Bono's daughter, Chastity, is a lesbian? This vain woman had NO time for her daughter so when she was of age she acted out her emotional neglect through lesbianism. As for sexual molestation or abuse, surely you don't need examples of that. The other typical reason is sometimes more difficult to explain so I let Cher do it for me.

[Jorge]

Jorge, why do I get the feeling that you are everthing but a follower of Christ. BTW...Catholics do Penance...and I'm not Catholic. If you are not going to accept my apology for hurting your feeling then I'll have to take it back and start flaming you. I don't want that. I don't want to have to follow you from thread to thread for weeks on end. I don't want to have to search for you at DU like some angry troll. Can't we all just get along.

Sure we can. But you need to lighten up just a tad first.

My response to you was meant to be tongue in cheek. Go back and read it again. It was a joke dude.
I'm not Catholic either.

I am rather surprised not only at your lack of sense of humor but also your hostility.

You judge me as not being a follower of Christ and then tell me that if I don't accept your apology you will "have to take it back and start flaming" me?

This is an example of what it means to be Christ-like?

I was trying to be light hearted and humerous with you... and unlike you, I've made no judgements about whether you are a follower of Christ or not.

[Jorge]

"My summer with Jorge"

Thank you for posting that link to my post. I stand by what I said....and I like the way I said it.

Of course if you disagree, by all means feel free to challenge it.