Why a 'Gay' Activist Columnist at The Washington Times?

Culture & Family Institute of CWA ^ | 12/18/2002 | Peter LaBarbera

[VRW Conspirator]

That's why Rabbi Lapin's fearless statement makes sense:...

Rabbi Lapin always make sense. He makes me think so hard that it makes my brain hurt.

[blau993]

Every Thursday morning when I open my Wall Street Journal, I neatly cut out Al Hunt's column, crumple it up, and flush it down the john...without reading it.....been doing it for years...it's very theraputic..

And I am sure it keeps you very regular too.

But it's the MIND we are talking about here. It is like any other muscle in the body. If you don't exercise it, not only does it not grow, it atrophies.

[Remedy]

Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 US 186 (1986)
After being charged with violating the Georgia statute criminalizing sodomy by committing that act with another adult male in the bedroom of his home, respondent Hardwick (respondent) brought suit in Federal District Court, challenging the constitutionality of the statute insofar as it criminalized consensual sodomy. The court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded, holding that the Georgia statute violated respondent's fundamental rights.

Held: The Georgia statute is constitutional. Pp. 190-196 .

(a) The Constitution does not confer a fundamental right upon homosexuals to engage in sodomy. None of the fundamental rights announced in this Court's prior cases involving family relationships, marriage, or procreation bear any resemblance to the right asserted in this case. And any claim that those cases stand for the proposition that any kind of private sexual conduct between consenting adults is constitutionally insulated from state proscription is unsupportable. Pp. 190-191 .

(b) Against a background in which many States have criminalized sodomy and still do, to claim that a right to engage in such conduct is "deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition" or "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty" is, at best, facetious. Pp. 191-194 .

(c) There should be great resistance to expand the reach of the Due Process Clauses to cover new fundamental rights. Otherwise, the Judiciary necessarily would take upon itself further authority to govern the country without constitutional authority. The claimed right in this case falls far short of overcoming this resistance. Pp. 194-195 .

(d) The fact that homosexual conduct occurs in the privacy of the home does not affect the result. Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 , distinguished. Pp. 195-196 .

(e) Sodomy laws should not be invalidated on the asserted basis that majority belief that sodomy is immoral is an inadequate rationale to support the laws. P. 196 .

[scripter]

Great links, Remedy. Nice formatting as well!

Let me know if you want to be included or removed in future pings of this type.

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[I_Love_My_Husband]

Faith hello! (Remember me? I'm formerly grlfrnd!)

I agree with you completely.

I can't stand Sully, for these reasons AND the totally DISGUSTING scandal he was involved in (he advertised for unsafe sex practices and IS HIV+!!!)

[Clint N. Suhks]

I canceled my subscription over it.

I see it like Fox news, fair and balanced, and hold my nose when Alan Colmbs is on. Except Alan isn't mentally ill.

[scripter]

So that's what happened to freeper grlfrnd... I had you on my ping list but it started failing one day so I removed grlfrnd... Of course now you're on the ping list with your new account. Gee, thanks for telling me. :-)

[weegee]

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[First Amendment]

Dear Remedy - I'm new to FR and I just want to say THANK YOU for all your links - I am saving them for future reference!

Anyone who thinks homosexuals just want tolerance must have their heads in a dark, dark place. They want to turn the world into a (their) whorehouse.
Thank you for speading the light!

[Remedy]

I see what you mean Informative Report:Issues on Homosexuality

[George W. Bush]

I don't think we can afford to run gays out of the Republican Party. Many of them have the same or similar views on economic issues as mainstream conservatives.

I think it might be a little naive to assume that "gay Republicans" ever actually vote for Republican candidates or ever have.

I see the Log Cabin group as much more of propaganda device than any legitimate conservative group. They are not organized to nor do they work to move fellow-sodomites to the Republican position. Their entire concern is about their sexuality and their special rights.

If someone is trying to use a "Republican" group as a propaganda ploy and all they ever talk about is sodomy rights, then I suspect they vote Democrat in a ballot box.

I think the case should be compared to black Republicans. Among black Republicans, they actually work hard to swap people toward conservativism. And they have made some real inroads. So, even if 91% of the black vote went to Gore, it would have been more without black Republicans and their efforts. And I think they will continue to make more inroads. But it's still a tough fight ahead for years to come.

So black Republicans are definitely serious conservatives. I don't think you can say the same for homosexual advocacy groups who label themselves as Republicans so they can play Trojan Horse.

Or is Trojan Horse perhaps offensive to the anti-condom crowd like Sullivan?

[George W. Bush]

For those who are interested, Sullivan's web sites were cached and placed on display before he could get them shut down. This a link to the front page of those cached copies of his sites at AOL and BarebackCity:

Andrew Sullivan's barebacking sites Warning: very explicit photos of Sullivan on subsequent pages (not on first page). But this should tell you more about what gay rights mean to Andrew Sullivan and what he does with his freedom.

Sullivan is HIV-positive and advertises for sex without condoms with others. There's nothing remotely conservative about him.

[GOPcapitalist]

The Washington Times also runs editorials by Deroy Murdock, another gay conservative...or at least they did in yesterday's edition.

[hunter112]

Hmm, wonder why it is so "cheap" in Utah, of all places?