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Posted on 02/09/2016 6:37:04 PM PST by InHisService
The Denial About Super Bowl 50 Having a Gay Agenda is Laughable!
It all started with this simple statement. “How about this: God is Love. I believe we should have had a cross with the same words "Believe in Love" without the rainbow. Got a problem with that?â€
That’s what I wrote in response to an article written in the Huffington Post the day after the Super Bowl, entitled, “To Those Bothered By The 'Gay Agenda' At Super Bowl 50.â€
If you’re not in the know, a huge rainbow flag with the words, “Believe in Love†was prominently featured at Super Bowl 50 during half time. Some, with their head in the rainbow colored sand, said this had nothing to do with the gay agenda; nothing whatsoever to do with promoting gay marriage.
Writes Tasheka Lavann, author of the article writes: “In what should have been a heartfelt message to the world about love came a flood of negativity, with halftime show headliner Coldplay being accused of promoting a "gay agenda." The band, along with Beyoncé and Bruno Mars, gave one of the best and most colourful performances the much-anticipated halftime show has ever seen on Sunday. The spectacular display ended with the simple yet powerful message, "Believe in Love," in a sea of rainbow colours. This fueled a reaction that is quite common to members of the LGBT community. To put it gently, the homophobes went to work all across the virtual world. As soon as Coldplay posted the picture on its Facebook page, the bigots and those who just love to hate anything rainbow and anyone queer came out of their holes: (The writer selected some comments to post to the article) "Why can't I just turn on my TV without some gay shit being pushed in my face these days?" "Worst halftime show ever!!!!!" "I knew those Coldplay dudes were fags.""Wow! Are we now promoting a gay agenda during a very important football game? The devil is at work tonight, but God's love is more powerful." I don’t agree with using the word “fag†as it is a gay slur; by the same token I don’t like being called a homophobe or bible basher but I see that all the time when I express my opinion of being pro-traditional marriage. However, it is acceptable to bash those who disagree with gay marriage and the gay lifestyle, as we will clearly see from the comments to follow.
Erin Victor · Head Wizard at Ministry of Magic Because your god is a psychopathic megalomaniac that only exists in a book and your head and very bad People use his name to do alot of harm in the world. Worse he can make very good people do very bad things. Religion is greed and control and it doesnt belong in our modern society. It's dying and with it 2000 years of darkness and evil.
This from one who proclaims to be a Wizard. Hmm, I thought that was something in the Harry Potter books. Love the darkness and evil comment, in fact, Jesus spoke of that very thing. Those are exactly the times we are living in right now, darkness and evil, due to people rejecting almighty God.
Alexandra Leon · Mother (religious title) at Stay-at-home parent The god of the bible is a monster worse than any fictional being. Anyone who thinks otherwise has either never read the book, or has been brainwashed to believe he wasn't.
Note the “Mother†religious title. And I’ve been brainwashed?
Jackie Kirnbauer Mary Kirchhoff leave your god out of it.
Sarah Michelle Shut up Mary.
Now there’s a well thought out and intelligent response.
David J. Driver Religion in the 21st century is a mental illness.
Apparently most of the world is mentally ill.
Ian W. Hardison · Store Manager at Lids Q: What's the difference between Jesus and a picture of Jesus? A: It only takes one nail to hang a picture of Jesus#bugsbunnyismorerealistic
Jesus haters, always keepin’ it classy.
Marie Poulaert · Haute Ecole Galilée Mary Kirchhoff You are dillusional lady ...
Spell check much? If you’re going to post, at least take the time to spell correctly. I can’t take you or your comment seriously if you can’t even do that.
Ian W. Hardison · Store Manager at Lids Mary Kirchhoff 2016 years later and still no Jesus, what's taking so long? Is he stuck in traffic? Stopped at the store for a pack of cigarettes and never came back home? Eaten by a pack of wolves? Where is he at? I get pissed if my pizza is 5 minutes late. You must be real pissed.
All this time I thought Jesus was a non-smoker. Dang. I wouldn’t want to be this guy’s partner, pissed when the pizza is five minutes late? I sense some real trouble in his relationships. And cold pizza.
Aynsley Nisbet What's wrong with a rainbow? They are a naturally occurring beautiful thing... Just like a sunrise or sunset. And are these all not beautiful acts of God? If God is the divine being who created the world and everything in it, then he made rainbows too. And what a masterpiece! I'd much rather see his work of art than symbol of our own human ugliness (ie: nailing someone to a cross. That poor man. Why are we so mean...) Let's appreciate God in his truest form. #rainbowsforthewin
You're delusional. The gay pride flag has the intent of promoting acceptance of the gay lifestyle and the tired phrase, "love is love." In no way does that flag promote tolerance and love for people of different faiths, especially bible believing Christians. It promotes the belief that if people don't accept or believe in the gay lifestyle, they are haters. That's not what I'd call "LOVE."
I posed this question to several of my accusers:
Why am I "hating" if I don't agree with your opinion? Can you please explain that?
As of yet, no response.
Several posters said of the SB “flag†to “get over it.â€
Christie Ley · Self-employed / the Bossat Ravenscroft Dog Boarding Those who are making negative noise about the show need to get a life. Like · Reply · 1 · 4 hrs
I very much have a life. But when I see something so blatantly in my face, I'm going to make noise about it.
A halftime show with political messages? Promoting the gay agenda has no place in a Super Bowl halftime show. So, no, I'm not getting over it.
Laura Wattie Mary Kirchhoff you have the right to call yourself a christian and practice your faith, gay people deserve the right to live their lives free from harassment and violence.
I don't support violence or harassment against gays. However I have the right to reject the gay lifestyle and I should be free to express my opinion. Why is it gays want everyone to be tolerant of their lifestyle and opinion, but my opinion is "wrong" and I should be called out for it, lambasted, and hated. Don't you think that's a double standard?
I'm supposed to accept, without question or complaint, the promotion of the gay lifestyle. Thousands of people at a sporting event holding placards to promote "love." They are not promoting "love." They are promoting the homosexual agenda.
Leslie Bell · Lindsay, Ontario I watched the halftime show and did not ever make a connection to gay pride or marriage equality rights. I thought it was just a message of peace and love for all. Just goes to show how some people are always looking for something to be upset about.
You don't think this was promoting the gay agenda? Even this gay writer saw it for what it was intended to be:
"Super Bowl 50's Pro-Gay Marriage Moment Sends A Beautiful Message About Love Love" http://www.bustle.com/.../140337-super-bowl-50s-pro-gay...
Heather Missen · Edmonton, Alberta Funny thing is that I'm gay and even I didn't pick up on the "pride" thing. My partner said its rainbow colours and when I went back it wasn't in pride color order and so therefore I didn't think that whatsoever. These guys pick apart every commercial that had some hidden agenda, every religious quote they can to back up their theory. Not even worth my time or effort in getting worked up about it. I'm not going to change who I am because they think I should.
See the article above, dear one.
Ryan Nikolaus Carterét · University of British Columbia I genuinely do not understand the backlash about this. For starters, what on earth about this 'promotes homosexuality'!? I personally don't care for football, so I've not seen the actual performance, but from what I see in the thumbnail the colours are entirely arbitrary (and not in the order of the rainbow flag), and since when has 'love' become a dirty word? Isn't it sort of, like...you know, a good thing? Some people just love finding things to complain about. Just live, let live and get on with your own bloody lives.
“Love†is not a dirty word. However, the new 21st Century definition of “Love†should include “Promoting the gay agenda with a rainbow colored flag.†Let’s be real, folks.
Ryan Guthrie · Woburn Collegiate Institute Thought it was one of the best shoes ever. The message must have been very subliminal because anything to do with LGBT negativity did not occur to me. Lots of paranoia and hate out there. People continue to embarrass me.
Frankly, I didn’t notice the shoes. But I would like to see them and perhaps find out where I could buy them. Then again, if they were rainbow colored, I may have to rethink that. (Note to Ryan: proofread before hitting enter.)
Why is it paranoia and hate? I don't hate gays. I'm not paranoid. I'm simply stating my opinion. But if my opinion differs from gay people, or those who agree with the promotion of the gay lifestyle, we are homophobes and haters. Therefore, you must hate straight people and be paranoid that there are so many non-gay people in the world.
And finally: . Michelle Baresh I find it funny that homophobes are upset about this. How about seeing a church on every block. Ancient devices of torture and death proudly displayed. Fanatics knocking on my door, trying to convert my family. I could go on and on. These jerks should concentrate on being deprogrammed from their various cults and learn to be decent human beings.
There’s that charming word the pro-gay crowd loves to use: Homophobes. Here’s how Dictionary.com defines the word:
noun
a person who fears or hates homosexuals and homosexuality.
Now I get it! If I walk down the street, I’m afraid of getting my ass kicked by a gay person! If I rub up against a gay person, I might turn gay! And hate: I have an extreme aversion to and/or hostility towards gay people. Gosh, I’m so glad that we have an online dictionary so I can understand exactly how I DON’T feel about gays!
Not only that, I’m a jerk because I need deprogrammed from Christianity so I can learn how to be a better person. I didn’t realize I needed so much help. Friends, pray for me!
And lastly, ancient devices of torture and death proudly displayed? Christians see the cross as a symbol and an act of love, (there’s that word again!) and gays see the rainbow flag as their symbol, one that promotes the gay lifestyle and gay marriage.
But can you imagine the backlash had their been a Christian Cross on display at the Super Bowl half time show? No worries, it will never happen. Because only the rainbow, and gay love, is acceptable to endorse in our society. Don’t take too much “pride†in being straight. Too many people might get offended.
I went out with a guy who drove that very car. He got so mad at me when I joked, “I can’t be seen in this car! I’m a Teamster!”
Beyonce did; with her Black Panther show and anti-cop rally, but that’s a story for another day.
I think a lot of people are...displeased over this.
LMAO
That is a funny movie.
Sorry, no room for Veterans, cancer, anything like that. We can only promote the gay agenda.
Sorry about your illness. God bless, and I hope you get well soon.
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If it wasn’t before, it is now. I hope they get the JC Penney treatment.
Right you are. It’s funny how it started with abortion being “The right to choose,” and now Love means “Gay pride.”
yeah, wt!?
my wife has beaten breast cancer twice, God bless her, (cries an whines with the flu but laughs in the face of cancer),
and she HATES that football players wear pink to “represent”!!
why can’t they just put the money towards awareness commercials during the game than have meaningless pink cleats and whatnot?
I just needed to bring awareness to the subject. I never thought we’d see a Super Bowl with such a strong and blatant pro-homosexual message.
This stuff is crazy. Every day, the hits keep coming, it seems.
Nor do they want to talk about AIDS, HIV...the propensity of gay men to sleep around and indulge in orgies...etc.
Good for her, God bless her!The Pink thing really gets to me. A pretty color for a horrid killer disease and companies jumping on the pink bandwagon to show how caring they are. Blech. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
It is a feature of the Left, the appropriation of symbols and language.
The rainbow used to be a beautiful thing. It was a symbol of God’s Covenant. Now, If I see anything resembling a rainbow other than a real rainbow in the sky, I am almost always instantly repulsed by it it.
Gay used to be a perfectly good word to be used to define something positive and cheery. Now it exclusively refers to homosexuality. Interesting how the world “homosexual” which was perfectly and clinically descriptive, cannot be used in mixed company with eliciting uncomfortable emotional squirming in some people.
Just amazing. How I detest the Left.
I see we think alike.
it’s absurd and pretentious and wrong.
Why watch at all? This isn’t your father’s football.
“David J. Driver Religion in the 21st century is a mental illness.”
Now this comment is hilarious. What we term “mental illness” is mostly aberration from the normative behavior. Meaning, if you aren’t doing what the majority normally do, mentally, you are the oddball who is at risk of being declared “mentally ill”, and it is the atheists who are in the distinct minority in terms of their religious behavior.
Oh, a car can be gay now?
I get all sorts of flak when I tell Star Wars fans C-3PO is gay. They’re all like “he’s a robot, robot’s can’t have sex so they can’t be gay”. Now I can cite this gay car as evidence!
“I was much more appalled by Beyonce’s salute to the Black Panthers”
I watched it again and I still just don’t see it. Just looks like exactly what you’d see on a National Geographic special.
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