[scripter]

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[Brimack34]

Remember this the next time you hear a liberal say O'Really is a conservative!!!

[scripter]

In regards to homosexuality and genetics, the work of homosexual activist Dr. Simon LeVay has often been used to support the idea that homosexuality is genetic, and his work is still quoted to this day. But what did LeVay really find? Here is what LeVay said of his own work in a March 1994 interview with Discover magazine:

"[His 1991 research] made the unassuming LeVay one of the most misunderstood men in America. "It's important to stress what I didn't find," he points out with the courtly patience of someone who long ago got used to waiting for the rest of the world to catch up. "I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay. I didn't show that gay men are 'born that way,' the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain --INAH3 is less likely to be the sole gay nucleus of the brain than part of a chain of nuclei engaged in men and women's sexual behavior. My work is just a hint in that direction--a spur, I hope, to future work."

Source: Interview with David Nimmons (March, 1994) "Sex and the Brain", Discover, Vol. 15, No. 3, p. 64-71.

Ten years later still nothing from LeVay or anybody else.

[counterpunch]

Bill O'Reilly is an idiot.
He's just a spineless opportunist who masquarades as "common folk".
He uses the same tactics as Democrats to prey on the stupid.

O'Reilly has been on a crusade for a long time now to recast himself as "independent" which means he's touting a lot of liberal propaganda because he got tired of being beaten up for being a conservative from the left. He couldn't take the heat so he got out of the kitchen.

[scripter]

In 1973 the APA (American Psychiatric Association) declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. According to Simon LeVay, who is homosexual, an activist and a scientist, said it wasn't science that propelled the APAs change:

"Gay activism was clearly the force that propelled the APA to declassify homosexuality."

Source: Simon LeVay, Queer Science, MIT Press, 1996, p. 224

[sinkspur]

O'Reilly is against gay marriage. He's said it over, and over, and over and over. He opposes it for the "flood-gates" implication, meaning that approving gay marriage means polygamy would have to be approved, and bestial "marriages" would also have to be approved.

[AgThorn]

Used to love O'Reilley when he first came out ... but he is a blowhard. Too opinioned and lost as some sort of RINO whatever he is. Sorry, no interest in watching or listening to him anymore. Give me Rushbo anyday!!!

[scripter]

Dr. Robert L. Spitzer played a pivotal role in the 1973 decision by the APA to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder. Spitzer used to believe homosexuals couldn't change but after studying the results of therapy he now believes homosexuals can change:

"I thought that homosexual behavior could be resisted--but that no one could really change their sexual orientation. I now believe that's untrue--some people can and do change." Spitzer completely changed his mind whether or not some homosexuals can change. And then Spitzer concluded with:

"the mental health professionals should stop moving in the direction of banning therapy that has, as a goal, a change in sexual orientation. Many patients, provided with informed consent about the possibility that they will be disappointed if the therapy does not succeed, can make a rational choice to work toward developing their heterosexual potential and minimizing their unwanted homosexual attractions."

Source: Spitzer made the above comments at an annual APA meeting, May 9, 2001. The study was reported in the May 9, 2001 issues of The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today and it was also released to many local newspapers via the AP. ABC, CBS, FOX and MSNBC all reported the study.

Spitzer went from believing homosexuals can't change to where they can, and then he goes so far as to say mental health professions shouldn't ban the very therapy resulting in that change.

[armymarinemom]

Bill O'Reilly reminds me a lot of Kerry. He wakes up in the morning and reads polls in order to decide how he should think for the rest of the day.

[davisfh]

"But what does Bill O'Reilly's think "pursuing happiness" includes?"

I think that I know the answer to this question but if I said anything that graphic, I would expect to be removed from this forum. All one has to do to KNOW that this is wrong is to form an image of what these people are doing to each other in one's mind and you'll know that it is wrong. A bit of advice though. Make sure you're somewhere that you can throw up before forming that image.

[Bommer]

O'Rielly has turned into the most self-promoted conceted pompous ass on TV and radio. Watching him is almost like watching an angry Ted Baxter. No clout anymore

[McBuff]

What do you expect from a big fat egotisical Irish BAFOON!

All you need to know about O'Reilly: IT'S ALWAYS-ALWAYS ABOUT HIM!!!!

[xkaydet65]

Unless O'Reilly is a practicing homosexual he is not in contradiction to Church teaching. Unlike abortion which is a situation where advocacy of it results in the taking of innocent life, homosexual conduct, not homosexuality, is a sin. Acceptance of people who participate in homosexual behavior by others, be they a parent of a gay, or a cable TV commentator, in no way contradicts the Church.

[weegee]

Are we still slouching towards Gomorrah or are we having a race to see who can get there first?

[COEXERJ145]

O'Reilly is only concerned with his ratings and his stupid book. I mean, how often does he spend whining about whether Shrially's book or his has sold more copies. He'll do and say whatever he thinks will benefit him. Once the campaign really starts, he'll probably trash Kerry as much as Bush just so he can look "fair and balanced".

[cajun-jack]

I just plain don't like o'reilly...can't stand him on the radio and darn sure would not watch him on t.v.

I think he is just a self aggrandizing ego maniac.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>To many, O'Reilly has sold out.

How can one who's never bought in sell out?

[xm177e2]

Bill O'Reilly tragically bit the bait and once again displayed his personal bias... Fox News claims to be fair and balanced. Then let America hear the truth, Mr.O'Reilly, about homosexuality. Respectfully, do as you say – "We report, you decide."

Oh my gosh! Bill O'Reilly let his opinion out on his show!! Amazing!!! How dare he violate the sacred trust of "we report, you decide" by allowing his opinion to enter the no-spin zone? I am not just offended, I am scandalized.

[Condor51]

Excuse me, I just saw the word 'fisting'. I now feel dirty and must go shower - with Lava!

[Heartlander]

Scripter!
I know a Christian conservative gay man who is currently legally married in Texas right now! The state actually recognizes his marriage. How can this be?

Well let me explain, he is married to a woman and has two children (maybe more now). He told me that he recognized his behavior as wrong and changed his lifestyle. For him, he told me, it is like someone who finally understands beating your wife is wrong –pedophilia is wrong – infidelity is wrong –obesity is wrong – or alcoholism is wrong. The bottom line is morality.

The government and society should not give a wink to any of these actions but it is interesting where the media gives a wink on these issues.

Anyway, O'Reilly does have libertarian leanings. People should understand that society and the church can censor the media more than the media can censor either one. I think we have lost our sense of who’s in control.