November 14th 2008
Gays Bashing: Equal Rights For All NOT
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here is something very chilling and troubling about this video that shows angry gays jostling an elderly woman, identified by Phyllis Burgess, and destroying her property - a cross, a religious symbol - in a demonstration in Palm Springs protesting the passage of Prop 8:
Here’s a longer clip, where you see just how threatening, intimidating and belligerent the gay rights activists are in denying rights to someone who opposes their view. I believe the loudmouth in white is the same man who in the clip above is seen stomping violently on the symbol of Christ’s passion.
The early part of the clip shows how dangerous the situation was for the lady and the reporter. Fast forward up to 2:28 and you’ll see very clearly the actual event, when Burgess walks in with another supporter of Prop 8, has the cross ripped from her hands and is jostled roughly. You will see a Prop 8 proponent hold a No on 8 sign in front of the camera to prevent the recording of whatever the protesters were doing and saying to Ms. Burgess.
I just did a search on AP and Brietbart for Phyllis Burgess and found no hits. Apparently only Fox News and the desert TV stations see this as newsworthy. Imagine the press coverage we would be subjected to if a lesbian had been surrounded by Mormons, jostled roughly and her … her what? … her sex toy? … had been pulled from her arms and stomped on!
The Mainly Marginalized Media appear to have decided not to cover the incident, preferring not to criticize gays for riotous, rough behavior and the descration of sacred symbols.
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November 19th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
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November 14th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Again, no legal equivalence between non-peaceful demonstrations and the denial of equal protection under the law. You can continue to vilify the gay activists, but it does not change the un-American denial of freedom that you have yet to post a separate piece on. Kind of makes one wonder whether you really are upset about the unequal treatment of gays or whether it’s a reverse Bradley effect…
November 15th, 2008 at 2:13 am
Oh give it up, DG. Your side is acting like a bunch of hooligans, brownshirts and idiots and you should be denouncing them and speaking for the equal rights of the poor woman with the cross. The people have spoken twice. We do not want gay marriage. You have equal PROTECTION; don’t confuse marriage with protection. There is nothing un-American about holding up Christian ideals and saying we believe in them. If you’re having trouble with that, there’s always liberal, secular Europe. No wait. Europe doesn’t allow gay marriage either.
November 16th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Wow. And here I thought you were honest about a desire for equal rights and yet once again you falsely assert the existence of unequal legal treatment for gays. Stop the denials and lies. We do not yet have equal protection and that is the point. And we will not have it as long as marriage remains a public as opposed to a private institution. How many times are you going to go on denying this, and how many times are you going to falsely assert that popular elections can legally deny minorities constitutionally protected rights? And sorry Laer, but it IS COMPLETELY UNAMERICAN TO DENY EQUAL RIGHTS, regardless of whether the origins of that denial are for reasons related to religious or superstition or any other popular interest. And if you are defining me as part of a “side,” then I will gladly stand, opposite you, on the side of the U.S. Constitution and limited government out of our bedrooms and American freedom and human rights. This is not an attempt to deny Christianity, but to keep it where it belongs: in the church. Stop pretending like you are for equal rights while the practicality of your ideas and actions is to deny it… And as for acting like hooligans, I guess you’d be part of the group complaining about the marches and boisterous crowds that fought for civil rights in the 60’s, all the while missing the legal and historical significance of that epic struggle. Talk about missing the forest for the trees, you are comparing these important demonstrations to a rowdy group of sports fans after a game. Do yourself a favor and read Taylor Branch’s great works on the civil rights struggle and you will find people, on the wrong side of history, that made the same false complaints then that you make now. History really does repeat itself when people fail to learn its lessons.
November 17th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Here’s a great editorial in the Christian Science Monitor examining some key legal issues surrounding the Prop 8 vote and legal challenge developing in its aftermath. Check out: http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081114/cm_csm/yroosevelt;_ylt=AgJrOfOcBrDJc9Sl7ZSEhYD9wxIF