Is that report funded by The Watchtower ? You know, Jehovah's Witnesses? They are a strange lot.

shocker!!! that this comes from a religious website. i suppose liking women is a choice too. you know...in my youth one day i just all of a sudden decided that i liked girls, so i stuck with that choice...right!!

Originally posted by yankeerose
You know... normally I would hit the ALERT button for a thread as obviously idiotic as this one. So much hate, anger, and phobia all wrapped up in one post.

But your lucky... I am developing a thicker skin to be on ATS...

I wonder if my tin foil hat will block waves of stupidity?

unfortunatly the stupidity shown in the OP is so condensed, that you'd need a 3 inch steel hat to even start to deflect it's dumbness.

a whole article of laughable, knee jerk religiously biggoted turd wash. But the lord loves you *flutters eye lashes*

Yes I don't know if one can truly say ALL of something is something.
Especially with gays.
They are to varied.
For some, sure it might be a sexual disorder.
For some, even a psych disorder.
But for many clearly, they are just that way.
They don't have any other symptoms of any other problems.
They are just gay.

It's been a while since I last read such an ignorant article not to mention the obvious hate speech. "David R Usher" should be locked up for crimes against humanity...

1. He tries to portray gay people as "bad guys" by comparing them to drug users?! Say what?

The contemporary addiction to “gay” liberation is no less dangerous or mind-altering than being addicted to heroine.

What a nonsensical statement. Homosexuality - just like heterosexuality - is about love and attraction. Love has been called a "drug", yes, but love makes the world go round. You cannot compare the effects of love with the effects of hard drugs.

(I know someone is going to stand up and say "not all homosexuals are into love and relationships". Well the same thing can be said about heterosexuals.)

2.

Gay men have eight times more sexual partners than heterosexual men do, and are the prevalent reason why 3% of individuals living in Washington D.C. are infected with H.I.V

Gay men have 8 times more sexual partners than heterosexual men do?! Says who? From which thumb did he suck this?

3% of individuals in the Washington DC area are infected by HIV? If Mr Usher bothered to read the article he links to, he would have noticed only 37% of the study candidates had homosexual relations... Does that mean that the other 63% are "innocent" heterosexuals?

3.

Speaking frankly, I know what goes on in the gay community having been invited to a few gay parties.

Uhuh. Perhaps he should go to a few "heterosexual" swinging parties and see if heterosexuals are really that innocent when it comes to "wild parties" and things that go on in the bathrooms?

And a job well done throwing all homosexual under one big umbrella!

4.

Same-sex marriage is a viciously sexist proposition: the stated intent of feminist strategists is to secure the right for any two women to marry each other, turning marriage into a feminist political institution having chattel control of family, children, and the levers of political power. We are not far from this day. Upon creation of Obama’s White House Council on Women and Girls, N.O.W’s president (and Alpha-lesbian) Kim Gandy proudly proclaimed “We Got the Entire Cabinet.” Obama is set to inject gay lifestyle into the military, and sign a non-binding U.N. gay rights treaty that G.W. Bush refused to sign.

I don't even know where to begin poking holes in this paragraph. If I've ever seen sexist statements. This is it. I must for once congratulate him for leaving gay men out of it for a change. This time it's the lesbians that has it in for the American lifestyle... But just for good measure let's throw a little "military" in there, even though it has nothing to do with the rest of the paragraph.

5.

We have an aids epidemic in America caused by queer activists practicing and proselytizing their addiction. The epidemic is spreading into the heterosexual community at an alarming pace, most likely enhanced by swinging lesbians.

Yep. Heterosexuals being infected by HIV. It must be those darn lesbians. The heterosexuals are way to innocent to take the blame for their own actions...

6.

Matters of public health and states’ interest are paramount. States should quickly enact health laws making homosexuality illegal and sending those who insist on practicing it into sexual addiction recovery programs until they get well.

One thing is certain. David Usher is a blithering idiot. He has not said a single thing worth pondering. Weak.

7. What the OP "reject" wanted to achieve by posting this article is also quite clear. "Being queer is a sexual disorder"...!? Where is your proof? This article? You'll have to do better than that.

I see our ATSers are wise and can see right through the pathetic excuse of an article.


[edit on 3/30/09 by Gaspode]

GAYS are GREAT - for some reason they are the most amusing/bitchy/kind/intelligent people in the universe.

Why is that, I wonder.

This is utterly ridiculous.

Ignorance at it's finest.

Sexual disorder? People need to just get over this. Homosexuality has been part of the human race for and immeasurable amount of time. It's not going to go away.

It's not a disorder.

Or a disease.

Or a psychological problem.

It's just the simple fact that there are people out there that are different from you.

Okay .. I'll put this delicately ..

The title says 'being queer ... ' and then the article talks about homosexuals. Those are two different things. Being a homosexual is attraction to the same sex. But queering is attraction to both men and women .. and the person doing the queering will dress as a man one day and a woman the next ... and sometimes wear faux-sexual organs that are strapped on .... etc etc.

Queering and being a homosexual are two different things - last I saw.

I have no idea where you saw that but:

queer
(kwîr) Pronunciation Key
adj. queer·er, queer·est

1. Deviating from the expected or normal; strange: a queer situation.
2. Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric. See Synonyms at strange.
3. Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious.
4. Slang Fake; counterfeit.
5. Feeling slightly ill; queasy.
6. Offensive Slang Homosexual.
7. Usage Problem Of or relating to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, or transgendered people.

n.

1. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual person.
2. Usage Problem A lesbian, gay male, bisexual, or transgendered person.

tr.v. queered, queer·ing, queers Slang

1. To ruin or thwart: "might try to queer the Games with anything from troop movements . . . to a bomb attack" (Newsweek).
2. To put (someone) in a bad position.

I must say, I've never heard the word queer refered to as a bi sexual cross dresser.

It's always been a gay slur round these 'ere parts. Prehaps it's a regional language thing.

Originally posted by Acidtastic
I must say, I've never heard the word queer refered to as a bi sexual cross dresser.

It's always been a gay slur round these 'ere parts. Prehaps it's a regional language thing.

I've never heard the word "queering" before at all.

Queer, yes...mostly meant as an insult...but never "queering".

Originally posted by TasteTheMagick
I have no idea where you saw that ...

In my human sexuality text book for my psychology degree.

Originally posted by Acidtastic
It's always been a gay slur round these 'ere parts.

When i was a kid ... a long time ago ... it was just a nasty slang towards homosexuals. But in my college text it has 'queering' as those who are attracted to both sexes and who will 'switch' their own sex day to day, by strapping on faux-sex organs and dressing as the other sex etc etc.

Originally posted by FlyersFan

Originally posted by TasteTheMagick
I have no idea where you saw that ...

In my human sexuality text book for my psychology degree.

Originally posted by Acidtastic
It's always been a gay slur round these 'ere parts.

When i was a kid ... a long time ago ... it was just a nasty slang towards homosexuals. But in my college text it has 'queering' as those who are attracted to both sexes and who will 'switch' their own sex day to day, by strapping on faux-sex organs and dressing as the other sex etc etc.

well, what can I say

you learn something new every day

(which means my days' just become free )

Originally posted by Acidtastic
I must say, I've never heard the word queer refered to as a bi sexual cross dresser.

It's always been a gay slur round these 'ere parts. Prehaps it's a regional language thing.

That's way I understand it too. The only way I can understand the way 'queering' is used above is as some practice to make someone queer (as through a symbolic use of buggery), which surely would indicate 'queer' as a noun or adjective was in use first and queering as a verb appeared later.

Also, in regard to the article in the OP. I definitely think there's something in the idea that it's self-loathing repressed homosexuals that are also the most vocal of antagonists when it comes to all things 'queer'.

How does quote go? 'The lady doth protest too much, methinks'

Originally posted by FlyersFan
In my human sexuality text book for my psychology degree.

That's definitely interesting...however, the dictionary doesn't say anything about that, although it could just be that I'm looking in the wrong place.

At any rate "queering" might be what you suggested, but "being queer" normally refers to someone being gay.