Posted by
David Zublick on Saturday, February 17, 2007 12:05:44 PM
The fallout over retired basketball player Tim
Hardaway's comments regarding homosexuals has been over-the-top.
Hardaway,
in a radio interview, said he "hates gay people". He later apologized,
but the reverberations from his remarks sparked immediate outrage by
the gay community. He was labeled a bigot and a
homophobe. The NBA banned him from participating in this weekend's All-Star Game festivities in
Las
Vegas. Commissioner David Stern said "We acted immediately, we told him
he couldn't do any more work for us because his views don't represent
our views.
Well,
Hardaway's
views may not represent the official views of the National Basketball
Association, but disapproval of homosexuality does reflect the opinions
of a
sizeable
percentage of the American population. For most of this nation, which
the last time I checked was still Christian, homosexuality is not
regarded as a genetically engineered condition of birth, but rather an
abomination
abhorred by God.
Homosexuality
is a lifestyle choice, one that is sinful. To most of us, it is
revolting. The acts committed in the name of this sin are sick and
disgusting. But the gay advocacy groups have a loud voice in this
country, and they have forced most Americans to be silent on the issue.
The problem is that we are heading down a slippery slope which will
eventually force us to "accept" as normal all means of behavior.
How
long will it be before pedophilia is considered a lifestyle choice? Or
bestiality? And how will those who disagree and are repulsed by these
sins be labeled?
Pedophobes?
Beastophobes?
And let's not forget something like polygamy. If you are against men
and women having multiple spouses, should you be shunned by society or
lose your job because you dare to have this view?
The political
correctness that has permeated our society over the last twenty years
or so has gotten completely out of hand. Free speech isn't free any
more. You say something that offends someone, and you are dead meat.
The last time I checked, there was no right not to be offended in the
United States Constitution.
Homosexuality has become a religious
movement in this country. It is somehow considered sacred and
untouchable. Its leaders in this movement act like Nazis and fascists,
silencing those who dare to disagree with them. Those of us who find
their behaviors abnormal have become too frightened to speak out
because of the repercussions we may face.
There was an episode of the Twilight Zone called "It's a Good Life". It starred Billy
Mumy
as a six-year-old boy who holds an entire town hostage because he has
the ability to read their thoughts. And if he doesn't like what they
are thinking, he punishes them by wishing them away. That is exactly
what is happening with the homosexual movement. If you speak up against
it, you are in effect, wished away. I'm not even sure the NBA really
believes that Tim
Hardaway's
views do not reflect their views. But they have to say what they said.
They are being held hostage buy the Nazis in the gay religion.
It's really a shame.
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