In response to yesterday’s post about his latest anti-gay slurs, County Commissioner Bill James responded, in CL’s comments section, that “I just say what everyone else thinks and believes.” Which is true, if what you mean by “everyone else” is “other bigots,” or maybe “those on the losing side of social progress.” In James’ latest slam against gays, triggered by a proposed letter of support for the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, he claimed that homosexuals are all “sexual predators.” The story was featured on Huffington Post yesterday, and, amazingly, was the lead story on MSNBC yesterday afternoon. James sent us an e-mail touting his TV appearance, which he claims “should be good press for Charlotte.”
Yeah, really good press — like the “good press” Charlotte received in 1996. That’s when James and other County Commission homophobes pitched a fit over a theater production of Angels In America, exposing the city to national ridicule and justified charges of gooberish provincialism. Yep, that’s really good press, all right. It just screams to the nation, “Hey, we’re still wearing overalls down here, and we’re dumber than stumps — come on down and enjoy the good life!”
The County Commission should censure James for making such blatantly ignorant, hateful statements against a specific group of citizens. It probably won’t happen, considering the Commission’s shortage of real leadership, but it certainly should. In the meantime, while we’re waiting for someone in power to do something decent for a change, let me point you to a piece from BlueNC poster fritzpardue, in which he nails the absurdity of the right’s newest idea of separate showers for gays and straights in the military. Here’s an excerpt:
I just can’t quite get my arms wrapped around this policy. It is okay for a homosexual man to take a shower with a heterosexual man, and just fine for a lesbian woman to be around when a heterosexual woman washes herself off, just as long as those homosexuals haven’t told someone openly that they are gay.But, on the other hand, if everyone knows that that homosexual man is the way he is, and that woman being a lesbian is common knowledge, then the military of the US is in danger of crumbling into a pile of ineffective rubbish that can no longer protect our country. . .
Personally, I like the view of Gen. David Petraeus’ senior aide Marvin Hill, who told the press that if there are troops who can’t deal with the repeal of DADT, they should leave the service. Amen. If you can’t serve in the military without discriminating against other troops, then get the hell out. Once and for all, enough of this homophobic crap.
This article appears in Dec 28, 2010 – Jan 3, 2011.
Everyone in the military knows that Gay soldiers have always been there. Everyone in the military knows that Gay and Straight soldiers have always showered together and bunked together. None of that was ever going to change whether “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was kept or repealed. I don’t know why people are getting all bent out of shape about it now.
For what it’s worth, I really don’t care if any soldier, Gay OR Straight, is disciplined or booted out of the military because of inappropriate conduct when on-duty. That’s not what’s at issue here. A qualified soldier should not be at risk for losing his career simply because of who he’s dating on his own time.
Hold all soldiers to the same standards of professional behavior, regardless of their sexual orientation, and the military will be able to do its job just fine. We don’t need DADT to accomplish that goal.
Personally, I applaud Mr. James. Perhaps he could have phrased his opinions better, but he certainly has the right to express those opinions. It is certainly true that deviant behavior has been in the military since the military began, but as a citizens of Christian nation, we should not be forced to financially support the deviant behavior.
This shift in endorsement of deviant behavior is more critical than we may realize. The shift marks another step in the decline of our society. God will not be mocked and we must remember that God destroyed several cities on a plain because the stench of their abomination rose up and fouled his nostrils.
Folks, we have to admit that sodomy is an abhorrent behavior and it is an abomination before God.
Finally, I don’t know that I would say that every sodomite is a sexual predator, but I believe it is true that most child abusers are sodomites. One can only assume there is a link.
Hey Randy:
Two things happening in the military:
1 Killing people on a daily basis.
2 Having a romantic relationship with someone of the same gender.
Which one violates one of the ten commandments?
Randy, I’m assuming you’re trolling for a laugh, but if not, the rest of us know that there is no helping people who still think it is the middle ages. Frankly I’m surprised you use a computer (devil’s black magic voodoo box).
I don’t think he’s trolling.
Check out his link:
http://imasaved1.blogspot.com/
imasaved huh? Little presumptuous to think God’s already picked you, don’t you think?
Going to be real funny when you end up burning right next to those sodomites for bigotry and hypocrisy isn’t it, Randy?
Reverend Wes, anyone who studies the Word of God would know that salvation is a free gift offered by all to God. No, God does not pick people, we must choose to accept the free gift of salvation God offers us. Yes, everyone is a sinner…
Ro 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
Yes, God condemns us all to death because of our sin…
Ro 6:23a For the wages of sin is death…
But God did not leave us there. God offers us a free gift. Read the rest of the verse:
Ro 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
This is a free gift which anyone can accept – the free gift of salvation. When we accept that gift, we can know we are saved – without a doubt. I know, without a doubt, that I am saved.
By the way, the sin of sodomy is no different that the sin of lying, of gossip, of adultery/fornication, etc. One is not condemned to hell because of a laundry list of sins he committed, he is condemned to hell because he rejected Christ.
Joh 3:16-18 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (18) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
I’m tired of hearing about the “sodomy” committed by gays. Do any of you bigots realize that oral sex, even with your spouse, is considered sodomy? It’s not a word just for anal intercourse. I guess my husband and I are going straight to hell.
Randy:
All that nonsense you keep spouting actually makes sense to you?
Do you really study the Bible, or do you just memorize the words without question or even understanding?