Raise your hand if you love local politics because it’s a sideshow, and not because it provides fodder for a little sitcom called Parks & Recreation. Here comes Oklahoma City Councilman Brian Walters, who’s furious about the gays once again holding their annual gay pride parade, because who wants to see a bunch of god’s mistakes walk down the street?
Walters, who was the only “no” vote for the pride parade (with seven yes votes), explained his thinking: “I just can’t support that lifestyle based on my beliefs, and stuff.”
Oh, and then he compared gays to child predators and wife beaters: “I don’t want my vote to be construed as support, because I really don’t support that, the same way that I wouldn’t support a group of say pedophiles who wanted to assemble. I would not vote yes on that either, [or] men who beat up their wives. Anything like that.”
But Walters, a self-professed born again Christian, didn’t mean to be a jerk, he says: “It’s not a personal thing. I don’t hate them or anything like that. It’s just something that … a moral conviction of mine that I cannot support.”
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alan brickman
Sad in this day and age…this still counts as respected intelligence!!!
Jon
The only think I can’t stand is when gay bashers and people who don’t support equal rights want respect. I would rather spit in their face then give them an ounce of respect on their hateful views.
7
‘He says “I just can’t support that lifestyle based on my belief system,” not “beliefs, and stuff.”
Far be it from me to defend a bigoted non-person, but you gotta transcribe accurately. That’s just basic journalism.
Gridlock
I like that he’s trying to impose his belief system on others instead of adhering to it by not marching in the parade personally.
Thanks, assclown.
David Ehrenstein
He’ll be arrested for “taking a Wide Stance” in five. . .four .. .three. . .two.. .
PeterC
Maybe someone could take him aside and explain to him that nearly all wife beaters and pedophiles are heterosexual.
Qjersey
Closeted power bottom.
JT
My standard response to “it’s not personal”: Actually, yes it is. You, as a person, are demeaning me, a person. It’s personal. And if you want to make an exception for me, simply because I happen to have called you out on it, you violated your own beliefs. Own your bigotry, or give it up.
jeffree
The good news is that he was the only NO vote, so the parade will go on.
To mark the festivities, they should have an afterparty right near the Councilman’s house — obviously respecting his “private property” 😀 Then again, he sounds mentally unbalanced, so better not.
Yet another example that stupidity, religion & politics are a bad mix.
Tackle
Look, Jason! A white man who is against the gay and lesbian community. Ok, let him have it! Oh, I forgot. He’s the wrong color.
ewe
This councilman thinks that his morality matches his constituency. Even if true, he must be terminated from his position because he is promoting discrimination. I think i said it simple enough. The bitch is ignorant and dumb as a rock.
whatever
bomb the south!
hyhybt
@whatever: OK’s not “the south.”
Mike in Asheville, nee "in Brooklyn"
Hey Queerty, how about pulling out a thesaurus or using an on-line one. Your use of “Adorable” even as a rhetorical device for sarcasm greatly fails. There simply is nothing adorable about hateful bigots, even ones who attempt to cover-up their bigotry with an “awe shucks” attitude.
Kieran
There is nothing “adorable” about ignorance or bigotry. An ignorant bigot is always UGLY.
j
People, they’re just being facetious by using the term adorable.
whatever
@hyhybt: Well it ain’t the midwest. If Tex-ass is the South, why can’t OK be?
whatever
And I stand by original statement on principle no matter where OK is geographically.
David
I’d like to take a more positive outlook on this and point out how handsome and intelligent that Kirk dude is who is organizing the festival. Call me!
Hylomorphic
@whatever: As mentioned previously, OK isn’t the South. Oklahoma culture is a strange mix of the Southwest, South, and Midwest.
But no, you don’t want to bomb us. Tulsa has a tremendously strong LGBT community, and the OKC Pride festival sees crowds tens of thousands strong.
Here in OKC, one of the candidates for state senate is a trans-woman named Brittany Novotny. (Lovely woman. She shows up from time to time at events thrown by my campus’ LGBT group.) She’s received buckets of hate mail for supporting the continuation of a one cent sales tax hike for downtown development–and absolutely none for transitioning from male to female.
The people of OKC shouldn’t be stereotyped as hateful bigots based on the actions of a hateful minority.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
@PeterC: 100% Co-Sign, the fact that percentage wise the straights outnumber the Gays in kiddie diddling always somehow conviently gets lost on these rightwing scumbags…………..
And as to the “adorable” tag for this strhater, He fell way from the tippy top o’ the ugly tree and hit every branch face first on the way down……………
Jonathan
What do you expect from a Baptist born again evangelical?
He’s stupid, uses his religion to demonize others and is a sanctimonious prick. I say we all off OK and push all of these lunatics into OK, seal the border and have a large military base suronding that sorry ass state to make sure none of them escape.
Andy
Another closet case.
Ronbo
Doesn’t our President say “God is in the mix” so that he, also, can deny teh Gays equality? I absolutely LOVE Religious bigotry to conceal sexual ambiguity or… questions about his (her) sexuality or just plain bigotry. Obama doesn’t hate you or your sexuality – just who you are – on the inside.
DavidSaint
I have to laugh because it’s just so stupid. I mean these people must have their I’M Stupid cards in their wallets. He’s Gotta be a card carrying bigot. Too funny. He’s not a jerk He’s just past-tense and gay. Both really ridiculous.
DavidSaint
Ps and he’s fat and ugly, seems to be much of the time one or both.
Lanjier
Hey asshole – you don’t get to throw around your weird, cherry-picked from the bible beliefs when you are an elected official. You are REQUIRED to allow the freedom of assembly and the equal protection of the laws. What you are doing is using your office to impose your religious beliefs on others who do not share them. That is an abuse of your office, and very un-American.
So fuck you.
Republican
Here’s a clue for all you lurking bigots. If you don’t like gay pride parades, don’t go to them. In fact, you can even hold a “Bigot Pride” parade. It’s been done before: http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/urbs3525/2007/denver/denver_images/kkk_parade.jpg
Rick Brannon
Methinks the lady protest to much.
All these “queers are pedophiles” types turn out to be big old flaming fags themselves.
BTFW, he is NOT hot.
Toby
I bet 100 bucks Brian Walters has a gay sex scandal sometime in the next 5 years.
Jesse Helms
This is my WASP type of politician.
eric
Oh look at all the Christian hate, God unlike man isn’t required to be tolerant, nor does he require his followers to be tolerant.Especially when it is written so plainly.
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman.It is an abomination.Leviticus 18:22
If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them. Leviticus 20:13
You could retort with something to the effect of God loves… thou that doesn’t negate the previous verses sorry.God does love man, but that doesn’t mean he has got to love our sin.
One would think that the place formally known as Sodom, which God destroyed with fire and brimstone would be an obvious reminder of God’s disgust for such behavior.
hyhybt
@eric: Should I even bother…. oh, why not.
The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is *not* about homosexuality. They saw strangers in town and tried to commit gang rape! It doesn’t matter whether the angels appeared to be male or female: rape is wrong either way, and is based not on sex but on power. The Bible even says what they were destroyed for (elsewhere, and I never *can* remember where) and while some newer translations insert homosexuality into the list, it’s not really there: “strange flesh” much more clearly refers to the angels’ not being humans.
As for Leviticus, well, you should read it all the way to the end, where it explicitly states that it’s the law *for ancient Israel.* Not for anyone else.
hyhybt
@DavidSaint: Is his wallet with the “I’m Stupid” card in it made of duct tape?
eric
@hyhybt
No sorry, you are wrong, and you pathetically attempt to say it only applied to the Jews.Sounds like some “the bible’s full of contradictions” and “I’ll use scripture when it’s convenient”.
But that’s why you got gay and lesbian church’s, because you think you can twist God’s word to suit your disgusting sexual preference.
Thou, I would hate to be on the receiving end of divine discipline for taking His word out of context and spreading your lies as the truth.
hyhybt
@eric: @eric: Then stop doing so.
eric
Keep trying, I think I’ll stick to “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine”
Cassandra
Eric
You are wrong.
First, you have bound yourself under all of Levitical law now, by misusing passages from Leviticus to judge GLBTQ people.
Second, Leviticus was NOT written in English, and the Hebrew expresses something very different. The word ‘toebah’, which the KJV translates as ‘abomination’ means neither sin, or abomination, it means ritual impurity, with a strong connotation of idolatry.
Second, both passages you quoted use two different words for male, the first indicating husband, the second, holy man or priest. So you have a husband having sex with a priest = ritual impurity.
Third, the use of the concept “a woman’s bed” – which KJV translates as “as with a woman” eliminates the possibility that the text is describing homosexuals.
Most important of all, the death penalty in Lev 20:13 explicitly contradicts Christ’s teaching on the Law, and for Christians, Christ supercedes Levitical law.
Additionally, with the exception of RC and Orthodox Christians, Christianity teaches salvation by grace, not by works, so the heresy ‘homosexuality is sin’ is moot for the issue of salvation.
Re: Sodom – Again, you are wrong. Sodom was condemned before the angels arrived, so the threatened actions of the men, women and children of Sodom is irrelevant.
Second, Ezekiel makes it very clear what the sin of Sodom was, and did not even hint at homosexuality, and he even pointed out that Jerusalem’s sin of idolatry and human sacrifice was worse than the sin of Sodom.
Third, the word ‘yada’, interpreted as indicating sex/rape by homphobes, means ‘to know’ and 99% of the time it appears in the Bible, it means information, rather than carnal knowledge. Given that Sodom had recently been sacked in a war, “interrogate” – which could include the evil of torture, is the most likely meaning of ‘yada’ in the account of Sodom.
However, even if rape had been the intent, rape and consensual intimacy are not equivalents. If one interprets destruction of Sodom over rape of men by men as creating a universal condemnation of homosexuality, then the many passages where rape in a heterosexual context creates a universal condemnation of heterosexuality as well.
It is sin on your part to use one standard for heterosexuals, and a harsher and prohibitive one for heterosexuals.
Of course, that the OT, and the story doesn’t end there. Jesus came along and provide a test for accurate teaching – evil fruit is proof of a false teaching, good fruit is proof of Godly teaching. Since all of the consequences, the fruit, of ‘homosexuality is sin’ are destructive, abusive, degrading and evil, ‘homosexuality is sin’ is not from God.
Lastly, it is worth pointing out that when you sacrifice the lives of GLBTQ people, even only in thought by embracing the death penalty in Lev 20:13 – you are engaged in idolatry on the same level that Ezekiel rebuked Jerusalem for, idolatry that Jerusalem, and the people of Israel in general, were punished for per the account in Jeremiah.
You should consider repenting of your sin of calling GLBTQ people swine as well, since that is also a case of disobeying Jesus.