Fox Reporter: Military Opposition To Anti-Gay Hate Speech Is A Sign Of "The End Of Days"

[William769]

Fox News Radio reporter Todd Starnes criticized an email from a U.S. Army officer condemning anti-gay hate speech, suggesting that the email was a sign of "the end of days" and warning his audience that "your military is being turned against you."

In an April 9 article for Fox News Radio, Starnes reported that an email from Lt. Col. Jack Rich instructed subordinates to be on the lookout for behaviors that are "inconsistent with Army Values," including showing support for a number of "hate groups" operating in the U.S.

The email included a list of anti-gay groups like the Family Research Council (FRC) and American Family Association (AFA), stating:

The religious right in America has employed a variety of strategies in its efforts to beat back the increasingly confident gay rights movement. One of those has been defamation. Many of its leaders have engaged in the crudest type of name-calling, describing LGBT people as "perverts" with "filthy habits" who seek to snatch the children of straight parents and "convert" them to gay sex. They have disseminated disparaging "facts" about gays that are simply untrue assertions that are remarkably reminiscent of the way white intellectuals and scientists once wrote about the "bestial" black man and his supposedly threatening sexuality.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/04/11/fox-reporter-military-opposition-to-anti-gay-ha/193581

[spanone]

1. how does faux find so many pundits with traumatic brain injuries???

it's amazing

[Rex]

2. Another euphemism like 'freedoms'

used by simpletons to scare their flock. Sad. Pathetic. Wrong. I WISH people like Starnes would come out and just say what they really want to say instead of being cowards and hiding behind phrases in a book.

[William769]

5. +1

[Wait Wut]

3. He's sorta correct.

It is the end of days for him and people like him. His ship is waiting.

[William769]

4. His ship is waiting.

While it's sinking!

[sakabatou]

6. *facepalm*

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Cry me a river, Mr. Starnes. Your time is up.

[Javaman]

8. Honestly, what isn't the end of times to these fools?

"man stubs toe in Nebraska"... end of times!!!

"Woman eats bugs by accident"...end of times!!!

feel free to add your own.

How completely closed minded and narrow these people are. It's as if they live in a box and anything on the outside is bad and will harbor the apocalypse.

[lpbk2713]

9. Kinda puts a damper on their subscription-only plans.

I guess they might want to put that one on the back burner if we're looking at the 'end of times' .


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