Students protest gay rights

[Sequoia]

Under the watchful eye of police officers and media cameras, the student leader of Rancho Cotate High School's controversial Conservative Club led an off-campus protest Wednesday against gay rights.

Tim Bueler, 18, president of the club and the related High School Conservative Clubs of America, joined about a dozen protesters in a lunchtime demonstration across the street from the Rohnert Park school.

Bueler, who last year drew nationwide attention after starting the Conservative Club and claiming liberal bias in the classroom, called the demonstration "a day to stand up for God's truth." He said it was organized to protest a planned event Friday by the school's Gay-Straight Alliance Club.

Senior Christina Morey, president of the Gay-Straight Alliance, said Wednesday's anti-gay demonstration is proof that efforts to promote tolerance of alternative lifestyles are needed.

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[GOPBasher]

1. All I can say is

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :banghead:

[Pinata Monkey]

5. Elaboration

Marriage is a religious construct...

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Although I believe marriage is a generally positive thing for society to recognize...the fact that it's based on a religious doctrine, thus prohibiting "deviates" from marrying, flat out SCREAMS that THIS religious belief WILL be socially, and legally enforced.

[GOPBasher]

14. I'm not talking about marriage.

While gay marriage is something that they were protesting, they also were admonishing people simply for being gay. They had signs up that had a circle and a cross-out of the word "gay." They were bashing homosexuals in general, not just gay marriage.

[Pinata Monkey]

2. Proving my point

I feel EVERYONE should have a voice...so I support these students right to demonstrate...that they are idiots.

I've said it many times (not in here 'cause I'm a noob), the anti-gay movement is 99% religiously driven, and it pisses me off.

iN 3...2...1...

:rant:

Marriage is claimed to be the union of a man and woman before "God" and country. Take the "God" part out, because that's a ceremony, and not legally viable. Now we have a union between a man and woman before country: legally; a contract. Break it down further: you have a legal contract between a man and a woman...but you can't restrict consenting adults from entering a contract...so you can't limit it to a man and a woman.

Basically, because "God" is in the equasion...the right says it's wrong.

IT'S A LEGAL CONTRACT...NOTHING MORE!!!

[Deja Q]

6. And a contract more than 50% of our people treat as inconsequential,

judging by the divorce rate.

[Pinata Monkey]

9. how dare you!!!

Now you're saying that those cramming religion down our throats are 2-faced???

They don't want to admit it's a religious argument because their own people are defying their own beliefs.

[jonnyblitz]

10. oh i think it is great the the bigots are out there on parade

for everybody to see. Now everybody knows who they are.

[last_texas_dem]

3. This Bueler guy sounds like a real asshole

I guess he'll be going pretty far in politics one of these days.

[Heidi]

4. Their rights would not be the least bit diminished

by basic human rights being extended to every other human being on earth. I feel sorry for these misguided young people who obviously aren't thinking for themselves, but simply parroting what bigoted adults have told them.

(Edited for spelling.)

[JohnKleeb]

7. Agh what an asshole that Bueller dude is

I agree with the junior Corrine said as well, it gives Christianity a bad name.

[AlCzervik]

8. The high school in my town had a day of tolerance

it was for everybody but of course The eagle forum assholes show up and picket and hand out pamphlets to students. I emailed the local eagle forum idiot and we prosed a meeting, me and a few other concerned citizens of my town, the forum agrred to meet with us in a public place but surprise, surprise thier rep never showed.

[GiovanniC]

11. In Related News, a Spokesman For God

said, "Standing up for God's truth must, by definition, including loving thy neighbor. Fucknut."

[KurtNYC]

12. "Can anyone tell me what a brainwashed bigot looks like?"

"Anyone? Anyone.... anyone... Bueler."

[ContraBass Black]

13. Foolishness like this awakens people to reality.

There's a silver lining.

[donheld]

15. Sickening

:puke:

[terrya]

16. Shockingly stupid even for bigots.

I agree completely with Christina Morey...if this isn't a call for gay-straight alliances in every high school in the country, I don't know what is.