Brokeback Mountain destroys 1 marriage already!

[BR_Parkway]

Well, according to Stephen(ie) Bennett, famed "ex-gay". Wonder if he'd actually name the guy so we could interview him - after all, the man just saw the flick and is busting the closet door down!

Already a few wagons are circling against the movie. Straight Talk Radio, a daily national radio program hosted by a man who describes himself as a former homosexual and his wife, denounced the movie as "homosexual propaganda."

"I just spoke with a married man on the telephone who is contemplating leaving his wife and children," says host Stephen Bennett. "He says he's gay, and Brokeback Mountain has influenced his decision. We can sadly expect to see a lot more men like former governor Jim McGreevey of New Jersey not only resigning from their jobs but from their wives, children and families."

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2005-12-13-brokeback_x.htm

Hopefully, in a really shallow way, we'll get all the cute married ones!

Reproduction of Homosexuals

Produce gay cowboy movie. Selection of the proper, really hot stars will determine if we convert 10-15% of all married guys who see this flick. National Gay Influence committee to conduct a survey to find the most appealing straight men to make sure we accomplish the upper range of of conversions. Report due to Gay & Lesbian Pressure on Manufacturers to Adopt Our Agenda (GLPMAOA) by February 15th, to insure enough time to produce all the toasters we expect to award after proper selection of movie stars

2005 Official Gay Agenda, Goals for the Year, Page 28, Section 119(b)

[terrya]

1. Miss Bennett needs to get take a Valium or something.

PLEASE, girlfriend!

[ronnykmarshall]

46. She needs a stiff one

and I'm not talking about a drink.

[davidinalameda]

48. don't we all

hmmm?

[xchrom]

2. i think i'm gonna move to china and make 15 cents an hour

and help buil those toasters.

onward glorious goal of converting straight married men!

[meegbear]

3. EX-CELLENT!!

The first phase of our fiendish plot of subverting heterosexuals into the radical homosexual agenda is bearing fruit!

BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[CGrantt57]

5. NEVER!!!

You'll never get me!!

I so much prefer tuna taco to kielbasa.

[meegbear]

6. Breed while you can ...

you'll be sipping cosmos and hanging around gymnasiums before you know it!

Comform!
Comform!
Comform!

[CGrantt57]

25. Breed while you can ...

I have...and I can't anymore, actually.

I've been snipped.

I can now Shtup With Impunity.

However, a hairy butt just doesn't do it for me.

Sorry.

[meegbear]

26. Fah! You won this round ...

but, beware! Our next phase, infiltrating hair salons, is coming soon!

BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[CGrantt57]

28. Fah! You won this round ...

but, beware! Our next phase, infiltrating hair salons, is coming soon!

Beware of what??

I'm bald as a cue ball...

"Toothless, naked, and bald I came into this world,
And going out, I'll do the same."

[meegbear]

37. Wow! Dude, this is called "joking around"

Jeez.

[CGrantt57]

38. "joking around"

I know that...

Thought you knew it too.

But, what do I know...

Happy Holigays!

Regards,

[sui generis]

54. me neither

I much prefer them shaved

:rofl:

[liberalpress]

12. Stop it, you guys, just stop it!

Now is not the time for this... it's taking away the fcous on the left-wing plot to steal Christmas!

[BOSSHOG]

4. If the religiously insane want to save marriages

where is that amendment to ban divorce? Why that'll shore up the sanctity thing huh?

And "I just talked to a man on the phone" and he says a meteorite the size of the sun will smash into earth in 48 hours. I tend to just denounce this as "meteorite propaganda."

[Deja Q]

8. *Ding* *Ding* *Ding*

You are correct, sir! :thumbsup:

Evangelicals themselves don't even know what they're doing; they've whittled everything down to strings of cozy catchphrases.

[Inland]

11. They should start with own marriages

Apparently they get divorced at the same rates as everyone else, and maybe at a higher rate. Charity and marriage begin at home.

http://www.skeptictank.org/gen2/gen00101.htm

14 Feb 2000

Study: Religion no divorce preventive

By Virginia Culver
Denver Post Religion Writer

Jan. 8 - There are more divorces among born-again Christians than among atheists, a new study shows. Among born-again Christians, the highest rate of divorce is among Baptists, according to the nationwide survey, done by Barna Research Group, an independent marketing and research association in Ventura, Calif.

Twenty-nine percent of all adult Baptists surveyed have been divorced, while 21 percent of atheists have been divorced.

The results, which came from interviews with 4,000 adults throughout 1999, showed that 30 percent of Jews have been through a divorce, 28 percent of Episcopalians have been and 24 percent of Mormons have had a marital split.

Among other categories of Christians, the percentage of divorce was 21 percent for Catholics and Lutherans, 26 percent for Methodists, 34 percent for non-denominational Christians, 28 percent for Pentecostals and 23 percent of Presbyterians.

George Barna, founder and head of Barna Research, said the findings about high divorce among born-again Christians aren't new. "While it may be alarming, that pattern has been in place for some time," he said.

"Even more disturbing is that when those (born-again) individuals experience a divorce, many of them feel their community of faith provides rejection rather than support and healing. But the research also raises questions regarding the effectiveness of the churches' ministry to families," he said.

**************

[BOSSHOG]

14. Giving credence to a wonderful bumper sticker

I saw about a month ago.

FOCUS ON YOUR OWN DAMN FAMILY

[Deja Q]

7. If they got married and had kids, keep the responsibility and live with it

He took the vows, he bred, he's got kids - and a loving wife, try to stay together. People have no damn clue what they give up.

This guy breakin' up is idealistic. Give him 3 months and he'll be longing for the life he discarded.

If people weren't evil towaards homosexuals in the first place, the guy may never have gotten married and none of this be an issue.

But he took an oath and he's not very nice for ditching it.

I don't care when a guy realizes he's gay. When you make such decisions, you have to stick with them!

I always knew I was different, but didn't have the words or pinpointing the actual differences until I was 24. Not that knowing helped...

BTW: I dated a guy, big time evangelical, who cheated on his wife many times and then divorced her. He dumped me 3 months later, realizing he preferred his family. (he's since gone back to his old church and he's contemplating gettin' back with the ex. Good luck.) I don't know what's wrong with me (maybe it's my lack of "gettin' some" in the first damn place), but I know how to be monogamous. That and I saw how his kids were reacting, it was not good.

BTW: As you all well know, I am gay, maybe bisexual, but I couldn't care less either way about what I am because I barely even get a date; so I will never know. And I must agree that when you make a decision and kids are involved, you don't nix it. You made the choice, now lump it.

[foreigncorrespondent]

33. I really have a lot of sympathy for you, HT!

I really do.

Right now you seem to be on sort of self destruction path. I am perceiving this through your words in recent days.

You appear angry with yourself, but you also appear angry with the LGBTIQQ community and that simply isn't fair. Especially to those of us who do work to prove that our community isn't made up of people who made a "choice" to be gay.

These words of yours: This guy breakin' up is idealistic. Give him 3 months and he'll be longing for the life he discarded. What do you think the homophobes (including those right here on DU) are going to see in those words? Well I will tell you, seem as how you seem to be pretty much ignoring me of late. Maybe then you might see the harm your words can/will cause our community, and you don't even have to respond. They are simply going to see that we made a choice to be gay. And with in months of making that decision we are going to want to revert back to a heterosexual life.

Also, has it ever occurred to you that said radio "ex" gay man actually framed the call? In order to try and prove that homosexuality is in fact an immoral choice we all make?

And not all marriages end in horror stories as you suggest. I knew someone who due to the pressure of society and family married a woman. Only this guy was gay. He tried to live the straight life, but after 15 years and two daughters, he realized he could not continue living a lie. He came out to his wife who was so supporting of him, they remained married for a further 5 years. It wasn't until she had met someone that they got divorced so she could marry.

Those kids (now women) are fully supportive of both their parents. That gay guy does not regret the life he has lived. His only regret is the pressure society puts on us queers.

HT, I truly wish you luck with your future. I am sorry you are having a hard time of it right now. Take some advice. If you project the fact that you are going through a self loathing period, people won't exactly find you sexy.

On edit; typo

[atommom]

9. Onward Gay Agenda!

Honestly, what would the fundies have to talk about if it weren't for movies like this? Maybe they should pour some of their millions into making movies about heterosexuals. Surely then there would be no gayness. ;)

[rpannier]

10. Awesome...

The War against Christmas is going well and NOW...the War on Marriage is hitting stride. It's a banner year. (Just a post to make the wingnuts who troll through here looking for stuff to post happy--afterall they think it's a giant conspiracy)

[BR_Parkway]

24. Can I stuff a codpiece and put up a banner like Mission Accomplished

How about Marriage Blown

[marmar]

13. The not-so-subtle homophobia is pouring out now...

This film is bringing the fear and hate out with abundance. At work, there were comments like "It ought to be called 'Buttcrack Mountain'" and "I would never go see THAT kind of movie" during the holiday party yesterday. The narrow minds were on full display.

:(

[Inland]

15. Ummm.....spoiler alert........

What is it about the movie that shows the glamor and appeal of being gay? Doesn't one of the characters get murdered in a hate crime?

Maybe what the fundies should be doing is, instead of allowing that the characters are sympathetic, trumpet the end of the story as a metaphysical warning of what happens to gays.....not that they approve of or condone that sort of thing.....

[Glorfindel]

16. There's a lapse in reasoning somewhere...I think WYOMING is beautiful

but I don't want to live there. I also think Jennifer Anniston is gorgeous, but I don't want to have sex with her. How the HELL could watching two straight actors pretend to have sex "make" anyone gay? The mind reels...

[ClintonTyree]

17. I know, it's just like me after seeing "March of the Penguins".

I always KNEW I was a Penguin deep inside, but after seeing the movie I decided to stop living the lie and BECOME a Penguin!
I'm now in a very happy monogamous relationship with a woman who thinks SHE'S a Penguin as well and we're living out our dream of being Penguins floating around on ice floes in Lake Michigan. I never thought being a Penguin would be so fucking COLD though. I guess thinking you're a Penguin and really being a Penguin are two completely different things.

[rpannier]

19. That's so F**KING FUNNY...

I'm gonna use that first chance I get.

[rpannier]

18. One note on why the call could have been legit

Not the broken marriage part, but just the call itself.
When I was at Washington State 1982-85,my friends and I would periodically watch the 700 club, back when it was Pat and Ben what's-his-name. During the show they would do their prayer, where God was telling them that someone in the New York area had cancer or someone in the Cincinnati area has a tumor, etc and God was lifting their ailment. Then he'd encourage his audience at home to lay their hands on the tv screen (I kid u not) and he would heal our affliction through prayer. Then after word he would flash a 1-800 to call to tell us what ailment we had been cured of -- then the operator would try to get you to give money. It was a free call, so we'd call and tell them our arm had grown back after the prayer, or our hair had changed color, or I finally had the sex change I wanted, etc.
His caller could have been someone like my friends and me, only in the case of Bennett -- too stupid to realize it was a joke.

[jbnow]

20. Another broken marriage here

I saw it and decided to leave my husband and get me some sweet young cowboys. They are cute!

OK, I made that up.
But it could be true if I wasn't lying.

[rqstnnlitnmnt]

21. sam seder read something like this on majority report last night

i was making dinner but my BF ran downstairs to tell me about it and i lost my SHIT laughing. some woman said she went to see it with her husband, and she came out raving like a lunatic about how perverted it was and how she didn't expect that -- he LOVED it of course lmao...ended up leaving her and moving in with his best friend HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA omg i can't breathe

[niallmac]

22. Brokeback was sold out at our multiplex.

So I had to see my second choice movie. I am convinced now I am going to be a claymation figure.

[TechBear_Seattle]

23. Eats, shoots and leaves

" man who describes himself as a former homosexual and his wife."

Wow, is that a nice Freudian slip!

[davidinalameda]

27. Is Mr. Bennett serious

lord have mercy!

:rofl:

all I can say is that these people need to get lives of their own and leave us the fuck alone

[William769]

29. What a bunch of bullshit!

If this guy left his wife over a movie, he would have found another excuse if the movie had not been shown.

I can't stand people who try to put the blame on their action on something else.

[swimmernsecretsea]

30. I now understand the power of motion pictures to sway judgement...

I've recently come out as a wizard.

I don't know how long I've felt this way, but I think I've always known. I know others will look at me and say things under their breath, like "spell-caster" and "magician" but I finally feel comfortable discussing it and will talk to my family. "Look," I plan to say, "I practice magic. It doesn't make me a bad person." I'm the same muggle they've always known. I'm just born this way. I know I've got a scar in the shape of a lightning bolt, but I'm just the same as you and deserving of the same rights. Someday, I'll find another wizard to love and we'll get married at Hogwarts, where I've found others like myself...

[Berry Cool]

31. I know what you mean.

I went to a movie the other night, and now I realize that I was always meant to be a country singer.

It's what I was meant to be. I just didn't realize it until this movie. Now, I dress entirely in black and have the strongest urge to perform in prison for the inmates.

[ruggerson]

32. Ditto

I saw "the Passion of the Christ" and sold my house, quit my job, became a fundamentalist, moved into a trailer park and gave all my money to the 700 Club and Pat Robertson so that he may save the world.

The movie was a bit bloody, but it changed my life.

[cboy4]

34. I'm told they're puting our secret "gay conversion butter"

on all of the popcorn at the theaters to carry out our evil plot of turning straight men gay.

They're also pumping secret "gay conversion mist" into the theaters through the air conditioning systems. ;)

[swimmernsecretsea]

35. At the Landmark Embarcadero in San Francisco

Landmark Films paid $150,000 to reupholster all of the seats with fabric sprayed with "gay conversion" chemical. It soaks through your clothing when you sweat during the male/male affection scenes. Very effective, I understand.

[NMMNG]

36. I have a confession

I just watched Titanic for the 12th time, and I've decided to go straight!



















:rofl:

[swimmernsecretsea]

39. Do NOT start singing that horrid song

or I will bitch-slap you with a twizzler.

[Brian_Expat]

40. Every night in myyyyy dreaaaams. . .

[Brian_Expat]

41. I seee you, I feeeeeeel youuuu. . .

[Brian_Expat]

42. That is how I know yoooouuuuu go onnnnnnnnn. . .

[swimmernsecretsea]

43. Oh, you are so wrong, Brian!

That's just wrong on so many levels. Now I've got a friggin' Celine Dion earworm!

[ronnykmarshall]

47. Yoouuurrrree hearrrrrr there's noooothing to fear!!!

[swimmernsecretsea]

49. No!! DON'T DO IT!...help...mother...

findmyhappyplace findmyhappyplace findmyhappyplace findmyhappyplace findmyhappyplace

[sui generis]

52. holy crap

I gots to have me some

[Meldread]

44. I've always wanted to be a Jedi...

...well that's not true. I'd fall to the Dark Side in a heart beat, the Sith are much cooler. Either way, after buying the latest StarWars DVD, I'm now prepared to admit: I have force powers. Yes, it's true - I am force sensitive.

There, I said it. I am not ashamed any longer. I am going to become the first gay Jedi.

[swimmernsecretsea]

45. The "first" gay Jedi?!

Uh, didn't you see the original? Those fighter pilots in the x-wings ranged from bearish to twinkish.

[Ian David]

50. Priest Accused Of Groping Boy During 'King Kong'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5648271

[sui generis]

51. I saw King Kong and I gots to have me some MONKEY!!!!!

hot monkey love for everyone

:evilgrin:

[sui generis]

53. yeah and bridges of madison county made me wanna be straight

I swayer! Totally serious, as usual. Mmm hmm. ;)

Beaver

by Reggie Lee

Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me, I get a beaver that's so hard to bear
You give me beaver - when you kiss me, beaver when you hold me tight
Beaver - in the the morning, beaver all through the night

Sun lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name, and you know I'm gonna treat you right
You give me beaver - when you kiss me, beaver when you hold me tight
beaver - in the the morning, beaver all through the night
Everybody's got the beaver, that is something you all know
Beaver isn't such a new thing, beaver started long ago

Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her, he said "Julie baby you're my flame"
Thou givest beaver, when we kisseth, beaver with thy flaming youth
Beaver - I'm afire, beaver yea I burn forsooth

Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair
When her Daddy tried to kill him, she said "Daddy-O don't you dare"
Give me beaver - with his kisses, beaver when he holds me tight
Beaver - I'm his Missus, Oh daddy won't you treat him right

Now you've listened to my story, here's the point I have made:
Chicks were born to give you beaver, be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade
They give you beaver - when you kiss them, beaver if you live and learn
Beaver - till you sizzle, what a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn