Found via Reddit, an old newspaper clipping that adds even more weight to the observation that the world’s biggest homophobes are often huge closet cases. I’m still eagerly awaiting Fred Phelps and co. to step out of the Westboro Baptist Closet.
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A 1950s PSA On The Danger Of Homosexuals
What do we learn from the school-and-police-department-produced children’s PSA “Boys Beware”? Chiefly, gayness is contagious “like small pox”, homosexuals are lurking everywhere, are murderous, and wear sunglasses during the daytime:
Chick-Fil-A Sock-Puppet Theater
Here’s a short primer on how to tank your national image in the eyes of the only people left who like you.
- Be bigoted and vocal about how it’s just good Christian values.
- Lose customers and valuable promotional partnerships because of it.
- Hire PR firm for damage control to create fake “Christian” teenagers on Facebook to lie and verbally abuse detractors.
- That should about do it.
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Homophobes Likely Repress Same-Sex Feelings, Prejudice May Stem From Authoritarian Parents
People who greatly fear homosexuality are likely to have experienced an attraction to a member of the same sex, according to a new study presented in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. As Jeanna Bryner reports on LiveScience:
Homophobes should consider a little self-reflection, suggests a new study finding those individuals who are most hostile toward gays and hold strong anti-gay views may themselves have same-sex desires, albeit undercover ones.
The prejudice of homophobia may also stem from authoritarian parents, particularly those with homophobic views as well, the researchers added.
“This study shows that if you are feeling that kind of visceral reaction to an out-group, ask yourself, ‘Why?’” co-author Richard Ryan, a professor of psychology at the University of Rochester, said in a statement. “Those intense emotions should serve as a call to self-reflection.”
Community Action Stops Westboro Baptist Protest
Whatever a person may feel about the politics surrounding the multiple issues involved, lessons can be taken from the small community that found a way to beat Fred Phelps at his own game, legally and morally, with non-violent techniques. Via UPI.
WESTON, Mo., Nov. 7 — A small Missouri town turned out to keep Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church from protesting a soldier’s funeral.
The funeral of Sgt. First Class C.J. Sadell, who died Oct. 24 from wounds in Afghanistan, was held Saturday in Weston, Mo.
“I’d say probably half the people in Weston are here,” Marine veteran Eric Moser told WDAF-TV, Kansas City, Mo.
Sadell was in the Arif Kala region of Afghanistan when his unit was ambushed Oct. 5. He was 34 and leaves a wife and two sons.
“We got everybody here early so we could take up all the parking spots,” said Rebecca Rooney, who organized the supporters.
