Comments on: GLAAD Mad At Today For Saying “I Don’t” To Same-Sex Couples

By: murphy0071

murphy0071 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:29:20 +0000

dewsaq said: Have fun with your single sex offspring libs! Time and time again, those raised outside of a married male/female househould are shown to be less successful. Less employment, less wages. Libs tell you its because of racism (despite homesexuals not being a race), but just look at the stats! Children of gays are 4x more likely to commit violent crimes than parents of traditional nuclear parents. Suck on those facts.

Strange, I am an authority on sexual orientation and have read numerous psychological and sociological literature on the effects of Gay Marriange not one of the researchers says this. You must have picked this up in the same gutter your mind is in. You nor anyone else has ever seen any credible research on the children of sane-sexed couples that would even remotely suggest these data are correct. Give it a rest you lying piece of shit.

By: am_underground

am_underground — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:49:58 +0000

HEY GLADD and the rest of you who happen to have gayness in your life, talk to your own network and have them put on a contest of your own. Cause like most, except for the had religious types, we don’t care what you do behind closed doors we just don’t want to see it in public.

By: ChrisVogel

ChrisVogel — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:26:39 +0000

It’s not as bad as it seems; progress is being made. A generation or two ago, Today would have excluded black and interracial couples, previously divorced, and who knows what else. Next time!

By: Dusty Fohs

Dusty Fohs — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:21:58 +0000

This reminds me of when my partner and I had to stay with a family friend when we were attending his nephew’s baptism in Florida. We had been together for years just like any other married couple. At bedtime she showed us to our respective separate bedrooms. We thought she was joking. She informed us that only married couples are allowed to share a bed in her house. Her words were, “Unless you’ve got a ring on the finger, you’re in separate beds.” We would gladly have rings on our fingers if the state allowed it, but due to discrimination we can’t get married. I was more upset with her for being a coward and hiding behind the law rather than saying what she really thought, which is exactly what the Today Show is doing.

Years later, she has repeatedly apologized, is embarrassed for herself and says we are welcome to stay at her home at any time.

I have a strong feeling that we as a society are going to see a lot more embarrassment and apologies in the years to come.

By: Jeremy Hooper

Jeremy Hooper — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:58:32 +0000

Not sure if links are allowed here. If so, here’s the initial post that started the whole thing:

http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2010/06/todays-wedding-yesterdays-labels.html

By: Jeremy Hooper

Jeremy Hooper — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:56:53 +0000

Just some background, since it’s gotten a little lost in this conversation: This whole thing began on my Good As You site when I noticed that the application only allowed for “bride” and “groom.” I then gave it to GLAAD.

I’ve heard some ask why Today didn’t just pretend to allow same-sex couples and then just not ultimately award the prize to one. Well, this is the reason: Because they had to acknowledge the hetero-specificity of their application. Before they did, I (and I think GLAAD) assumed that gay couples were allowed and that the forms were just not up to speed. Their response to the form itself is what put them on record as disallowing same-sex couples from this process.

By: TonyTony

TonyTony — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:40:28 +0000

This story is just flat out wrong and just regurgitates the Today Show’s bad logic. Same-sex weddings ARE legal in New York, and as GLAAD points out many same-sex couples DO have their weddings in the state. New York State DOES recognize same-sex marriage licenses conferred by other states. The Today Show producers are being way too cute here, pointing to legal restrictions that simply do not exist. They set up the contest in a way that was discriminatory against gay couples when there was no need to do so. The Today Show could simply have restricted entrants to those whose marriages would be recognized by the State of New York.

By: maxine

maxine — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:02:04 +0000

dewsaq said: Have fun with your single sex offspring libs! Time and time again, those raised outside of a married male/female househould are shown to be less successful. Less employment, less wages. Libs tell you its because of racism (despite homesexuals not being a race), but just look at the stats! Children of gays are 4x more likely to commit violent crimes than parents of traditional nuclear parents. Suck on those facts.

Can you point me the way to the data that supports that statement?

By: marigrace

marigrace — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:54:31 +0000

I wonder if polygamists are mad as well, since I highly doubt if “Today” would accept some man marrying two wives on their show.

By: dewsaq

dewsaq — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:19:08 +0000

Have fun with your single sex offspring libs! Time and time again, those raised outside of a married male/female househould are shown to be less successful. Less employment, less wages. Libs tell you its because of racism (despite homesexuals not being a race), but just look at the stats! Children of gays are 4x more likely to commit violent crimes than parents of traditional nuclear parents. Suck on those facts.

By: stoogedudes

stoogedudes — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:30:03 +0000

I generally support gay rights, but the Today show is in the right here. New York just needs to change it’s law regarding marriage, and then it’ll be all good.

By: timzank

timzank — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:24:00 +0000

As much as I hate NBC, it’s their flippin contest and they can award the prize to anyone they damn well please. Sorry to say, but if GLAAD and the assless chaps militants weren’t so freaking obnoxious they would have made a lot more progress for their cause by now.

By: NORBIT Jr.

NORBIT Jr. — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:39:34 +0000

How long will it be before calls for an advertising boycott begin?

Reminds me of the same Double-Standard the Left-Wing Media uses in dealing with the General Petraeus appointment – remember General BETRAY US?…and Hillary’s snide remarks?!

Don’t think that people don’t notice the Rank Hypocrisy of progressives!

OH! – IT’S GOING TO BE A MARVELOUS NOVEMBER!!! LOL – LOL

By: tcmassie

tcmassie — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:35:23 +0000

I would have to disagree with the assertion that “No one, not even GLAAD, would likely argue that Today is a bastion of gay intolerance.” There have been many instances over the years where the hosts have made snide and not-so-veiled anti-gay comments, often as failed attempts at humor. In this case, there is a convenient excuse for Today not to include a gay or lesbian couple for consideration in this event. The New York Times has numerous wedding announcements where same-sex couples are married in other jurisdictions then have an additional commitment ceremony in New York for family and friends. Rather than trying to work out a solution, it’s much too easy for Today to say, “No! And that’s final.”

By: notsofast

notsofast — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:24:23 +0000

Today Show=gay bashers.

By: Kam Fet

Kam Fet — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:01:26 +0000

Does it make one hateful, if you don’t conform to a particular way of life? Am I to be condemned!

By: me1ranger

me1ranger — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:51:34 +0000

Ahh..the true colors of the fair weather friends on the left. The gays are getting the Alvin Greene treatment.