Something that's always annoyed me to no end is the way many straight people pooh-pooh GLBT fears that, if given the chance, the radical right would ship us off to re-education camps--or worse. Well, the next time someone tells you not to get so hysterical, hand them a copy of
this from Media Matters.
The documentation and direct quotes provided lay out exactly what some of the wingnuts think the wages for the
sin of homosexuality should be: Death. Gary DeMar, a rightwing Christian and author, appeared this month on an American Family Association radio broadcast where AFA president Tim Wildmon praised DeMar as:
"...one of the best writers out there in the Christian community and thinkers."
Read the rest below the fold or crossposted over at
Big Gay Picture.
So what are some of DeMar's
great thoughts? Well, he thinks gays should be put to death. From a 1991 radio show with DeMar:
DeMar: The Bible lays forth the severest penalty, which would be capital punishment for two men who publicly engage in sodomy.
The show's host then asked, "If, indeed, the Reconstructionist movement [the movement DeMar advocates] ever made it in America, would you advocate these biblical principles being carried out: the execution of the adulterer, the abortionist, and the homosexual?
DeMar:"I'm saying that they could be implemented, yes.
Again, this wasn't some powerless kook blathering away on a street corner. This is a man who has the ear of Tim Wildmon and if you don't think Tim has Karl Rove on speed-dial, then you are one naive puppy.
Of course, this story has already received so
much coverage in the corporate media, you're probably sick to death of it. Yeah, right, like CNN or FOX News will ever report the truth about these people. And if they don't cover it, then how the heck will people ever learn what is being said? They won't, of course. No wonder straight people think we're hysterical.
Imagine the outcry if the Human Rights Campaign hosted some nutjob who said homophobes should be locked up, much less killed. O'Reilly, Hannity, et al would blather on for days. Advocate putting homos to death, though, and nary a peep.