Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Maggie Gallagher Tries to Dodge Her Responsibility for Gay Teen Suicides

First the Washington Post gave op-ed space to gay-hating, racist, Klu Klux Klan loving Tony Perkins of Family Research Council, now the New York Post (admittedly a far more conservative publication) has given op-ed space to Maggie Gallagher, a parasite ranking in money from her anti-gay bigotry, so that she can try to deny any shred of responsibility for the recent wave of gay teen suicides which is still continuing. Never mind that Ms. Gallagher and her fellow hate mongers describe LGBT citizens and legal recognition of our relationships as a threat to civilization. Oh, and never mind that she and her minions accuse us gays of preying on children. Or that she and her Christianist allies describe us as disease ridden, and seek to keep us third class citizens under the civil laws forever. According to Ms. Gallagher such hate and bigotry and her own foul contribution to and promotion of it simply can't possibly have any connection to creating an atmosphere in which gay youth would see suicide as their best option. Dan Aykroyd used to address Jane Curtin as "Jane you ignorant slut" on SNL. The same salutation applies to Ms. Gallagher except the phrase should be modified to read "Maggie, you lying, abhorrent ignorant slut." Here's a brief sampling of Ms. Gallagher's disingenuous and insincere lies:
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Do I have blood on my hands? Major gay-rights groups are saying so. Each of us who opposes gay mar riage, they say, is responsible for the terrible and tragic suicides of gay teens that recently hit the news.
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San Francisco just filed a brief in the Prop 8 case, saying 7 million Californians who voted to protect marriage as the union of one man and one woman are responsible for high rates of suicide among gay people.
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Evan Wolfson, one of the leading architects of the gay marriage movement, calls me out personally: "National Organization for Marriage Chairman Maggie Gallagher is among those who, with reckless disregard, attacks LGBT youth."
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Apparently, either we all agree that gay marriage is good or gay children will die. It's a horrific charge to levy in response to some pretty horrifying stories. Will gay marriage really reduce or prevent gay teen suicide? I felt a moral obligation to find out.
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Forced sex, childhood sexual abuse, dating violence, early unwed pregnancy, substance abuse -- could these be a more important factor in the increased suicide risk of LGBT high schoolers than anything people like me ever said?
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The deeper you look, the more you see kids who are generally unprotected in horrifying ways that make it hard to believe -- if you are really focusing on these kids' well-being -- that gay marriage is the answer.
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Note, that according to Maggie Gallagher, everyone and everything other that the hate she peddles - and utilizes to enrich herself - is the cause of gay teen suicides. The woman is beyond foul and, if there is a Hell, she's no doubt has a reserved space with her name on it.

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