Comments on Bigelow's Rameumptom: My Thoughts on Buttars

djinn, you seem to be rather willfully misrepresen...

2009-03-02T22:02:00.000-07:00

djinn, you seem to be rather willfully misrepresenting my comments. Who said anything about hating gays? I don't presume to judge individual gays and in fact have several gay friends; however, at the same time I think following the gay lifestyle is,in general, a choice that is not in line with God's commandments and should not be given the status of marriage. I don't think feeling same-sex attraction is a choice, but acting upon it certainly is.

Same-gender attraction is a mortal weakness, not a godlike trait, and we're told to take up our crosses, deny ourselves of all ungodliness and every worldly lust, and keep the commandments (JST Matt. 16:24). I think gay sex is ungodly and counts as a worldly lust. As Chad Morris wrote in "New Light on the Atonement," "the cross is a symbol of supressing personal desires and exercising obedience," and it applies to people with same-gender attraction too.

If you're not religious and/or if you choose not to follow Mormon doctrine, you have your agency and that's fine for you, but please don't try to change civilization with a new definition of "marriage" to confuse our children just so you can accomodate your choice of what on-the-ball Mormons and the majority of California voters believe is an erroneous lifestyle.

Why, Mr. Bigelow, do you feel that gayness is cho...

2009-03-02T18:46:00.000-07:00

Why, Mr. Bigelow, do you feel that gayness is chosen?

So you're just a bigot? (That is, you hate people...

2009-03-02T18:45:00.000-07:00

So you're just a bigot? (That is, you hate people because of an unchosen characteristic (gayness)) rather than who they are, and how they behave? Kool. Nice you spelled that out.

And if you're afraid that being called a bigot is a terrible terrible terrible side-effect of giving gay people a modicum of respect, well, just schucks; too bad.

Buttars is a racist, and I'm not. I think he's a t...

2009-02-25T21:01:00.000-07:00

Buttars is a racist, and I'm not. I think he's a total idiot for undermining his credibility with his earlier racist comment. The gay issue is not the same as the race issue--the gay issue is people choosing to embrace a sinful lifestyle because it's become acceptable in society.

How is it that you dislike Buttars? Textually spe...

2009-02-25T12:01:00.000-07:00

How is it that you dislike Buttars? Textually speaking, the similarities of beliefs are quite striking.

Chris should resign. Once the whole enchilada be...

2009-02-20T07:46:00.000-07:00

Chris should resign.

Once the whole enchilada becomes available for public consumption, the country is gonna be sickened by his camera drunk performance.

The documentary is coming out in July.

It's one thing if Chris were to appear in that film in the role of a *former* Utah senator.

It's another thing entirely if the audience were to be treated to the spectacle of a sitting state senator spewing this bile.

The choice of reactions is up to the Utah legislature.

July's audience will either think "good for Utah for cutting this crank loose" or they'll think "only in Utah can a jerk like this keep his job."

It's one or the other.

And if it's the latter, it's not like Chris is going to keep his job after July anyway.

Show a little humility and bow out now, or suffer utter humiliation later.

It's up to you, Chris.