Illustrating Rick Warren

Somebody draw a picture of Gene Robinson in a tutu please to counter this attack on Warren

please stop copping ralph steadman's style.

This looks a lot like something ralph steadman would have drawn

You're a homophobic idiot Patriot. You steal that line from Foxnews?

So why is it when people disagree with homosexual behavior they are homophobic rather than simply owning a differing opinion? Where is tolerance on that view point?

Barak should have asked Billy Graham to deliver the invocation. After all, he has served this role for the last, oh I don't know, six or seven presidents at least. Oh, wait Billy thinks homosexual behavior is wrong also. So I ask, why was there not such an outcry when President Clinton, who also supported the homosexual agenda, gave Mr. Graham similar invitation.
What's wrong w/ this picture??

patriot, this is because robinson is not a clown. He has shown himself to be a respectful man of god. this is in sharp contrast with the self serving narcissist above.
Observing a Double Standard,O.D.S., odious. this is because homophobia, like other forms of prejudice and hatred, typically obfuscates it's odious nature by hiding behind self-righteous indignation, like calling itself an opinion. There should be no tolerance for hatred. When it is exposed it should be dealt with as such. Thank you for making this point clear in such a concise and simple fashion.

"So why is it when people disagree with homosexual behavior they are homophobic rather than simply owning a differing opinion? Where is tolerance on that view point?"

Where it belongs. In disregard.

Gay people are the experts on homosexuality...we KNOW we are simply gay and that our orientation is not mere "sexual behavior," but so much more; our orientation is a core part of our very being...so we are indeed intolerant of those who profess to "know" that homosexuality is simply a modifiable behavior deserving of scorn, contempt, and ridicule.

There is no double standard here. There is simply an intolerance of willful ignorance.

"There is simply an intolerance of willful ignorance."

Like you, I simply disagree. There is no proof of the causes either genetic or choice. To call someone a homophobe because one does not approve of the behavior is also intolerance.

If we are to live in a tolerant society, we have to accept that some will not agree with our point of view and that disagreement does not warrant name calling and personal attacks.

"Observing a double standard"

How utterly arrogant of you to ignore the testimonials of all homosexuals who repeatedly tell you they did not choose to be gay.

It is not "a difference in point of view."

It is you hearing facts but rejecting them.

Go to someone and say, "That's a dye job," pointing to his hair.

"Um, no it isn't. This is my nature color. I'm blonde."

"No, you're not. You chose to color your hair."

"Um. No, really I didn't."

"Yes, you did. You chose to have that color hair."

"Hey, look, I did NOT dye my hair."

"Well, I think you're lying. I think you chose to color your hair."

We gay people KNOW being gay is an inherent part of us, a core part of us...it is YOU who choose to ignore these testimonials so that you can continue to marginalize us and demonize us. In fact, for years many of us struggled to modify our orientation and be something we simply are not, losing out on many precious years of our youth and hurting and manipulating members of the opposite sex along the way.

This is not a mere issue of behavior, but the seemingly shallow and frightened, such as yourself, choose to approach the issue of homosexuality on an utterly superficial level.

And I would like to remind you that it is not a greater disrespect to call someone a bigot or shallow or superficial (i.e. so-called namecalling), than it is to completely dismiss someone's own personal life experience/conveyance as "a lie."

The decision to bring integrity to one's life after struggling through the pain and horror of realizing one is gay is immense, and intense, and folks like you write off all of that prolonged misery and torment as a sex act of appalling deviance, and you keep it as simple as that.

No double standard here WHATSOVER. NONE.

For many hundreds of years humans thought the sun revolved around the earth. My opinions my be right or wrong as may be yours until facts are proven. You make massive assumptions about me and my thoughts.

I want to discuss tolerance and you just insist my opinions are wrong. That is intolerance. I don't marginalize anyone's life experiences. I have friends that are gay; they accept me and I them.

We all have to accept that there is truth that exists in the world. Our opinions do not affect what is true and finally one day we will all know whether we are right or wrong.

I do respect that you believe you are correct in your world view, moveon, and I believe that am correct in mine. I can live with that, can you?