Comments on: Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do

By: Father_Time

Father_Time — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:38:05 +0000

Well I saw it and the kissing was indeed disgusting and should be banned. It is in many places and as well it is legal to fire somebody because they are gay in several states. This should be nation wide IMO. It has nothing to do with religion. It is a disgusting sub-culture based on a mental illness and will never be normalized. Places where it has been “normalized” are regretting it and are actively working to turn the laws back around.

I am a liberal, but not stupid.

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By: opie

opie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:35:38 +0000

It is my understanding that the gay guys were not just kissing, but groping each other in public as well, which would have caused them to be arrested in most American cities. BTW, I have a Ph.D. and am highly educated and I do not support gay marriage.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:30:29 +0000

“Expect”, not “suspect”. My comment was not about whether educated conservatives who are opposed to gay marriage exist (they surely do), but about the breakdown. There are likely more educated people in urban as opposed to rural areas for that matter, and I have no doubt there is a correlation between levels of education and attitudes about gay marriage in general, not to mention a variety of other issues, up to and including global warming. My comment was a response to the Nate Silver article… which I assume you read.

By: JWindish

JWindish — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:43:54 +0000

Thanks Davebo. From the reporting I couldn't figure out who did the shoving and cuffing. I thought it would be only the police who had authority to do that.

By: redbus

redbus — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:10:58 +0000

You suspect? Actually, there are many highly educated people who nevertheless are opposed to gay “marriage.” The correct moniker here might be educated conservative, a self-description I found on the FaceBook page of one of my college-graduate friends.

By: Davebo

Davebo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:48:43 +0000

One correction. It wasn't police who handcuffed them but, I believe, Mormon security staff.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:59:55 +0000

"The results showed a very strong urban-rural divide,"

I'm guessing there was also a strong divide between the more and less educated.