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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,025 posts)
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:36 PM Oct 2013

Tea party leader proposes ‘class action lawsuit’ against ‘homosexuality’

Today from the loony file.

A tea party leader and former Baptist pastor — who believes that AIDS is God’s judgement against LGBT people — this week proposed filing a “class action lawsuit” against “homosexuality.”

At a Tea Party Unity event on Thursday, LGBT activist Peter LaBarbera told group Chairman Rick Scarborough that Fox News should be pushed to cover “these wonderful stories of happy men and women who have left the homosexual lifestyle” like they covered African-American conservatives.

“We need to work on our conservative, alternate media and say, ‘Look, don’t do the pro-gay thing, why don’t you rather step out and support these ex-gays?’ We should encourage Fox News to tell their stories,” LaBarbera said. “Fox is now telling the stories of black conservatives because the other media is not doing that, we should all get on Fox and say, ‘Come on, tell these stories, these wonderful stories of happy men and women who have left the homosexual lifestyle.’”

Scarborough, however, had a different plan for fighting what LaBarbera had called “the pro-gay thing.”

“Peter, the whole issue of a class action lawsuit, you and I have talked about this a little bit,” Scarborough pointed out. “I just wonder if you’ve explored that, talked to anyone about it.”

The former Baptist pastor opined that “homosexuality much more likely leads to AIDS than smoking leads to cancer. And yet the entire nation has rejected smoking, billions of dollars are put into a trust fund to help cancer victims and the tobacco industry was held accountable for that.”

-more (includes audio of the interview)-

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/18/tea-party-leader-proposes-class-action-lawsuit-against-homosexuality/

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Tea party leader proposes ‘class action lawsuit’ against ‘homosexuality’ (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 OP
So much for "tort reform" against "frivolous lawsuits". JHB Oct 2013 #1
They truly are barking mad. PDJane Oct 2013 #2
A class-action lawsuit against an orientation...? Blue Meany Oct 2013 #3
In many cases ... rustysgurl Oct 2013 #4
Early-on, Teabaggers were said to be "Libertarian" Zambero Oct 2013 #5
Hey, I'd like to file a class action lawsuit against stupid people SummerSnow Oct 2013 #6
He's going to sue...who, exactly? Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #7

PDJane

(10,103 posts)
2. They truly are barking mad.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:46 PM
Oct 2013

How do these people manage to go about their day-to-day business without running head on into reality? It amazes me, truly.

rustysgurl

(1,040 posts)
4. In many cases ...
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:56 PM
Oct 2013

themselves. I mean seriously, how many of these right-wing nutjobs have come out (or been forced out) of the closet in the last several years???

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
5. Early-on, Teabaggers were said to be "Libertarian"
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:02 PM
Oct 2013

More committed toward upending fiscal policy and much less willing to delve into divisive social issues. Since then there have been scores of examples to the contrary. So much for "individual liberty".

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
7. He's going to sue...who, exactly?
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:57 PM
Oct 2013

God?

If stupid was painful, one-third of this nation would be screaming in agony every minute.

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