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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:30 PM Oct 2013

Tea Party Leader Wants to File Class Action Suit Against Homosexuality

The leader and founder of one of America's most influential Tea Party groups believes he's found the final solution the America's gay problem: A class action lawsuit against homosexuality.

At a Tea Party Unity event yesterday, founder Rick Scarborough, a former Baptist pastor who declared AIDS to be "God's judgement," spoke with anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera about the possibility of filing a Big Tabacco-style lawsuit against homosexuality.

"Peter, the whole issue of a class action lawsuit, you and I have talked about this a little bit," Scarborough reminded LaBarbera, who heads the curiously gay-obsessed group Americans for Truth About Homosexuality. "I just wonder if you’ve explored that, talked to anyone about it."


He continued:

Obviously, statistically now even the Centers for Disease Control verifies 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. Any thoughts on that kind of an approach?

"Yeah I think that’s great. I would love to see it," LaBarbera replied. "We always wanted to see one of the kid in high school who was counseled by the official school counselor to just be gay, then he comes down with HIV. But we never really got the client for that."

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http://gawker.com/tea-party-leader-wants-to-file-class-action-suit-agains-1447931487

Yeah, that's the ticket! I'm sure Scalia will approve!
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Tea Party Leader Wants to File Class Action Suit Against Homosexuality (Original Post) n2doc Oct 2013 OP
How about a class action suit against the Tea Party? landolfi Oct 2013 #1
This still reads like The Onion to me. uppityperson Oct 2013 #2
This is either an "Onion" type posting or they are out of their minds.... Swede Atlanta Oct 2013 #3
It looks real. W.t.f. Another link uppityperson Oct 2013 #4
Well whatever attorney took this case needs to be disbarred.... Swede Atlanta Oct 2013 #5
This guy really needs to be evaluated and institutionalized. Frankly, I think we need RKP5637 Oct 2013 #6
This will look good on someone's resume... uriel1972 Oct 2013 #7
Good luck! Fearless Oct 2013 #8
They'd better be careful. JoeyT Oct 2013 #9
*snicker* Let us know how that works out for ya there, Ace. Zorra Oct 2013 #10
And shares of butter manufacturers will skyrocket! Initech Oct 2013 #11

landolfi

(234 posts)
1. How about a class action suit against the Tea Party?
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:34 PM
Oct 2013

I'm only partly kidding. Have we got any chance after the BS they've pulled already? Those mofos ought to rot in prison for their malfeasance, putting aside their intolerance, hatred and overall repugnance.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
3. This is either an "Onion" type posting or they are out of their minds....
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:08 PM
Oct 2013

You cannot file suit against an indeterminable defendant. There is no such defendant in this case - i.e. "homosexuality". The term describes a human condition in which a person is attracted primarily or exclusively toward a person of the same gender.

Who would they serve with the lawsuit? Who is "homosexuality"?

This is bogus. In the case of tobacco, you could identify the various cigarette manufacturing and marketing companies.

Further, the CDC has NEVER said that "homosexuality" is more likely to lead to AIDS than smoking to cancer. Furthermore the CDC has never said that homosexual behavior is more likely to lead to AIDS than smoking to cancer. Certain sexual practices between two men or a man and a woman where one partner is infected with the HIV virus may lead to an infection. But given the current state of HIV treatment, the likelihood anyone will advance to AIDS is significantly reduced.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
5. Well whatever attorney took this case needs to be disbarred....
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:17 PM
Oct 2013

You cannot file suit against a human trait, period.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
6. This guy really needs to be evaluated and institutionalized. Frankly, I think we need
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:57 PM
Oct 2013

a class action against the Teaparty, the domestic terrorists. They are working to destroy this country and in the process have cost us billions of dollars.

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)
9. They'd better be careful.
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 05:43 PM
Oct 2013

Setting the precedent of filing class action lawsuits against a human trait could lead to a future lawsuit against stupidity, which would leave the Teabaggers as a whole totally fucked.

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
10. *snicker* Let us know how that works out for ya there, Ace.
Sun Oct 20, 2013, 02:17 PM
Oct 2013


In the meantime, scientists will be working on the eluive cure for teh stupid.
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