Today I decided to write a letter to Peter LaBarbera, head of the American organisation Americans For Truth About Homosexuality. If you don't know him, he has an interesting history of speaking and writing about what kind of sex everybody else should be having. He specialises in reports on leather and BDSM events which lovingly detail the terrible terrible things kinky people do. Most people who aren't into leather don't attend leather events, but Peter LaBarbera, somehow, cannot keep himself away...
His writings don't make him sound like the most hinged man around (Boxturtle Bulletin have named an award after him for crazy anti-gay rhetoric) but he's not easy to ignore: he was invited to rave his rant on TV (youtube) recently, and he's best mates with Sally "worse than terrorists" Kern (youtube).
His most recent press release, while full of his usual alarmist nonsense, rings a sad tone.
'My friend Laurie Higgins below has hit on a microcosm of why our movement is on the brink of an astounding cultural defeat — the triumph of immoral same-sex behavior as a “civil right.” In the last decade, some of our leaders, and many conservatives, chose to “downplay” the very force — homosexualism — that was leading the assault on marriage, normalcy and children in our culture.'
Oh, noes! The anti-gays are losing the battle! How can this be!
'QUESTION: How do we get back on the offensive in the Culture War battle against homosexual activism and gender confusion? Send your ideas to americansfortruth@comcast.net.'
Clearly, the man needs some help. Of course, I'm not on his side of the debate, but you know what, I'm not a bad sort. I don't mind helping a guy out if I can. So I thought I'd send him some ideas:
Dear Mr LaBarbara,
I just finished reading your rousing press release regarding the march of homosexualism as a movement, and how downplaying the
issue concerned (homosexualism) is not the answer. I have to say, you’re absolutely right. You’ll never turn the tide on the homosexualist agenda without pointing out exactly again and again how repulsive homosexualist behaviour is to you.
I also agree with your list of things you must EXPLAIN to the public:
- 'WHY homosexual behavior is always wrong, and often dangerous;
- WHY homosexual relationships — even those rare long-term, truly monogamous ones — are immoral, disordered, against God, and harmful to children (”gay adoption”);
- WHY it is public-policy madness to grant civil rights status based on changeable sexual behavior and gender identity disorders;
- WHY corporations should get out of the business of promoting ALL extra-marital relationships;
- WHY homosexualism is not “gay” but destructive to children; and
- HOW “sexual orientation” laws are fundamentally incompatible with religious and moral freedom.
And of course: how no man or woman — or teenager — has to be “gay” (positively homosexual): that’s a lifestyle choice which can be overcome with God’s help.'
Indeed sir, who would choose to be POSITIVELY homosexual if one can lead a life of abstinence, denial and shame through the power of the LORD!
Please DO explain these points, as well as you can, in terms that people of all faiths, and any level of medical knowledge can readily understand. I sense that there is widespread ignorance regarding these questions; I sure don’t know the WHY or HOW on any of these!
I have followed the periodic exclamations of your organisation for some time, and while I must say that you work hard, I think that often, you simply don’t go far enough. The homosexualists have been so successful in convincing the general public, and especially our youth, that they are human beings worthy of equal treatment and respect, that I fear the public will not listen to any but the most dire warnings now.
Your often shrill, alarmist and occasionally derisive tone just doesn't seem to do the trick anymore. Clearly to get the public to warm up to your viewpoint, you need to be more shrill, alarmist, and definitely more derisive.
I humbly propose the following points for your new, more aggressive, heterosexualist agenda:
Homosexualism causes instant death. Quoting
Paul Cameron's statistics about the shortened lifespan of homosexualists just doesn’t seem to do the trick anymore. The AIDS, the gay
MRSA bug, it’s just not getting through. You need to up the volume. Your message should from now on be, that anyone who sticks ANYTHING in his anus, even for medical reasons, will immediately expire.
Homosexualists are destroying your church. Clearly, too many churches are going soft on the issue, and you cannot allow that to continue. God’s word is God’s word and
anyone who believes something other than you is obviously wrong. You should immediately start releasing stories about homosexualists attacking, vandalising and burning down churches. It's a simple message, and it will strike fear into Christians everywhere. Remember to find a suitable photo to go with each story, I recommend the
google image search.
Homosexualists eat babies. Children need a mother and a father, right? It’s that simple. Yet when you quote those
studies comparing mom-and-dad households with single parent households, people still don’t seem to understand that two parents of the same sex RUIN children! There seem to be people who think that
that children’s book about the penguins is cute, rather than a satan-inspired piece of brainwashing and indoctrination. The message that homosexualists are bad for children isn't getting through. To further your agenda, you should start spreading the message that homosexualists eat babies. Think about it; most homosexualists are unapologetically pro-choice, I mean, pro-baby-murder anyway, so it’s a small step.
Homosexualists are after upstanding, white Christian men. Here I have to pause for a moment Mr LaBarbara, and thank you for the hard work you’ve done to expose the vilest excesses of the homoxualist subculture to the public. I cannot imagine the horrors you have braved to bring us images of the nation’s leather and BDSM events. But for some reason, it just doesn’t seem to strike enough fear into enough people. I think it would be best to start spreading the message that a popular new fetish has hit the community; a special proclivity for sex with morally righteous, white Christian men. Perhaps you could tie it in with the recent spate of Republican sex scandals, but I will leave that to you to consider.
These are but some of the messages that you could start with to get people worked up about homosexualism again. People are weary of the same tired old messages. The message needs to CHANGE. It’s time to tell the TRUTH! If you do not act now, a whole generation will grow up believing that homosexualists are somehow part of the human race, or worse, part of the spectrum of NORMALITY!
Remember, Mr LaBarbera, this battle is about MORE than just homosexualism, it’s about the nature and purpose of sex ITSELF! Already, some young people believe that sex is fun, or that pleasure is somehow good for you. How can you let these poor souls continue in the delusion that they OWN their own bodies, or their own hearts, and can choose who they want to share it with? You MUST enlighten them!
I hope these ideas will help you get the movement back on track. This is not a time to defensively mutter about some play or other; you must be as OFFENSIVE as you can, whenever you can. I wish you strength in the coming months.
Yours sincerely,
Willie Hewes
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