Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt San Antonio dumb*ss and elected councilwoman Elisa Chan was caught on tape making disparaging remarks about homosexuals during a private meeting with city officials. Her jaw dropping homophobic comments include, “I don't think homosexual people should do adoption", and “I never bought in that you are born, that you are born gay. I can't imagine it”. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/news_columnists/brian_chasnoff/article/Elisa-Chan-s-intolerant-views-toward-gays-heard-4736543.php#media-84033">http://www.mysanantonio.com/ne...ia-84033</a> Score another one for Texas.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan another stupid politician! Of course she can not imagine it, she does not have to live that lifestyle herself!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I'd like to hope her career will be ruined after this, but she is from Texas.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I know CC. Given how prone to stupidity conservative leadership has been lately she'll probably end up with her own show on Fox News and be a keynote speaker at the next Republican convention.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer So she argues that being gay is a choice, which implies that you should be allowed to discriminate based on the choices people make. But I bet she'd be among the loudest if a restaurant refused service to someone because they are Christian.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I'd like to turn back on her by saying - “I never bought in that you are born, that you are born Asian. I can't imagine it”. It's a choice what race you are born in! See how she likes it. Hopefully this piece of news does enough damage to her career - Teaches her a lesson!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Update: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Elisa-Chan-s-taped-remarks-spark-a-wide-reaction-4738870.php">http://www.mysanantonio.com/ne...8870.php</a>
Originally Posted By SuperDry Not a completely parallel irony, but it is still I think at least a bit ironic that Texas was one of the states that banned, among others, Chinese people from marrying whites until the US Supreme Court prohibited such bans nationwide in 1967. The notions that homosexuality is "disgusting", "unnatural", and "against God's ways" could pretty much be cut-and-pasted from the arguments made 50 years ago in Texas and other Southern states as to why white people shouldn't be allowed to marry non-whites. And, the most vocal opponents were the same then as they are now: hard-core religious groups that are so convinced that they know God's will that they self-appoint themselves to impose it on others.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip But you know... sex acts between gay men are just so DISGUSTING and such a turn off. Which of course explains why virtually every hetero porn film ever made shows a man and woman doing the EXACT SAME STUFF. ;-)
Originally Posted By ecdc >>“I never bought in that you are born, that you are born gay. I can't imagine it”.<< Right-wing thinking in a nutshell. "I can't imagine it." Anything they can't "imagine," understand, conceive of, or experience, is immoral, wrong, a waste of time.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "And, the most vocal opponents were the same then as they are now: hard-core religious groups that are so convinced that they know God's will that they self-appoint themselves to impose it on others." I've come to the realization that most politically conservative religious groups have a complete lack of sincerity when it comes to their religious beliefs. These people are bigots masquerading as benevolent Christians. Take away their churches and Bibles and they will be just as judgmental, hateful, and intolerant.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance And to add to that, I think most politically conservative politians could care less about religion. They just use it as a tool to distract and enrage the masses. So people won't pay attention to the real things they are trying to sneak past the radar while everyone is so distracted by things like abortion and gay rights.
Originally Posted By Labuda Well, I'll say this: at least this is the first time since I was in middle school that I remember being ashamed of an elected official in my home town. I sure as heck am glad that my mom & brother aren't in her district!
