Comments on: LGBT site names supporters of Ark. gay adoption ban

By: John

John — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:31:49 +0000

When you sign a petition, you generally agree that you “personal” information can and will become public in order to verify the signatures are of registered voters. This is different from participating in poll or survey. Now, if they are truly doing god’s work, then they should be proud to have their “John Hancock” readily and easily viewable. However, if they are doing something underhanded, like bearing false witness, I can see why they want to hide in the closet, as it were. If they believe that signing this petition is reprehensible in some other way, then they are guilty of at least hypocrisy, again! Of course, there are those messy clauses in the Constitution about due process and facing your accusers. There is a reason why you are not supposed to secretly denounce strangers, friends, neighbors, and family members without reason. Religion is not a reason; it is an opinion, a capricious and arbitrary choice, and it should not be inflicted on anyone else against their will.

By: V

Fri, 01 May 2009 06:26:59 +0000

I am ashamed to be a gay Arkansan. Every time I read stuff linked to the ban, I just get so ashamed. Even though I don’t want children, I think it’s a right that should be afforded to those who do.

As someone stated, these aren’t your run-of-the-mill rednecks. A lot of the signers are educated book wise, but ignorant when it comes to some issues(such as this one). This should be a non issue, but that day won’t come anytime soon.

I think it’s the best thing since sliced bread to put their shit on blast. They’re only making a huge deal out of this because nobody wants it to be known what they really are and how they really feel about us. As someone posted here, if you sign something, you ought to have the balls to stand behind it. I co-sign with that!!

By: Fed Up

Fed Up — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:02:02 +0000

I don’t know about anyone else, but any petition I have signed throughout my entire life is something I have truly believed in and fought for. I believe that if you are going to sign a petition, then by damn, you ought to have the b@lls to stand behind it. Anything else is cowardice, but then, we ARE talking about the bible thumping hets, aren’t we?

By: L.J. Rhodes

L.J. Rhodes — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:21:56 +0000

Well, here’s something for those who supported this anti-gay legislation to think about. It’s now being discovered that the gay community is, so far, one of the most recession-proof groups in the country, if not the world. That’s because the vast majority of us don’t have children, and we tend to be better-educated than our straight counterparts, so we have better-paying jobs in industries that, even in an economic downturn, are still in high demand.

But, by legally prohibiting gays from adopting or fostering, they’re forcing even more of us to keep money in our pockets that would otherwise be spent on raising children. So, while straight people are losing their homes left and right, we’re able to come in behind them and buy those foreclosed houses for next to nothing. Then, once we’ve moved into the houses of former heterosexual homeowners, we still have enough money left over to travel, buy new cars, and otherwise enjoy a standard of living that all those uppity straight people have had to say good-bye to…all this even after having to pay the higher taxes we’re required to just for being gay. We’ll probably even go ahead and buy multiple houses, since they’re so cheap right now (at least, for us), so we can reap the benefits of owning rental property, too.

So, I guess I should actually thank the gay bashers for helping to ensure my people don’t suffer the same fate they have. I don’t know about you all, but I’m enjoying the hell out of my community’s seeming immunity to all this economic mess the straights are in.

And don’t worry, straight folks. When it comes time for you to try to move out of your apartments and back into a real house, I’ll be happy to rent one to you, because I don’t discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, even though I’m legally allowed to. Heck, you might even get lucky enough to rent the very same house you lost in your foreclosure. In the mean time, just know that you’ll have my gratitude as I sip my favorite tequila on a beach somewhere in the Bahamas.

By: Alexa

Alexa — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:25:29 +0000

But if you type http://www.knowthyneighbor.org into your web browser, there’s a donate option.

I urge people to donate to this very important cause. Without the light shining on these people, they’ll never change.

By: St. B.

St. B. — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:46:43 +0000

The link to knowthyneighbor seems to be messed up.

By: BUD BURGOON-CLARK

BUD BURGOON-CLARK — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:01:39 +0000

If you recall, the haters did the same thing in CA … they tried to get the names of donors to Prop 8 removed from the Secretary of State’s website … a judge told them to go pound sand.

I hope the same thing happens here. If they don’t have the courage of their bigoted convictions, tough!

By: LOrion

LOrion — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:43:51 +0000

83,000 who put their names right out there as HATING Arkansas Children… and not wanting happy homes for them.
Print that list BIG guys. Post in supermarkets!

By: Warren

Warren — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:24:47 +0000

As Oliver Wendal Holmes said, “The best way to deal with a bad idea is to let it see the light of day.” Hate and bigotry should have a the persons name. If they are unwilling for others to know their views, they are utter and total cowards.

By: RickCub

RickCub — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:11:47 +0000

If I signed a petition to make gay adoption legal, I would have no problem having my name and ZIP code published. Hey Arkansans, quit hiding behind your hoods and sheets and OWN your bigotry.