Comments on: The Slippery Slopes Of “Brokeback Mountain”

By: Jeffrey Wrobel

Jeffrey Wrobel — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:27:01 +0000

Will you censor this? I hope you don’t because, as Christians, you should be willing to listen and to hear, not just to say and be heard. I find the condemning of the educational teaching of Brokeback Mountain to be very un-Christ-like of all of you. Jesus taught TOLERANCE and ACCEPTANCE of your fellow man, even if s/he was a sinner. Somewhere, you lost that when you started condemning to sinner instead of the sin by fighting against hate crime legislation and by spreading hate against homosexuals.

Unfortunately, when you let yourself be consumed by the unrighteousness of others (or your perception of their behavior as unrighteous in the first place), you become farther away from God and from Jesus.
Matthew 7:1-7 “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you… You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.”

Has the log in your eye gotten so large that you cannot see even this? I know that you will not print, but someone will read it.
Jeff

By: Suricou Raven

Suricou Raven — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:55:48 +0000

A teacher showes children an R-rated movie, and the FRC immediately starts screaming “The gays did it!”

Sadly, nothing out of the ordinary on this blog. The FRC isn’t alone in imagining that there is some type of secret society trying to turn children gay.

By: John

John — Thu, 17 May 2007 01:32:21 +0000

I also think that BBM would bore most 12 year olds to tears.

I rather liked the movie myself, but I wouldn’t recommend it to kids.

By: G-A-Y

G-A-Y — Thu, 17 May 2007 00:03:26 +0000

It is absurd to try and turn this into anymore than an isolated incident. Most in the gay community are in agreement that showing ANY R-rated movie to eighth graders without parental permission is wrong. Especially one with sex (of any variety). But this is not a statement on public schools. This is simply one individual who made a really bad decision. Yet true to form, the “pro-family” movement is trying to turn it into a larger issue so as to convince their peeps that militant gay activists are replacing the morning pledge with daily recitations of Larry Kramer’s ACT UP speeches!

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:46:46 +0000

I agree. Totally inappropriate for children, but come on, the actions of one substitute teacher of questionable intelligence represents the whole public school system? Ummmm…….

By: John

John — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:37:14 +0000

I agree that BBM is inappropriate for children.

And I don’t think the school is the place for movies (period).

And R-rated movies definitely should require parental aproval upfront.

By: Jawa

Jawa — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:36:51 +0000

And then they have the nerve to clamor for more funds for “education”.

For stuff like this? No thanks!