Random Politics & Religion #00

Did you read past the headline? The guy is specifically saying that his orientation wasn't a factor.

“Now I am not saying, I am not inferring to those of you that are gay rights activists and like to monitor this show, I’m not inferring that this accident happened because he was gay, but I do think it’s an interesting part of the story and you can bet it would be edited out,”

Like I really don't know how it could be any clearer.

However it was apparently edited out of the reporting of the accident? Cause reasons....

I guess we can put "more", "plausible" and "explanation" on the list of words pleebo doesn't understand.

Watch that right wing Pleebo!

Why? What the *** does it have to do with anything?

Um... the article included the full clip. "Source material", we call it!

The woman (reading comprehension ftw) claims she's not saying it's a factor then goes on to say it could be a factor. It's pretty funny. I figured we'd all just get a good laugh out of it. Not that anyone would want to defend her.

Um... the article included the full clip. "Source material", we call it!

The woman (reading comprehension ftw) claims she's not saying it's a factor then goes on to say it could be a factor. It's pretty funny. I figured we'd all just get a good laugh out of it. Not that anyone would want to defend her.

Maybe the guy is a radical political activist and his politics somehow contributed to the crash.

The same way the media immediately reports the party affiliation of republican scandals in the first paragraph but buries democratic affiliation in the 1Xth paragraph. The same way they jump to tie bad things to conservative / tea party causes and bury things tied to liberal causes.

Maybe the guy is a radical political activist and his politics somehow contributed to the crash. Can't have that if it's against the liberal narrative, so lets start burying everything liberal about the guy.

Did you read past the headline? The guy is specifically saying that his orientation wasn't a factor.

Rios added: “I don’t know, but I think it is something to be discussed and I think it’s a factor and I doubt you will hear it anywhere else.”

Someone made a questionable comment? STOP THE PRESSES.

After 5 pages of arguing over nothing, we'll get to the bottom of this!

What Liberals don't want you to know:

The train was weighed down by too many gay people. Yeah, I know it's not politically correct but they don't pay me to mince words here.

He had to start posting because someone brought up global warming and it hit him right in the feels, as always.

Except, I'm not defending the rag that published this, I'm speaking directly to what that person said.

Why was it even brought up? Clearly they're implying it's an issue, if they weren't, they wouldn't bring it up.

So 1) they're lying right off the bat and trying to imply something while saying they're not and 2) it doesn't have any bearing on the incident.

But whatever. There's always someone trying to blame something on their enemy ideology rather than the direct or indirect cause of a thing.

For instance, sometimes, it's racist and abuse of power when a redneck cop shoots a black man, and sometimes the black man actually is a criminal that put the officer in the position where shooting him was in the public's best interest.

But I'd love to hear how being gay could even remotely be a factor here outside of him being uncomfortable with his own nature and mentally disturbed over it, in which case it's really not the homosexuality that's the problem, it was his fragile psych and poor judgment.

She doesn't say he's an activist. She pre-emptively tries to counter gay activists who may be listening or reading what she says.

She just says, "...I’m not inferring that this accident happened because he was gay, but I do think it’s an interesting part of the story..."

Why is it interesting? Because she can maybe blame it on an agenda she doesn't like?

Stop being HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE

NOWAI!!

It's the only thing I'm good at!

that's like....
asking foney to not post a simpsons pic...
or nausi to read an article before he posts it....



YOU'RE THE ONE THAT STOLE ALL OF THE AIRPLANE GLUE!

Maybe gay people (as a group) frequently engage in risky behavior more than strait people (I.E. drug use). Maybe that's relevant too.

I took an Amtrack once, for the equivalent of a 3 hour drive. It only took us 11 hours :D

Hey, maybe the agenda she doesn't like has something to do with it. Maybe he was too busy posting in ffxiah on his phone about gay marriage to avoid crashing the train.

There's no reason to hide his orientation, it is part of the factual record of the incident. It's not hate speech to report that a violent crime was committed by a black man, or a car accident was committed by an asian woman, or that 20 islamic terrorists flew a jetliner into the world trade center.

Maybe gay people (as a group) frequently engage in risky behavior more than strait people (I.E. drug use). Maybe that's relevant too.

Pointing it out, like pointing out black people as a group are more inclined to violent crime, is not the same as saying "being born black makes you violent" or "he crashed the train because he was gay".

Republican-backed legislation to put new blockades on same-sex marriage in Texas died in the statehouse on Friday after failing to win approval by a midnight deadline amid stalling tactics by the Democratic minority.

The bill, called the "Preservation of Sovereignty and Marriage Act," would block clerk's offices in the state's 254 counties from using tax money to issue licenses for same-sex weddings in the most-populous Republican-controlled U.S. state.

Socially conservative backers have said the measure allows the state to exert its rights regarding marriage. The bill's demise comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide next month whether same-sex marriage will be legal nationwide.

Its sponsor, Republican Cecil Bell, told reporters he was angry at the way it was defeated and will still push for the rights of Texas to block same-sex marriage.

"I don’t believe that standing up for sovereignty is a partisan issue," he was quoted as saying by the Dallas Morning News.

Critics applauded the move that halted what they said was a deplorable and divisive bill.

"Bad actors will continue to push their discrimination legislation, including as amendments to other bills, until the final gavel. So we’re not letting our guard down now," said Kathy Miller, president, of the left-leaning advocacy group Texas Freedom Network.

About a decade ago, Texas voters approved a state constitutional amendment that only allows marriage between a man and a woman. Current Republican leaders have said they will fight to enforce the ban on same-sex marriage.

The bi-annual Texas legislative session ends in about two weeks. All bills, except the budget, that did not pass in the Texas House of Representatives before Friday are not allowed to proceed.

Before gay marriage became legal in the liberal northeastern state of Massachusetts in 2004, it was not permitted in any state. Now it is legal in 37 states and Washington.