Comments for Revenge of the Homofascists at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 11 out of 11 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Fri, 24 May 2013 23:11:32 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/revenge-of-the-homofascists.html#comment-4533 Several years ago, British gay activist, Johann Harare wrote an online essay discussing what he called the "fascistic tendencies" among gays. He noted in passing the notorious reputation of Hitler's SS (murderously purged because there were so many homosexual men in the units -- themselves ultimate victims of fascism ). I attend mass (and was confirmed) at a well known and orthodox Catholic parish here in southeastern Michigan. Monsignor hosted a conference a few months ago for Catholic parents and their gay offspring. The Church reaches out but cannot change its doctrine on the SACRAMENT of Marriage. The Archdiocese of New York under Cardinal O'Connor spent considerable Church hospital funds treating men sick and dying with AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s when I lived in New York. His eminence visited these wards several times a month. I've had my own experiences at the hands of people who will brook no challenge to their political activism -- an activism that has been carried from the colleges and streets right into the workplace. Fear, conformity, intimidation -- for once the accusation of a "new McCarthyism" would be appropriate. I fear what the endgame will be... If the intention is to make us feel weak and helpless, it is working... - Graham Combs Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:20:41 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/revenge-of-the-homofascists.html#comment-4531 The truly sad thing is that the social scientist's opinions should have nothing to do with the legality of a prohibition on homosexual marriage. Either society has the ability to define marriage or it does not. If it does not, then bigamy, polygamy, and marriage in consanguinity should be legal as well. In essence, there is no such thing as "marriage." Read Justice Scalia's dissent in Lawrence v. Texas (the Texas sodomy case) and he is dead on. It doesn't matter if some homosexuals will be "happy" when they are "married" and raise healthy, happy kids. The same thing could happen in a marriage between 2 men and 3 women. The question is whether society has the right to define and defend the most essential functional unit that has been around for 6,000 years. Make no mistake about it, parenthood is next. Look for the argument that, just because you are the biological parent of a child does not give you superior rights over society in determine who should raise the child. The assigned parenthood amendment is on the way . . . - C. D. Constant Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:51:26 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/revenge-of-the-homofascists.html#comment-4524 "Never, not once in human history, has there been such a threat as we now face from homosexual activists." I am not sure I precisely understand the intended force of that statement, but those of us who accept the historicity of Genesis 18:16-19:25 might find there a precedent. Homosexual militancy is nothing new, and its ascendancy is always the death knell for the culture that nurtures it. - Billy Bean Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:43:52 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/revenge-of-the-homofascists.html#comment-4521 What we need are more men like the late great Deitrich von Hildebrand. Men who live their lives as a testament to what they believe. Even in the face of Nazism, von Hildebrand refused to deny his faith or refuse it's importance in his life. His is an incredible story. Where have men like that gone? - Marcus Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:35:46 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/revenge-of-the-homofascists.html#comment-4520 Although I would not take issue with Patrick's remarks concerning the disastorous effects of Nietzsche's ideas on the world, I think that several of Marx's notions are continuing to promote the madness that now prevails. It was Marx who proclimed that the family is the root of all evil and called for the abolition of marriage, which is what those behind the homosexual agenda are really striving for. The poor homosexuals should take note of how their confrers in Communist countries are treated, and then perhaps they will realize that they are being used. Marxism remains the dominant force in Western academia, even in many nominally Catholic institutions. Marxists are also equating so-called homophobia to racism as a means of discrediting Christainity, which Marxists really want to destroy because the Catholic Chruch stands between humanity and the Marxists' totlitarian dreams. At the same time that they attack the Church from the outside, they attack from within, resulting in the phenomenon of millions of Catholics, to include regular communicants, CCD teachers, Eucharistic ministers, and memebers of the Legion of Mary agreeing with Rembert Weakland and sincerely believing that their beliefs soundly Catholic. One seldom hears a Christian academic or clergyman say that Nietxsche was right about some things--mostly because his name his associated with Nazism--but we often hear praise for Marx. Priests who have never even heard of, let alone read, Divini Redemptoris tell me, "The Catholic Church no longer caategorically condemns Communism." Impossible, of course. So what do we do? Pray! Have the courage to tell misinformed Catholics the truth--that they MAY NOT support so-called homosexual marriage or abortion and that Holy Mother CANNOT change her Teachings on such matters. - Thomas C. Coleman, Jr. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:36:58 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/revenge-of-the-homofascists.html#comment-4519 And we know that won't happen. Exhibit A: These comments. People are still more concerned with trying to impress you "look Catholic Thing people I'M REAL SMART LIKE YOU!" but quite bored by the idea of standing up like Jesus Christ against the Jews and Romans. I LOVE IT THOUGH! American adults would elect Satan himself so long as he delivered unfettered access to sex, drugs, food, money/power or whatever else. They will watch their own children mutilated if you only promise them that they can live in a gated community and golf. - Jacob Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:01:59 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/revenge-of-the-homofascists.html#comment-4518 Good article. Another good book on the subject is "Homesexuality and the Politics of Truth" by Jeffrey Santinover. Curious how this movement will play out when, sometime in the future, it has to confront Islam instead of Christianity. It brings to mind Newman's words quoted on this site a few months ago.. “Providence rescues and saves His elect inheritance. Sometimes our enemy is turned into a friend; sometimes he is despoiled of his special virulence of evil which was so threatening; sometimes he falls to pieces of himself; sometimes he does just as much as is beneficial, and then is removed.” - MartinK Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:56:04 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/revenge-of-the-homofascists.html#comment-4517 There is a really good book on homosexuality and public policy, which has been I think out of print (surprise, surprise!) or at least it's difficult to find. It is by E. Rueda, titled "Homosexual Network." It goes deeply into the psychological character of homosexuality (esp. male homosexuality) and its manifestations in American public life/policy. The book is written incredibly objectively, presenting facts as clearly as possible. And we all know that we can't run away from facts. In any case, I highly recommend it (if you're lucky to find it). - Emina Melonic Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:15:34 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/revenge-of-the-homofascists.html#comment-4516 Patrick is on to something. Excellent column. There is another shading as well, I believe. It is the narrative that empowers all fascists and it is the narrative that must be preserved on pain of death. If the narrative dies, or even if it is "dissed" fear and anxiety bubble up from the dark places within. Worship of the narrative is crucial. Everyone must clap for Tinkerbelle. It is mandatory. Hey! What are you looking at? - Joe Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:41:21 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/revenge-of-the-homofascists.html#comment-4515 I think it was about 130 years ago that the Supreme Court ruled that polygamy was not protected by the Constitution. Now with liberal Elena Kagen coming aboard, chances of a reversal have improved, along with sanctioning same-sex marriage. Afterwards, we can look forward to the "right" to marry our mothers, sisters and pets because, after all, using the rationale of modernism, it's all about "love." And if you love someone, you should be allowed to marry them. - Joe Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:25:23 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/revenge-of-the-homofascists.html#comment-4512 I wonder what motivates these homofascists. I suppose I can understand the temptation of a romantic encounter with someone of the same sex. And I can see why they'd want to be free of harassment to practice their perverse form of sexuality. What I fail to comprehend is their aggressive militancy toward heterosexuality. Do they not know where babies come from? There is a reason why heterosexuality is favored by civilized groups like the Catholic Church and followers of Confucianism. It's a fairly obvious reason that's directly related to and trivially derived from empirically observable biological processes. So why the rebellion against biology? I think this whole attitude is bound up with Nietzsche's Übermensch, Transhumanism, and the desire to become God. Catholic Natural Law, and similar systems of belief like Confucianism, start with evidence-based facts of nature, and set up moral laws based on that. Militant homosexualists, gender queers, and the like, believe that biology is not a science in the normal sense of the word, but is really just a set of social constructs. Sexuality, for them, is not where babies come from, but rather a social gesture, like saying, "Hello, how are you?" Having modified sexuality (in their minds, at least), it is a small step to mold the human into something else, as well. We've seen this before in Nazism (making the human into the Aryan ideal), in Communism (making the human into the apparatus of the Party), and in capitalism as well (making the human into the productive machine). What does the homofascist want to make the human into? It doesn't seem quite clear yet, but it seems to be someone who unthinkingly supports the deconstructionist agenda of the arcane victimologists of the queer studies departments ghettos. In other words, it doesn't really matter to them, just so long as it's not someone who has an idea of absolute morality, or who believes in Hell. Is a belief in mathematics, or empirical biology next in the firing line? After all, having "deconstructed" the idea of the human being, particularly as a creature of God, that leaves them as the new God. Power, no matter how nonsensical its basis, is always seductive. - Patrick Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:40:14 +0100