I came across this
response by Professor Mike Adams to the very public coming out of Jason Collins, the NBA player. Its Adams' response to Collins if he were president and had a conversation with Collins and then talked to the media.
People often
write to me expressing their dissatisfaction with President Obama and
his policies. They also like to write to me asking how I will do things
differently if I am elected president in 2016. For example, they ask
whether I would have taken the time to call Jason Collins after he "came
out" - becoming the first openly gay active player in the NBA. The
answer is a definite "yes." I would have called him immediately. And
here is what I would have been able to say to the White House Press
corps if later asked about our conversation:
Adams expresses disapproval that homosexuals aren't content to live their lives but want to force their views on others in all areas of life.
"I told Jason I could have been much prouder of him. One of the
extraordinary measures of social regression that we have seen in this
country has been the insistence that the interests of the LGBT community
be interjected into every aspect of American life. Now, the agenda is
even present in kindergarten sex education classes in Massachusetts. At
first, it was placed there by those who insisted that such educational
classes would be fully optional for objecting parents. Now, parents who
show up at these schools objecting to the sexualization of their
children are threatened with prosecution for trespass. None of this
would be happening if homosexuals were content to live their lives
privately and peacefully without imposing their agenda upon those who
respectfully disagree with them.
That the GLBT community isn't content with equality but are demanding aquiescence.
"I reminded Jason that everyone deserves full equality. But I also
reminded Jason that the so-called LGBT community already has full
equality, not just partial equality. For example, he had a right to
marry his fiancé of seven years. But just because he decided to
relinquish that right, it does not mean the courts need to create a new
right for him to exercise. The polygamists tried that in the 1800s and
the Supreme Court rightly said ‘no’ to their legal arguments. Given that
there is far greater historical acceptance of polygamy than so-called
gay marriage, he has no broad right to marry anyone he chooses. So I
urged Jason not to use his newfound platform to push this issue. I will
have more to say about substitutionary rights - the idea that when you
relinquish a right, you get to select a new one - in a future press
conference. But now back to Jason.
"I also told him that I was disappointed that the LGBT community was
no longer seeking tolerance, but instead seeking acquiescence to the
notion that their lifestyle is every bit as healthy as the traditional
American family. Of course, that is simply absurd. I reminded him that
even Elton John recently recognized that his adopted son would suffer
because he had no 'mummy.' I urged Jason to avoid gay adoption as it was
not in the interests of the child - although it might be an effective
publicity stunt once his first round of media adoration has subsided.
That we shouldn't judge people based on their sex life rather their character.
"Given the importance of sports in our society, for an individual
who's been mediocre at best in one of those major sports to suddenly say
'This is who I am. I'm proud of it. I'm still a great competitor. I'm
still seven foot tall and deliver a hard foul' was simply a distraction.
I think for a lot of young people out there who are confused and who
are struggling with these issues, to see a role model like that who is
interjecting sex into sports, well, it's just not a good thing. I think
America should be concerned that this is just one more stunt reinforcing
this ongoing illusion that we do not treat everybody fairly, and that
we judge people on the basis of their sex life rather than their
character and their job performance. We can't judge them on the basis of
those things if they keep interjecting sex into the workplace. That
just isn't right. So, I'm very displeased with Jason and I told him
that...
"I told Jason, what is most notable about his recent conduct is his
lack of courage. He lived a lie and misled a nice woman for seven years.
Only after it became politically correct to be gay - and when anyone on
the NBA was assured a six-digit fine for criticizing him - did he come
forward. I've never seen a seven foot man act so small.
"Jason has taught young people to do easy things, not hard things, in
order to win the affection of others. He has taught them that they are
to be judged, not by the content of their character, but by the many
colors of the banner of sexual political correctness. That will be the
legacy of Jason Collins. I wish he had thought of the long term
consequences of his decisions before he made them. Whether we like it or
not, an athlete is a role model. Others are watching. And that is
something I plan to talk about again in my next White House Press
Conference.
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