Whatever you do, don't say Faggot out loud

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Posted: March 5, 20071:00 a.m. Eastern
By Tom Flannery

Will Ann Coulter never learn?
There are some things you just can't say, not even in jest. And at the top of that list right now is anything derogatory about the "gay" lifestyle or, worse yet, anything that is considered a slur against homosexuals, a protected class of people with special rights which entitle them to live free from all offense.

Ann surely should have known this. After all, hasn't she seen any of the countless films or TV shows produced by Hollywood in recent years which promote homosexuality as a perfectly normal and acceptable alternative lifestyle? Indeed, the homosexuals in virtually every one of these films and TV shows are smarter, funnier, hipper and more humane than the heterosexual characters.

Hasn't she seen or read any of the endless media stories promoting homosexuality in the same glowing manner, with never a critical word to be uttered? Doesn't she know that our schools are teaching children that homosexuality is a completely legitimate practice, and one we must all embrace and support as such whether we engage in it or not?

Yet despite all of this, Ann had the unmitigated gall to get up before an overflow crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, while the cameras were still rolling, and say this: "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate

John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I – so kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards."

The reaction was swift and severe. DNC Chairman Howard Dean called upon Republican leaders to denounce Coulter, and they were quick to comply – starting with the "Big 3" in the Republican presidential race. A spokesman for Mitt Romney called Coulter's use of the F-word "an offensive remark," adding that Romney believes "all people should be treated with dignity and respect." Rudy Giuliani said her comments were "completely inappropriate," while a spokesman for John McCain tried to one-up Rudy by saying they were "wildly inappropriate."

What was missing from all the hysteria that followed Ann's CPAC appearance was any discussion of the larger cultural context in which she made her remarks regarding Edwards. As with her attack upon those four politically-motivated 9/11 widows (the "Witches of East Brunswick"), the media once more ignored the salient argument she was making to focus instead on the sensational aspect of the language she used. Then Democratic and Republican legislators, liberal and conservative bloggers summarily followed suit. All anyone wanted to talk about was the anti-"gay" epithet.

Well, there is a larger point here that most seem to have missed, and it centers on the fact that we are well on our way in this country to criminalizing all speech and behavior that can in any way be interpreted by homosexual activists as being offensive to them or critical of their chosen "lifestyle."

To that end, when "Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington called his "gay" co-star T.R. Knight a "faggot" last year, he was so scorned and reviled for it that he not only apologized profusely but then checked himself into rehab. It was probably the only way to save his career. Then retired NBA star Tim Hardaway told a radio interviewer last month: "I hate gay people ... I don't like it [homosexuality]. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States." He, too, was forced to repent in sackcloth and ashes after he was banned from NBA All-Star Game activities, lost a national endorsement deal and was subjected to relentless nationwide criticism.

Liberals, of course, are quite fond of lecturing us that the First Amendment is designed to protect speech that some people will find offensive – that is, when they're defending flag-burning or child pornography. But somehow that principle never seems to apply when it comes to criticizing homosexuality or those who practice it, whether such criticism is based upon religious convictions, personal conscience or anything else. As Miami Heat coach Pat Riley said of his former player Hardaway's comments, such opinions simply "cannot be tolerated."

This applies not only to what Hardaway said about ''gay'' people, but what he said about homosexuality as well. However, while I'm sure most of us who oppose the "gay" agenda would agree with Romney that all people should be treated respectfully, we reserve the right to believe, teach and proclaim publicly that homosexuality itself is sinful, unnatural and perverted. We reserve the right to quote from Romans 1 and other portions of God's Word which teach just that. We reserve the right to point out that Rom. 1:27, 32 warns that homosexual behavior will cause disease within the bodies of those who practice it leading to premature death. And we reserve the right to warn those who are engaged in this behavior or being tempted to practice it that homosexuality is therefore, according to God's eternal declaration, not so much a "lifestyle" as it is a deathstyle.

At least for now. Our ruling liberal elites have no intention whatsoever of allowing us to continue enjoying these rights, not without serious societal recriminations for now and, if they get their way, criminal penalties in due time. That's why Democrats have been working so assiduously for so many years to pass hate crime bills which would in effect criminalize speech offensive to homosexuals. And now that they're in the majority, Democrats are redoubling those efforts.

Interestingly, the same liberal elites who are calling for the public condemnation of Ann Coulter have been largely silent about John Edwards' anti-Christian bloggers. They have not demanded that those bloggers be made national examples of, nor have they forced them to check into rehab. In fact, many media outlets never even covered the story. That should tell you all you need to know about the raging firestorm that's erupting over Coulter's use of the F-word.

So should we go around callously calling people faggots? No, of course not.
But, at the same time, should we bow down before the liberal establishment and worship at the feet of the "gay" agenda they're promoting as some sort of sacrosanct ideal?
No, absolutely not, no matter how many pro-"gay"

Democratic Party activists or Republican presidential candidates come forward to condemn Ann Coulter.

Sorry, just can't help myself.......gotta say it.............FAGGOT!