You’re right. It should be Bert and Mary.
But then that might imply they might have ::looks around:: s-e-x
So maybe Pat and Pat…
I’m so confused
Nope, still not possible.
That album was released in 1972. As Samclem pointed out, Rev. Barnes claims he has ‘suffered’ since 1957.
Then that little bastard Howdy Doody must’ve had something to do with it. (I always thought he was a little too cozy with that Dilly Dally dude.)
Perfectly clear from the beginning, and sorry if I implied that I had any idea that you thought otherwise. I was merely trying to underscore the point that even when the truth is plain to see, a comforting lie will still be embraced.
I was thinking that the Teletubbies weren’t even around back then but you are right, the liberal media has always made sure there was some prominent gay icons for youngsters. None of the muppets ever did much for me sexually as a child however.
I was more focused on scenes like this which definitely shaped my sexuality.
You mean the one with the headband, second from the left. Perv!!! 
Alright, alright! Annette Funicello! Happy now! Gawd, I feel so* dirty*…
I blame The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. That young boy, all alone at that fort with all of those big strong soldiers. :eek:
Enough to warp a young boys mind I tell you.
I blame gay marri-oh wait. That won’t work, will it?
Okay, I blame Canada. And Paris Hilton.
Isn’t it obvious? The lib’ruls are so evil, so pernicious, so full of hatred toward everything clean&decent&holy&american that their pomps and their works corrupted this fine young man decades before hitting the airwaves!
Smite them! Smite their hirelings! In the name of God destroy them all!
And that ain’t all…
Yep. Being an evangelical minister causes homosexuality!
The real answer is that time travelling homos from the future have come to our time to zap prominent religious figures with a Gayification Ray[sup]TM[/sup] in order to ensure an All Queer Future[sup]TM[/sup]. :eek:
Seriously, though, on Fresh Aire Terry Gross (Mistress of the Softball Question[sup]TM[/sup]) asked a minister who was friends with Ted “I’m the carpenter that Christ nailed!” Haggard if it wasn’t possible that being gay was something that a person with? He fumbled around and said that there was simply no way he could concieve of that being possible (let alone the actual matter). :rolleyes:
Whatever consenting adults choose to do to one another in the privacy of their own home should be their own business (unless, of course, they videotape it and post it on the web! ;)).
I’m pretty sure I’m not a homophobe but I have to ask, does anyone think that the statement: *he had “struggled with homosexuality since he was five years old,” * has any credence at all?
On what did he base that - the fact that at age 5 all his playmates were boys and he thought that girls were yucky?
I remember having a crush on this one little girl when I was in kindergarten. I don’t think I ever had any notion of doing anything with or to her beyond kissing her, but it was definitely a “romantic” sort of attraction. And I don’t think I ever really thought girls were “yucky”, although there were times when I may have felt socially compelled to pretend as though as I did.
His best friend was a dog. All of his other associates were males.
Go figure.
It would be quite funny to contact every single anti-gay campaigner in the US with such a call, and see how leap out of the closet before they are pushed out by revelations that aren’t actually about to be made. Actually, I guess you’d cause a lot of stress and bother to those who are not gay so that wouldn’t be fair. In fact do not do this. But you have to admit it’s kind of funny to think about.
I was just telling Hamish that we should telephone all of the creepy megachurches and say, “I know Reverend ---- did you-know-what with you-know-who you-know-when” and see what proportion of them resigned.
Much as when, as a joke, Oscar Wilde sent telegrams to a random selection of ten London noblemen, saying “All is discovered - fly at once!” Apparently, all ten immediately departed for the Continent.
Naah, all the men had the hots for Mme. Castafiore 
If we’re talking about 1957, we’re in Mickey Mouse Club territory, if I’m not mistaken.
Hey there! Hi There! Ho There!
You’re as welcome as can be!
M-I-C
K-E-Y
M-O-U-S-E!
…
…
Through the years we’ll all be friends,
wherever we may be…
M-I-C (See you real soon!)
K-E-Y (Why? Because we like you!)
M-O-U-S-E!
That probably did it to him.
Boy do I feel old after typing that!
I don’t believe homosexuality is a “lifestyle choice” but I have serious doubts about anybody that “remembers” being gay at 5 years old. Human memory is pretty bad about remembering things last week with any degree of precision, when it gets to decades, I think there is some confabulation going on.
Seriously though, even if we grant that this guy’s memory is great enough to remember something like that. What 5 year old thinks about sex? At 5 I didn’t even like girls (I’m straight). Hell, at 8 I thought they were gross and had cooties. What 5 year old not only misses that stage, but jumps right to - mmm, little Timmy is cute, I think I would like to cuddle with him.
Seriously.