Religion Immutable, Homosexuality Not: Boehner

Last week, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) objected to House passage of a bill that would expand hate crime laws to cover sexual orientation. His reason, apparently, is that homosexuality is a choice. At the same time, Boehner feels that religion is immutable. In other words, your religion is set from birth.

[Chicago Guy]

I'm a Christian, and I respect Boehner's faith. But it's kind of a ridiculous position.

My hunch is he doesn't have any gay kids or siblings. If so, he'd know that being gay is in no way, shape, or form a "choice".(Nor is it anti-Christian, but that's another story)

[frank]

come on mister boehner people are born gay its not a choice.. think about those guys in muslim nations they know if they are found out they are gay they will be beaten and killed and most likely there family as well. i dont think those guys chosse this. gay is not a choice it is how people are born.

[Le Jimbo]

the state run media is putting any kind of crap into print or on air that will keep Obamas failures and the Health Care bill out of the public eye.

[Danny_Livewire]

If Religion is immutable.... why do Christians try so hard to convert others?

I can't believe people like this are even concidered worthy of being a leader in this Nation. Do they even think about what they are saying before they say it? or do they just like to use "big n fancy" words to impress people?

[writewingproxyco ntin]

Now we know homophobes are retrogade bigots, but this latest gem is just nutcaseville.

Congratulations, erectile sounding Boehner. It's just not easy to make that little sense, and people who can tend to earn big money writing for Saturday Night Live or The Daily Show.

Praiz!

[writewingproxyco ntin]

If religion is immutable, as the erectile sounding gentleman, Beohner, would have it, then I guess the talibangelical xstains will stop trying to evangelize people. After all, it's inborn, right?

You'd have to walk pretty far to find a homophobe as clueless as this cretin. Maybe all the way to the next Republikkkan Congressman's office....

[dos]

This is an opinion piece and someone's interpretation?

There certainly have been crimes against gays.

But maybe this is a bill that opens the door to other things.

Get your kids out of public schools and only vote for candidates that support parental school choice, vouchers. Get your kids OUT of public schools. In urban settings they are not the place you want your kids to attend. Obama put his kids in a charter school in Illinios and in private school in DC (while HE took away vouchers for area students!!!)....It's not okay for Obama's kids, but okay for other people's kids to attend crap schools.

[Mykro]

Le Jimbo wrote:

the state run media is putting any kind of crap into print or on air that will keep Obamas failures and the Health Care bill out of the public eye.

Everything you have ever posted reflects your total ignorance.

[davy]

quit yer cryin republicunt

Le Jimbo wrote:

the state run media is putting any kind of crap into print or on air that will keep Obamas failures and the Health Care bill out of the public eye.

[My Opinion]

The right wing wack jobs don't phase me anymore. I've come to view them as ignorant, bigoted, and just greed mongers.

[PooPoo Platter]

If Boehner really believes religion is immutable, he very unintelligent.

If Boehner was correct, religious conversion would be impossible, atheism too would be immutable, and it's impossible to be agnostic or have doubts of faith.

At best, John Boehner is a partisan political hack, and a dim witted one at that. It worst, he is profoundly stupid, probably a lost cause.

[PooPoo Platter]

Make that "...he is very unintelligent."

[phineas]

PooPoo Platter wrote:

Make that "...he is very unintelligent."

I find it funny that, if you look fast at the guy's name it sorta looks like......"Boner"... .

Fitting for the RepubliKKKan minority leader, eh?

[frank]

religion no matter the religion are all man made things. most were made in early days because man couldnt understand how things worked so we needed a great all powerful deity to credit. now we have science that has proven how things work we no longer need religion. some still do because they have weak minds like mr. boehner. or more to the point if republicans didnt have the religion vote all they would have left is the warmonger vote and racist kkk vote.

[Lawrence Wolf]

It's amazing how such crushingly stupid people get elected to public office in this country. This bonehead makes Michelle Bachmann seem intelligent - well, almost.

[King Tut]

Poo Poo is not intelligent, that we know!!!

PooPoo Platter wrote:

Make that "...he is very unintelligent."

[Lawrence Wolf]

King Tut wrote:

Poo Poo is not intelligent, that we know!!!<quoted text>

Who the hell is "we", sh'thead?

[Seeking truth]

Chicago Guy wrote:

I'm a Christian, and I respect Boehner's faith. But it's kind of a ridiculous position.
My hunch is he doesn't have any gay kids or siblings. If so, he'd know that being gay is in no way, shape, or form a "choice".(Nor is it anti-Christian, but that's another story)

How do you know HE'S not really gay, but CHOOSING not to BE gay? LOL

[Seeking truth]

I mean trying to choose not to be gay. No one in Ohio has a tan ALL YEAR LONG, except for the Boner.

[Shady Lady]

After many years, and numerous studies there is no consensus that people are born Gay. It is totally abnormal behavior, and you can stop being a victim. You made choices, the same as anyone else. It will be ignored, but it will never be acceptable behavior.