Monday, September 27, 2010

ANOTHER WEDGE BETWEEN THE FUNDIES AND GLENN BECK

In addition to his Mormonism, the Fundies also don't like his position on gay marriage.   This is from the the American Family News Network (AFN), a branch of Donald Wildmon's AFA :
Glenn Beck's marriage mistake
Peter Heck - Guest Columnist - 9/27/2010 10:15:00 AM

But those impressions only complicate what I perceive as a glaring inconsistency in Beck's thinking, exposed in a late summer exchange with Bill O'Reilly. O'Reilly asked "Do you believe gay marriage is a threat to the country in any way?" Laughing, Beck mocked, "A threat to the country? No, I don't...will the gays come and get us?"

As one who frequently faces inane and myopic criticism from those on the left who don't care to actually confront his positions, it was disappointing that Beck would employ the same rhetorical condescension towards so many of his political allies whose opposition to homosexuality is far more nuanced than that.

This is one of the only issues where I believe Beck is misguided. And it's a real shame, because we desperately need his voice.

1 comment:

Ken Hoop said...

The Mormon Church has waged an aggressive fight against homosexual marriage, so Beck is out of step here as well.