(Post a new comment)

	smo 2004-01-27 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	This would seem to prove the axiom: if you don't want peoples' opinions, don't ask for them. And don't get pissed when they don't respond as you'd hoped. But then, I suppose that's too logical for these people. (Reply to this)

	resmiranda 2004-01-27 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	"It just so happens that homosexual activist groups around the country got a hold of the poll -- it was forwarded to them -- and they decided to have a little fun, and turn their organizations around the country (onto) the poll to try to cause it to represent something other than what we wanted it to." Just... the best quote ever. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sagralisse 2004-01-27 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	Gah. Totally. One wonders why they didn't pimp the thing at their own sites... or youth groups or whatever the hell kind of organizations they use to spread the "God hates gay people" message. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lavenderfrost 2004-01-27 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	I like to think that they did, but the people that disagree with them STILL outnumber them, despite their best efforts. goes back into her happy dream world where public opinion is, in fact, becoming a lot more gay-friendly and she has her own personal harem of slashy hotties to play with (or watch them play with each other) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sagralisse 2004-01-27 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	That's a reasonable conclusion... well, everything up to the slashy harem thing, 'cuz that's so not going to happen. Back off Teh Hotties, beyawtch. They're MINE. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	iczer6 2004-01-28 09:04 am UTC (link)
	I know I mean do these people read what they write? Do they listen to their own words? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rhi_silverflame 2004-01-28 10:03 am UTC (link)
	The "represent something other than what we wanted to" part kills me. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bubosquared 2004-01-28 11:20 am UTC (link)
	I've seen that part about a dozen times now, on various communities and journals, and it still amuses me. I can't believe they actually admitted that! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	gairid 2004-01-28 02:22 pm UTC (link)
	I like how they call it "having a little fun", like it was some kind of joke instead of the way so many people actually feel. The last part of the sentence is hilarious. BTW....Traditonal Values needs to eat som crow, too, I think. http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?name=Surveys&pollID=50 (Reply to this)(Parent)

	calluna 2004-01-27 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, 'cause it's a vast left-wing conspiracy, not just a reflection of the fact that the overwhelming majority of internet users are socially liberal... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	rann 2004-01-28 01:27 am UTC (link)
	Indeed. That couldn't possibly be it. No, no, it's those interest groups, skewing things wrongfully by actually expressing their opinions, something only the AFA should be able to do! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rhi_silverflame 2004-01-28 08:33 am UTC (link)
	How presumptive of them, expressing their opinions without permission. The nerve. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: rann 2004-01-28 08:35 am UTC (link)
	When are these gays going to realize that the common rights of straights are special priviliges for them...? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rhi_silverflame
2004-01-29 02:20 am UTC (link)

Only when they drop TEH EVAL HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA?

(And lemme tell ya, top of my homosexual agenda at the moment is going to buy a new towel bar to replace the one my partner broke yesterday when she nearly fell in the bathroom. Next on the list is taking her to the doctor tomorrow morning. Repetitive-motion injury at work landed her with a severely irritated sciatic nerve, she hasn't been able to stand up for more than a minute at a time since Friday, and we don't have health insurance. I hope like hell they don't decide to deny her worker's comp claim. *cry*)

Damn me for wishing I could take some of that stuff for granted. :P Ooo, I'm coveting straight married couples' rights and envying them for having said rights -- a Deadly Sin and breaking one of the Ten Commandments right there!

. . . I'm just waiting for one of them to spin it that way. :P

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

smo
2004-01-29 03:11 pm UTC (link)

I'm coveting straight married couples' rights and envying them for having said rights.

HMO coverage for "domestic qualified partners" is highway robbery. I have yet to hear an argument against equal rights for same-sex partnerships that doesn't boil down to outright bigotry.

And don't get me started on the sanctity of marriage, either. I could name at least half a dozen reality shows off the top of my head that make an absolute mockery of the institution of marriage, and not one of them involves a gay couple.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ahiru 2004-01-29 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	And let's not forget Britney Spears' recent marriage debacle. I really wanted to take a clipping from that story and send it to various politicians al;ong with a Post-It note bearing the words "Sanctity of marriage, huh?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-01-29 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	snerk Not that they would get it, mind you. But still: snerk (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rhi_silverflame 2004-01-30 08:25 am UTC (link)
	HMO coverage for "domestic qualified partners" is highway robbery. Tell me about it. I spent all day yesterday looking and cringing. :P And I have a feeling if you and I both got started on the "sanctity of marriage" issue, we wouldn't stop until something spontaneously combusted. Maybe not even then. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-01-30 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	Burn, baby, burn! Rant-o inferno! Tell me about it. I spent all day yesterday looking and cringing. Word. Then, of course, there's the issue of HMOs in general, upon which you should DEFINITELY not get me started, because once I get off on a tear about running health care like a business, I could bitch until I blow a gasket. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rhi_silverflame 2004-01-31 12:00 am UTC (link)
	coughs If it's anything like me getting started on Wal-Mart and corporate practices in general? I believe you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-02-02 04:16 pm UTC (link)
	Wal-Mart is the Great Satan. I would believe anything bad you told me about them, up to and including telling me they kicked puppies and mugged old ladies. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	zee 2004-01-28 09:18 am UTC (link)
	So...they tried to push their political agenda onto congress by purposely rigging a poll, and now they're pissed because people caught on and exposed them, thereby making the poll more accurately represent the true views of the people and ruining their little scheme of corruption. Life is grand. (Reply to this)

	rachelmap 2004-01-28 09:44 am UTC (link)
	And here's another bunch that looks pretty much like they're doing the same kind of thing, only with surveys on more issues. http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?name=Surveys (Reply to this)(Thread)

	smo 2004-01-28 01:17 pm UTC (link)
	Woohoo! goes to vote (Reply to this)(Parent)

	teratologist 2004-01-28 03:30 pm UTC (link)
	Man. They picked the ugliest children on earth for their banners, too. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	snowglassapples 2004-01-28 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	I know it's wrong and terrible, but the banner for Homosexual Urban Legends: The Series made me choke laughing. That child is made of dough, I tell you, dough. And they've disabled the surveys in the hour since I last went on to vote pro-gay rights. What a surprise. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-01-28 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	Seriously? My God. That is ~~hysterical~~ appalling. ~~Hahahahahaha.~~ Ugh. (Reply to this)(Parent)

beccastareyes
2004-01-28 02:35 pm UTC (link)

The AFA really should know their demographic better...

I mean, I could have told them that the average person who disagrees with them is far more likely to use the internet than one who agrees. If I may generalize, young people are disproportionately liberal. Most proficient internet users are younger people. Thus, a conservative Christian group just polled a sample space that was disproportonatly liberal. They were better off standing outside a church that matched their views and doing an exit poll.

(Reply to this)

	ahiru 2004-01-28 03:01 pm UTC (link)
	Heh, I love it. "We started a poll to show that everyone agrees with us, but they don't so it must be because teh eeeevil homosexuals rigged it! Really! We couldn't possibly be wrong!" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	smo 2004-01-28 03:29 pm UTC (link)
	This has nothing to do with anything, but every time I see your username, it makes me want to change mine to Fakia. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	virago 2004-01-28 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	I am still just... baffled by this. It's one of those things that you can't believe actually happened. Has anyone bothered to take these people aside and explain the difference between a poll and a petition, or are they too busy snickering at them for wanting to take a fucking internet poll as evidence before Congress? (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2004-01-28 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	check out anon_3point5 they've just posted more these guys (Reply to this)(Thread)

	gairid 2004-01-29 02:50 pm UTC (link)
	Oh...that's it. I'm creating an account! (Reply to this)(Parent)