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Gay 'agenda' targeted — Speakers in American Fork warn of dangers

Wait for the follow up story on the 9th where we are told 500 people show up at the Gay Pride meeting. Then watch these same reporters try to spin it in a manner adjunct to the gay agenda. No one knew about this meeting expect these 'media representatives'.

I fully believe these individuals that held this meetings are slightly off center and I would never attend such a meeting myself. But for the media to try to push such stories on the populous because they feel it is their 'duty' is just wrong. Report the news, don't try to make it.

What was that story about ABC News 'framing' a story on high rates of depression in Utah? A similar situation couldn't be happening here could it?

Be careful Utah that certain individuals, groups and media outlets will use any public situation, if allowed to go untackled, to promote, push and force Government laws in the favour of homosexuals and their practices. Do not be brain washed or misled by anyone claiming homosexuality to be okay. It should be avoided like paedophillia.

Gunter should have hit on the many other dangers out there. There are the communists that are hiding around every corner and the crazed caffiene addicts.

Worry over gay people does not keep me up at night.

What scares me?

The high percentage of Utahns hopped up on drugs that are out driving on the roads threatening the safety of my family and anyone who tries to to cross the street.

Parents that can't stay happily married. Intolerant, judgemental parents turning up the pressure on young people who have enough to deal with.

Only in Utah and especially Utah county. Its stories like this, full of ignorance and intolerance, that make me ashamed to call myself a Utahn.

And if you read both the D-news and the Trib look at the difference in reporting styles. Although I understand the News is owned by the church they could be a little more objective in how they covered the story.

Ms. Yana has a point -- public discussion should not degenerate into diseases spread by homosexual activity. Even if all diseases associated with the "gay" lifestyle were eliminated, homosexuality would not be converted into virtue.

There is no reason for us to shrink from the truth. Pornography and homosexual acts are wrong for individuals, degrading for societies, and extremely harmful to their victims. We can and should spread this word to our children. We must politely, but firmly disagree with those peddling these perversions as worthy alternates to normalcy and decency.

Among the truths our children need to know are perversion's epidemiological effects, but, medical fact is no substitute for moral truth.

I agree with "Don't Foll Me"! Thank God for Fox News!

There are forces in society (Gay Pride, MTV, prime time network programing to name just a few) that relentlessly and aggressively push acceptance of homosexuality on children. Their efforts are very successful with an age group that seeks peer acceptance and often is looking for ways to show rebellion and independence from parental and societal standards.

Public school officials are generally cowed and intimidated by these forces.

Parents are losing the battle for their own children.

I know nothing of this group but this issue is alive and real.

Just another example of hate mongering, veiled in "protecting the public and children". It is very interesting that the video and information that this presentation used were admittedly out of date. I think it's also very interesting that in this same issue is a VERY RECENT story of a crackdown on child pornography in Utah. It reports that heterosexual men and women are guilty of trading child porn. It is a very old and tired argument that gay men and women "recruit" children. Nothing is further from the truth. How scandolous that the alleged "gay agenda" is promoting acceptance!!! Stephen Graham ought to hold meetings on the dangers of spreading misinformation that spawns fear generated violence on innocent and unsuspecting persons. I wonder how many true sexual deviants (HETEROsexual pedophiles and sexual assaulters) were in attendance at this gathering under the guise of "good Christian" people.

I agree that next week's meeting with have many more people in attendance. I think that last night's meeting was more for show and to make the organizers feel as if they were doing something, anything to combat some of what they feel are society's ills. It's almost guaranteed that the LDS General Authorities will address pornography and homosexuality during General Conference this weekend, which for most of Utah County's residents will carry a lot more weight than what was presented last night.

well, 20 people fell for the act. In a way I guess that is good. Could have been a lynching party afterwards but ... and less would have shown that no one can read (the newspaper, etc.).

20? Not bad. Did anyone ask about how many children are born that are gay? Did anyone ask? Did anyone ask if God made those children?

Oh so many questions, and so little time.

Who could disagree with a group using "Families" or "Liberty" in their name?
Must be a carefully, patiently, and cunningly, organized plan to make homosexuals the "them" in we vs them.
Why is it that we have such a fear of the unknown? That heterosexuals have such a deadly fear that if they don't make enemies out of gay individuals they will be robbed of their Christian credentials or their own kids will fall to that horrible perversion.
They never stopped to think that with all the hate and venom their kind thrusts upon a person, who has known themselves to be gay from birth, that that person would do everything they could to fit in and be like everyone else, considered "normal", But they can't and don't because they have no more control over their sexual orientation that I have over being left-handed or my eyes being blue. Being hateful and pretending homosexuals don't exist won't change the numbers. Neither will doing all you can to make their lives miserable. Try and put yourself in the place of a parent with student who is gay. If you can't do so, you may really be a Caveman.

... but please pay attention this time.

Gay from birth? creepy but also ludicrous. If there were a biological condition called "homosexuality" it would leave its victims unable to reproduce. It would be an evolutionary dead end; a genetic DEFECT (Mother Nature values reproduction very highly)
Actually "homosexuals" change their behavior all the time; marry, have children, have homosexual sex; if it is a genetic trait it must be the "chameleon" orientation.
Homosexuality is a behavior. Like all behavior it is learnable and controllable. Like all behaviors, people will have varying degrees of difficulty controlling it.
It is certainly convenient to say "God made me this way" and deny any responsibility for ones actions; denial of responsibility is one of the alpha sicknesses in our society. But saying it over and over and over won't make it true.

Please quit pushing homosexuality on children in public schools. It is bad for the children and bad for society.

The notion that God made homosexuals, therefore God is OK with homosexuality is nonsense. I believe that some people are born with homosexual tendencies. In fact, all of us are born with some weakness of the flesh to one degree or another.
HOWEVER, we each have to resist and overcome our weaknesses. If the measure is "whatever I'm born with is what God intended for me to have, so it's OK to indulge in whatever urge I may have", then each of you can see what kind of urges people may choose to follow that are NOT OK. If we all just follow whatever impulse that we may have, we are indeed animals of the worst kind.

silly people, sexuality is a choice and is pavlovian.

Wow. When I consider how the DMN censors some of my blogs, and then read some of these comments, I'm shocked.

Anyway, for the record, I am a 40 year old homosexual man, and I have never had a known, detectable sexually transmitted disease in my entire life. And believe me, I get tested.

If you want to end the spread of disease, help encourage a standard of monogamy in the gay male population. Help bring about marriage equality.

I single out the gay male population, because in case no one has noticed, lesbians rarely contract any STDs. It's a function of the mechanics of sex, not morality.

Once again the small minded people in Utah County show that they have their heads buried in the sand. Have any of you ever met and actually spoke to gay people about their lives? Do you really think that millions of people choose to have these feelings and want to live tormented lives? Yes acting on the feelings of homosexuality is a sin, though being born with those feelings is not a sin. Perhaps some compassion and understanding on your part is in order. You should focus on the crystal meth problem that is killing your children, not that there might be a gay person living in your county.

Great comments, and Good going John. It's nice to see the silent majority with representation!

Read carefully people: Having the opinion that a certain behavior is wrong, immoral, or unhealthy has nothing to do with hate. Nor does advocating against that same behavior.

Try and apply it to a different issue. I think it is unhealthy and wrong to not wash one's hands after using the toilet. Does that mean I'm a hate monger? Of course not.

It sickens me to see all of the hate coming from people that say they are Christians. To me a good Christian is understanding and will see the good in others, and mind their own business. That is the problem with most people they try to force their beliefs on to others because they just know they are right and others are wrong.
Keep your nose out and take care of your own and let me worry about mine!
Maybe we should burn some books while we are at it.
I am tired of all the closed minds in HAPPY VALLEY!!!

Where did I hear this speech before?

Oh,yeah. Ralph Fiennes gave it in "Schindler's List". When you cross the line into this kind of hatred, you profane all that is Holy by claiming you are doing God's will.