When somebody is invited somewhere to speak, if you want to present opposition to the person or his beliefs, then you do so quietly and respectfully. When that person is behind the podium speaking, you shut your darn mouth and you let him speak. During a lecture is not the appropriate time to VOICE opposition. Hold up signs with clever slogans written on them, but certainly don’t shout.

I’m a high school teacher, and I must say that the behavior of the people shown in this video reminds me of what I might expect from a very large group of 9th graders. Somebody in opposition to equality for the LGBT community, but who has actually had little to no interaction with members of that community, could reasonably watch these two videos and conclude that homosexuals are uneducated and immature. That of course is not the case, but people need to realize that when they represent a group or organization, their behavior in public has an effect on public perception of that group, and thus affects all the members of that group. I guess basically what I’m saying is that certain gay people need to shut their mouths and keep their counter-hate to themselves, because they’re making the rest of us look bad. This kind of nonsense sets us back in our fight for equality.

And also, as somebody above mentioned, all one need do to highlight Wilson’s antiquated (and often bizarre) beliefs is simply to let him speak.

Ah, geez guys, that straight out of the koran.

You sure you got this story right?

All they needed to do to make that guy look foolish is let him talk about male-female relationships – even most of the Christian Right do not support Old Testament marriage law (and many of the Christians likely would be stoned to death along with the rest of us especially depending upon how broad of a definition of sex the local Taliban leaders choose to adopt). Ask him questions if need be to make sure he places his ignorance on full display – my question above is simple – how old does a girl have to be before she can be effectively forced into marriage?

My reference to “the church” meant the **members of the church** who organized the event with Doug Wilson and who videotaped the bigotry (i.e., extreme intolerance toward opposing views) on display, as gay and lesbian audience members tried to shout down the speaker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lq5AX4lPHQ

6min of embarrassing video from the event I found:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lq5AX4lPHQ

And I make that observation as an atheist.

The protesters were their own worst enemy, and their juvenile antics gave the church hours of film to use.

But if someone has any kind of citation, I’d love to see it.

Blessings,
Jesse Broussard

I’d almost want to go hear him speak to ask him how old I would have been able to be basically sold into slavery as a “wife” for some perv who may have already raped me. If there was a NAMGLA his views of sex would make him a hero.

Clearly everyone has misunderstood Doug Wilson what he meant to say was that fathers should sell their daughters to THERAPISTS. Presumably for research or some other legiitimate purpose. Hee!

-Christopher Hitchens, Slate, reflecting on his time with Doug Wilson. (They wrote a book together and did a movie.)

I am definitely going to have to start using the term ‘oligophrenisphere.’ That is arguable the greatest portmanteau I’ve hear in a long, long time.

It has been widely reported however, that as she was entering the hearing chamber, Sandra Fluke’s boyfriend was overheard calling out to her as he left, shouting ‘Goodbye, my concubine!’

(Sorry, I know that was painfully stupid. But at least it was mildly entertaining — to me, at any rate — and I think that’s what matters, no?