From: 00rdharringt@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Rob Harrington)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: Pat Robertson's bigoted remarks at the convention...
Date: 15 Dec 92 05:04:50 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Ball State University

In article <1185@bug.UUCP>, stevef@bug.UUCP (Steven R Fordyce) writes:
> |+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | "It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages
> | women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft,
> | destroy capitalism and become lesbians."
> |
> | Televangelist, Pat Robertson, who spoke at the Republican convention, 
> | on the proposed equal-rights amendment
> |+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> |
> |Now - the first question is obvious: Is it an accurate quote from Mr.
> |Robertson's speech?
> 
> No.  Actually, I was asking about Pat Buchanan, but what-the-heck, let's
> talk about Robertson.
> 
> Robertson didn't say that at the convention.  As I understand it, the
> above comes from a fund-raising letter written by someone on his staff. 
> He signed the letter, but in apologizing for it, claimed he didn't read
> it before it was sent out.  That in itself isn't good, but I would bet
> it isn't uncommon for donation funded political organizations of all
> stripes.
> 
I had heard it was said in a speech at a fund-raising dinner... 
If your story is true then Pat should be slapped for signing
things he never read...

> Moreover, I also understand the above is or refers to a quote from a
> feminist leader made in 1972.  If that's true, doesn't that change
> things?

nope... it was made just before the convention on a Wisconsin(i think)
Equal Rights Amendment... I can't give you the exact date but it was
in Newsweek under the Overheard section...

> 
> You obviously don't know the context of this statement (and either do I:
> I'm not a Christian, nor a follower of Pat Robertson; I haven't seen the
> letter in question, nor did I hear Robertson's speech at the
> convention), so why do you assume this statement is made out of bigotry
> or hate?  Don't you think the context matters?
> 
Read the quote... Pat is talking about an equal rights amendment and
claiming that it would cause women to kill their children and practice
witchcraft?  C'mon... sheesh...

> No one in the official in the Republican party on the national level
> sticks up for David Duke.  He is denounced every time his name comes up.
> Why do you keep bringing Duke into it?
> 
Well he (Duke) must think that he is welcome there.  If not in actuality
than in spirit... I know I wouldn't be there if everyone denounced me.

> Who is Bo Gritz and what has he to do with this?

Damn good question...
> 
> |I do not support the gay lifestyle in any way, shape or form, but I am
> |tolerant of those that do. Mr. Robertson's remarks are a sad, sad example of
> |religious bigotry - that they were mouthed during a Presidential convention
> |is a sad comment on the state of the Republican Party, imho.
> 
> They weren't.  What has "gay lifestyle" have to do with this?

Probably the become lesbians part...

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