{"id":298021,"date":"2010-02-09T13:30:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T18:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=66019"},"modified":"2010-02-09T13:30:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T18:30:58","slug":"dennis-prager-angry-that-conservative-anti-gay-hysteria-not-seen-in-a-more-positive-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/298021","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Prager Angry That Conservative Anti-Gay Hysteria Not Seen in a More Positive Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class='hitEmbed_right'><object width=\"275\" height=\"223\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/V9A9sVV24gA&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/V9A9sVV24gA&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"275\" height=\"223\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Dennis Prager is fuming mad about Frank Rich\u2019s latest column, in which he called conservatives <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/07\/opinion\/07rich.html\">homophobic bigots<\/a>. How unfair of Rich!<\/p>\n<p>Prager <a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/DennisPrager\/2010\/02\/09\/frank_rich_and_the_state_of_liberal_commentary\">asks indignantly<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class='wbq'>\n<p><strong>Where is this mainstream conservative &#8220;explicit anti-gay animus?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Funny he should ask, because the lead article today <a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/\">at Townhall<\/a>, where Prager\u2019s article and blog reside, is titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/MikeAdams\/2010\/02\/09\/texas_gaym_university\">Texas Gay&amp;M<\/a>\u201d and begins:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class='wbq'>\n<p>Some time ago, I recommended Texas A&amp;M University as a good place to get an education. Now that it has added a course in the English Department called \u201cGay and Lesbian Literature\u201d I need to reconsider. <strong>Generally, when a school dedicates entire courses to homosexuality its days are numbered as a university to be taken seriously.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The article goes on to suggest an alternate course: \u201c\u201cHomosexuality and Other Bad Lifestyle Choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No animus there!<\/p>\n<p>And right below Prager\u2019s piece today on Townhall is another titled, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/MikeAdams\/2010\/02\/08\/queer_theories_and_theologies?page=2\">Queer Theories and Theologies<\/a>\u201d by the same author, who writes of gays,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class='wbq'>\n<p><strong>They do not seek to enjoy marriage. They seek to destroy marriage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Can\u2019t imagine where Frank Rich got the idea that Dennis and his wingnut buddies hate gays.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he reads Dennis Prager\u2019s website. Or reads <a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/DennisPrager\/2008\/05\/20\/california_decision_will_radically_change_society\">his articles<\/a>. Or watches him on teevee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-this\/share-icon-16x16.gif\" alt=\"Share This icon\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=66019&amp;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"Email, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_66019\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"noindex nofollow\">&nbsp;<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><br style='clear:none' \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Prager is fuming mad about Frank Rich\u2019s latest column, in which he called conservatives homophobic bigots. How unfair of Rich! Prager asks indignantly, Where is this mainstream conservative &#8220;explicit anti-gay animus?&#8221; Funny he should ask, because the lead article today at Townhall, where Prager\u2019s article and blog reside, is titled \u201cTexas Gay&amp;M\u201d and begins: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5394,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5394"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}