Ryan Sorba, who thoroughly embarrassed himself at CPAC a while back, and also every other time he opens his mouth, spoke at the “Awakening 2012″ conference, where he offered this nugget of information:
Sorba: The other issue is, a lot of people lose their confidence when they talk about this issue, because the other side is so good at putting you into a corner with their terms, which is why this panel is so important, because he who defines the terms controls the debate. Stop using the word gay, because implicit in the notion of a gay identity is the fact that they’re born gay and that it should be a fundamental human right, but fundamental human rights are based on human nature not on capricious desires. If fundamental human rights are based on capricious desires, guess what, we’d have every group on this planet with a different hobby arguing for fundamental rights and benefits based on the fact that they play hockey, based on the fact that they play basketball or surf, or anything that they’re interested in.
Barber: Did you catch that, Brian? I can see the Right Wing Watch headline now, ‘Sorba Calls Homosexuality a Hobby.’ I just gave it to you, go ahead and use that.
First of all, wingnuts have already lost the battle of terminology here. Sorry! Also, if gayness is a hobby, is that what caused my foot injury? Because I’m sitting here having a hard time finding a way to write because my foot has to be elevated at all times, and I didn’t realize it was my gayness that caused this. I was under the impression that my sixty pound dog finally, after eight years, managed to be underfoot in just the right way that I tripped over her last night and landed wrong. Thanks, dog.
Anyway, here is video:
Homosexuality isn’t my hobby Ryan, it’s yours. And everyone else’s at that conference. And you people really need to get a new one. I suggest drinking.
I must live in a one-horse town, because there are absolutely NO gay hobbyist classes here. It’s easy to find classes for woodworking, weaving, gardening, martial arts, and the like, but I have yet to see gay hobby classes.
If its a hobby, then I demand to see supplies for it in my local Xtian-owned Hobby Lobby.
Why shouldn’t people have fundamental rights and benefits if they play hockey, play basketball or surf, or anything that they’re interested in? What does this guy have against sports?
These people aren’t just weird, they’re seriously weird.
“If fundamental human rights are based on capricious desires, guess what, we’d have every group on this planet with a different hobby arguing for fundamental rights and benefits based on the fact that they”… go to church.
Maybe he wants to drop that particular argument.
They prefer the term ‘homosexual’ because it has the word ‘sex’ in it. That way, they can demonize us by linking us to an activity they hate.
Never ceases to amaze me how proud these people are to be total asswipes and let the world know it. If being gay is a hobby, what is being straight? And right now, I have a capricious desire to kick him in the gut.
I have a capricious desire to kick him somewhere lower.