Seems like conservatives would support "assisted suicide." First, for the anti-gay crowd, such as you, you could get rid of all the gays who have HIV/AIDS, as is alluded to in the article. Second, for the small government, cost-cutting crowd, this reduces costs--people with terminal diseases and no insurance end up somewhere, usually a state-supported hospital where they lay dying. Rather than inflict such pain on the poor, why not give them the option of checking out. And think of the tax-payer money saved....

Star Parker, you represent the sleazy under-belly of conservatism. How you can compare Sanford to Collins shows how utterly morally bankrupt you and your social conservative buddies are. Sanford not only committed adultery, he lied, misused taxpayer money, trespassed, and then foisted his adulteress onto his poor unsuspecting kids while the public watched. Collins is a pro athlete, not a politician, governor, or congressman representing the people.. Sanford is living proof that if you align yourself with the Christian conservative Repubs you can literally get away with anything, there is no right and wrong, just throw words like "Jesus" out there and all is good even if everything you did is an affront to your Bible... Ultimately, both liberals and conservatives have thrown principles and decency to the wind. The problem is that conservatives hold themselves out as being the most principled and decent. Star shows her true colors: she's a soul-less, amoral grifter who elevates hypocrisy to the level of sacred because it is personally profitable.

Now that is true Christianity for you!

Hey, two men have the same right to kiss as everybody else. If it is such a problem, maybe you should develop a no-gays-allowed gated community and never leave it. And tell me, how do you "face it head on"?

Are you a comedian, or just sick hillbilly?

Crystal, no one is making you accept anything. If you don't like the news or what's on tv, then turn it off. Gay activists cannot force people to do anything--just because they are successful at some of their initiatives doesn't mean that force was used--they aren't holding a gun to anybody's head. If the Boy Scouts don't want gays in their midst, then they should get a spine and say no. But again, persuasion does not equal force. Ultimately, you're whining about current events and the fact that news agencies cover them. It's like saying that crazies with guns are now in control because we hear so much about Newtown. Part of living in a free society is ignoring the stuff you don't like... Moreover, you'd be more persuasive if you...

You're ignorant of the history of the word. Activists did not coin the word and adopt it to describe homosexuals. It was applied by the larger culture, primarily as a pejorative because the word has (had) a connotation of frivolous and other things that were stereotypes.

Who cares if there is a genetic component or not? Ultimately, it is irrelevant. Does religion have a genetic component? Do any of the Bill of Rights turn on a genetic component? Is Jason Collins considered brave because there's some presumed genetic component to being gay? No. It's because people believe it takes bravery to do what he did when he knew he'd be a target of hostility. And looking around the web many folks have exercised their Firt Amendment right to say whatever they want about Collins, from very positive to very negative. And you know what, the exercise of such rights does not rely on genetics. So, really, the vast majority of our rights are ours regardless of any genetic predisposition we may or may not have.

I think we're past the point of splitting hairs. So Sanford didn't hire prostitutes. This is what he did do: adultery, lying, misused taxpayer money to enable his adultery, trespassed, and foisted the mistress on his poor kids after winning the nomination. Just because Eliot Spitzer is a bum does not mean Sanford isn't. The problem is that the Republicans claim to be better than such stuff, Democrats don't...

So, what you're saying, is that morals don't really matter anymore to conservatives...? It won't be long before the Democrats hang this man around the Republicans' necks.. The claim that the Republicans are the "family values" party just got less convincing.