On Thursday’s edition of “The 700 Club,” televangelist and former GOP presidential candidate Pat Robertson expressed his concern over the way that “the girl-on-girl movies” are supposedly influencing young people to pursue homosexual relationships. When a viewer called in for Robertson’s advice about how best to deal with news that her 21-year-old daughter had begun dating a woman, the host offered some words of wisdom about LGBT millennials.
“I think she needs somebody to help her get her identity straight,” Robertson said. “She may not be right in this, she may have thought she has a crush on some older girl along the way and she’s actually homosexual when she’s not, I don’t know. The whole question of sexual identity has gotten so blurred in the press these days it’s hard to know. Why is she that way? Was she molested when she was younger?”
Robertson’s co-host, Terry Meeuwsen, went on to suggest that the problem is people “telling kids to explore, it’s crazy,” at which point Robertson weighed in once more. “The girl-on-girl movies,” he said. “More and more they’re getting straight actresses to play lesbians and straight men to play homosexuals — and if you say anything against homosexuality, you are just hooted out of court.”
Robertson concluded with some direct advice for his distraught viewer. “You need to love your daughter and give her a chance to work this out,” he said. “If she gets deeper and deeper in it, sooner or later she is going to be disillusioned and say, ‘this is wrong, I want to come out of it.’”
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“If she gets deeper and deeper in it, sooner or later she is going to be disillusioned and say, this is wrong, I want to come out of it.’”
Once I'm in I just want to go deeper and deeper.
Sorry, could not resist.
"Terry Meeuwsen, went on to suggest that the problem is people “telling kids to explore, it’s crazy,” "
Theism: like agoraphobia, except the open space you're terrified of is an open mind and you feel the need to spread your insecurity like it's some kind of superstitious cordyceps.
"she may have thought she has a crush on some older girl along the way and she’s actually homosexual when she’s not, I don’t know."
Focus on those last 3 words.
This is another example of Fundiespeak:
Homosexual: a person who was *born* opposite-gender oriented just like everyone else, but at one time, for some reason, made the CHOICE to instead sexually pursue the same gender!
Actually, the last part is quite "open-minded" for a fundie: "...love your daughter..." instead of "Throw the demon possed whore out of your house, she will burn in hell".
Does Pat become soft? What is next? Acceptance of different life styles? Understanding that there is no harm in loving people independent of their and your gender? I guess we are close to the end times if this would be the case. :-)
Or you could just let your child, who is now a fully-grown, responsible woman, live her own life. That's a better idea.
I think she needs somebody to help her get her identity straight
What are you thinking here, Pat? Some corrective rape maybe?
she may have thought she has a crush on some older girl along the way and she’s actually homosexual when she’s not
If she's having crushes on other girls, then she's likely a lesbian.
Was she molested when she was younger?
Ah yes, that old canard.
"The girl-on-girl movies,” he said. “More and more they’re getting straight actresses to play lesbians and straight men to play homosexuals
Someone want to tell me how Pat Robertson is an expert on the porn industry? And I'd loved to see how many of his viewers recoiled in horror at Pat using the phrase "girl-on-girl movies."
If she gets deeper and deeper in it, sooner or later she is going to be disillusioned and say, this is wrong, I want to come out of it.’
Or she'll say, "This is who I really am, deal with it."
You know, even if homosexuality is a choice, that doesn't mean that you have any right to tell people it's wrong. In fact, I would say that telling people not to explore or found an identity of their own is the real crime here.
@Sangfroid
That requires thinking.
"this is wrong, I want to come out of it.’”"
Well, she already came out, just not in the way you wanted.
No Pat, that girl on girl crap is popular because it sells. Guys, & some women eat it up. That's all there is to it, simple capitalism. Why do you hate capitalism, Pat?
and if you say anything against homosexuality, you are just hooted out of court.
Let the owls swarm the courtroom, then!
On the upside, at least he's telling the mother to love & accept her daughter (even if not accepting of the girl's orientation) rather than "STONE THE HARLOT!" but he's still being an idiot not to mention naïve.
21-year-olds seldom "think they have a crush on some older girl"; that's what you do when you're 13 or so. If you're attracted to people of the same gender, and only people of the same gender, then you're actually homosexual. I'd say that the whole question of sexual identity gets clearer when it's openly discussed.
No, she probably wasn't molested. The overwhelming majority of molested people stick to the sexual orientation they were born with. Bisexuals perhaps prefer the gender that their molester wasn't part of, but that's it.
Do people tell kids to explore nowadays? I have no kids, so I don't know. I was a teenager 26 years ago, and I don't remember being told to explore, then. The girl-on-girl moves are aimed at very heterosexual boys and men. Wasn't all roles in plays played by men, just a few centuries ago?
If you say anything against black people or Jews (for example), or disabled people, or women, or old people, or redheads, you are also "hooted out of court".
I'd say that the daughter needs to love her mother and give her a chance to work this out...
this is wrong
Why, Rev. Robertson, are sexual activities between consenting adults wrong?
“I think she needs somebody to help her get her identity straight ,”
Nice pun, eh?
“If she gets deeper and deeper in it, sooner or later she is going to be disillusioned and say, this is wrong, I want to come out of it.’”
No Brother Pat, that's what a lot of people think about crazy church groups they join, not about their sexuality
Much as I hate to admit it, he almost sounds more accepting as he's gotten older. He's still batshit delusional as hell, but the statement "you need to love her and give her a chance to work this out" is better than I would have expected. But to give props to the fundies, he still has Terry there to keep things homophobic. Otherwise they lose viewership, otherwise know as cash.
"The whole question of sexual identity has gotten so blurred in the press these days it’s hard to know."
No it fucking hasn't. If people felt safe and free enough to live openly gay they would, it's much more common today for one to announce their leanings then it was.
People who worked with Paul Lynde and George Takei knew they were gay but that outside of that workplace it had to be a secret. Because of the likes of Pat Robertson, it's why Pat and them hate the creative arts worlds, they accepted the differences and rejected the old hate the church promotes.
The lines are only blurred in your indoctrinated communities.
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