Lesbian Sister of Christine O'Donnell Denies She's Homophobic

[Ian David]

Lesbian Sister of Christine O'Donnell Denies She's Homophobic

Jennie O'Donnell, the lesbian sister of Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, denies her sister is homophobic in a Facebook posting.

No, she 's just an "ex-gay" therapy proponent who has compared homosexuality to pedophilia, adultery, eating disorders, and drugs. She also used plenty of gay-baiting in her recent primary campaign against Mike Castle.

More:
http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/lesbian-sister-of-christine-odonnell-denies-shes-homophobic.html

[theoldman]

1. If you think that gay people are made gay and not born gay you are ignorant.

If you think that being gay makes you a bad person you are Homophobic.

[Drale]

3. Right

on the other hand being part of the Tea Party does make you either stupid or a bad person and running under the Tea Party for office does make you a bad person.

[tularetom]

2. Amazing how many of these homphobes have gay siblings

I didn't know about O'Donnell. Fact is I never heard of her until about a week ago.

But there sure are a lot of right wing republicans with gay brothers or sisters.

O'Donnell, Liz Cheney, Newt Gingrich...

Something oedipal at work here?

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Probably not. I think the stats are 25% probability...

... of a glbt kid in a given nuclear family.

Push that out to first and second cousins and we're everywhere. ( i.e. in every family.)

[SnakeEyes]

5. 25% percent sounds awfully high

Given the statistical percentage of the population.

[Smarmie Doofus]

6. Math is NOT my strong suit. Plus...

... I may have botched the wording:

>>>I think the stats are 25% probability...

... of a glbt kid in a given nuclear family.>>>

My source for the 25% figure is a pflag presentation I attended last year.


HOWEVER, what I think he actually said was 25% of FAMILIES are likely to contain ONE glbt member. (Not "25 % in a given family.")

So... if you have the average 2.5 kids in a family..... multiply that by four.... you get 10 kids. One of which kids will be glb or t.

One in ten. That checks out.... yes?

He ( pflag guy) might even be bit high, since the prevailing estimates in the general population have usually been *between* 5-10%.

[Ian David]

7. Also, for every older brother a boy has, his chances of being gay increase.

Men with older brothers more likely to be gay
Research adds to idea of biological basis for sexual orientation
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13555604/

Also, my theory is that since chrisTian fundamentalists are more likely to suppress their orientation if they are gay, being a chrisTian fundamentalist increases your chances of passing-on gay genes in a heterosexual marriage.

[TheWraith]

8. One in ten sounds about right, yes.

It matches up roughly to previous estimations which usually run 10 percent or so.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

11. If 7% of the population have some identifiable attribute...

...the probability of at least one person in a group of four having that attribute is almost exactly 25%. The math is OK.

And, of course, for bigger families the probability is even bigger.

Statistics problems are often counter-intuitive.

[alp227]

9. "Homosexuality is wrong" brainwashing much?

I guess the stupidity runs in the family! It's already been reported that Christine supports Young Earth creationism and "submissive wife" womanhood. Correlating with a belief that homosexuality can be cured. If it could, wouldn't Jean be straight by now? And there be much less support for same-sex marriage? :shrug:

I first learned about Jean's statements in a Guardian article.

[NMMNG]

10. Right

I'm sure she has lots of gay friends. :eyes:


And she loves us, she really love us. :sarcasm:


It's just that thing about how she wants to eradicate all of our rights and make us "ex-gay" through the power of Jaysus. Somehow that makes me wonder about her "not homophobic" cred.