[quote name='mykevermin']Y'know that you're just another nobody CAG, right OP? That you're of no power and no stature, just like everybody else here, right?
I'm not sharing my opinion on gay anything in here. What I will share my opinion on is your trying to keep opinions out of a thread with the title "free anti-gay literature." I understand that you probably just want to keep a thread for free stuff free of clutter, and that being a cheap-ass goes beyond ethics. Well, that isn't the case for me.
I really wanted to start a thread asking for people to help me find white-power cds and literature; I also know that such a thread would be closed immediately and that I may face being banned, all for what? Trying to prove a point to one CAG? Nah, I'd rather not.
The fact of the matter is this: A thread asking for white-power stuff is no less hateful than anything anti-gay, and your post offends me (to be clear: your thread, not you). I don't care for double-standards at all, and I consider hate groups of any kind equally despicable.
Don't take me for a Christian hater either. I've seen plenty of bibles offered for free, and listed in these forums. (I'm sure it's not a controversal statement to say that free bibles are easy to come by on the internet.) I don't mind if that's posted; I don't mind if free candy bars are offered, even if they're no good for the consumer. I want to draw the line, however, when you're providing others with an avenue in which a hate group such as Focus on the Family.
Taking a glance at their website, it's quite clear that they are not a Christian organization vested in the positive message of love in Christ, but, rather, focusing on reifying the boundaries between "us" and "them." The anecdotal posts on here from those suggesting that people and/or their parents believe that non-FotF supporters are hellbound certainly speaks to the kinds of messages of love that they promote.
You're giving dozens, if not more, addresses and contact information to FotF. Even if they decide not to send out all these items to you, they still have your contact information to solicit money for illicit purposes, or to send you other hateful so-called "Christian" material. To call this "free" is defrauding those who would sign up for it, as if FotF is merely a charitable organization who thrives on being Christ-like and giving things away. The opposite, in fact, is true.
But, in the end, I will continue to argue in the free stuff thread. This post is merely directed at you. I will gladly stand in the way and do what I can to distract people from free things when it comes from a group such as Focus on the Family.[/quote]
Mykevermin, please don't try to guess what my views are, based on a Free Stuff post I make, especially without reading it carefully. I, personally, am in favour of same-sex marriages. Really, homosexuality isn't all that different from heterosexuality, and I have alot of gay friends. If you read the article I linked to in the first post of that thread, it's written in the "Here's how to knock a blow against a bigoted orginization, by getting free stuff, at their expense."
It also makes it clear that there is a risk of bieng put on a mailing list, although that's true with most "free stuff" offers, where-in you give your address. As with most free stuff offers, that one is for people who are willing to have another piece of crap to toss in the recycling, whenever they get their mail, in exchange for stuff.