O’Reilly Disgusted By Transgender Couple: ‘Imagine A Poor Kid Getting Born Into That Family’

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O’Reilly Disgusted By Transgender Couple: ‘Imagine A Poor Kid Getting Born Into That Family’»

The media have been fixated on the story of Thomas Beatie, a man who “used to be a woman before undergoing gender reassignment surgery.” Beatie married a woman and is now six months pregnant.

Yesterday on Fox News, Bill O’Reilly — clearly disgusted — railed against the media’s coverage of Beatie, exclaiming, “Do you want a 13-year-old watching this kind of stuff and you’ve got to explain all this crazy stuff?” From his exchange with right-wing pundit Bernard Goldberg:

O’REILLY: Yes. It’s hard to keep track, Bernie. It is. Imagine a poor kid getting born into that family, going, hey –

GOLDBERG: That’s — that’s the real tragedy.

O’REILLY: Of course.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/oreilly-transgender/


There’s no evidence that the child born to Beatie and his wife will be psychologically damaged, as O’Reilly claims. According to a fact sheet by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry:

Current research shows that children with gay and lesbian parents do not differ from children with heterosexual parents in their emotional development or in their relationships with peers and adults. It is the quality of the parent/child relationship and not the parent’s sexual orientation that has an effect on a child’s development. Contrary to popular belief, children of lesbian, gay, or transgender parents:

* Are not more likely to be gay than children with heterosexual parents.
* Are not more likely to be sexually abused.
* Do not show differences in whether they think of themselves as male or female (gender identity).
* Do not show differences in their male and female behaviors (gender role behavior).

Transcript:

O’REILLY: But if you’re a 13-year-old who’s watching — do you want a 13-year-old watching this kind of stuff and you’ve got to explain all this crazy stuff? Do you want that?

HALL: I’m more bothered by stuff that looks pretty darn pornographic. This looks like a medical oddity. I would say it’s not as bad as some other stuff.

O’REILLY: All right. Neither of you are upset about this?

GOLDBERG: Well, I don’t think it’s good. I think it’s one more example of how crummy television can be. And frankly, more than television: the whole culture. You know, a guy — she’s born a woman. She becomes a guy, but she still has ovaries and a womb. She marries some guy, and she has a baby.

O’REILLY: Married a girl.

GOLDBERG: Marries a girl.

O’REILLY: Yes. It’s hard to keep track, Bernie. It is. Imagine a poor kid getting born into that family, going, hey –

GOLDBERG: That’s — that’s the real tragedy.

O’REILLY: Of course.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/oreilly-transgender/

[varelse]

1. Ah, yes, O'Reilly

did his parents have any kids that lived?

[devilgrrl]

2. I feel sorry for O'Reilly's kid

Imagine having that prick for a father?

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Becoming an orphan would be a big improvement.

[Canuckistanian]

8. The kid will be scarred for life

Imagine having an irrational, hateful, bigoted, philandering, ugly troglodyte for a father.
:scared:

[and-justice-for-all]

3. Bills mom should have swallowed..nt

[gollygee]

4. They have a funny idea of what "tragedy" is.

What is a tragedy is that Sally Kern ( http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZYIppdJDpF4Wb-wUlYE_SxhocagD8VQ05CG1 ) has a gay son. How difficult for him that must be.

How hard is it to explain that to a 13-year-old? I'd be able to explain it to my almost 6-year-old without any problem. He had the body parts of a girl and had surgery so he could have the body parts of a boy. But he was still able to get pregnant, and he wanted a baby, so he's going to have one. There, Mr. O'Reilly, if you're needing a script for any kids, there it is.

[FreepFryer]

5. Just more foolish bigotry. More and more people are outgrowing noise like O'Reilly and he knows it.

He'll get even more shrill before he finally leaves the airwaves due to lack of interest.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

6. They could grow up in a house where Daddy talks dirty on the phone

To people other than his spouse.

And shell out cash to shut it up.

And lies so often on TV it's scary when he gets something almost TRUE.

Betcha Bernie would keep his opinions to himself if THAT were the case.

[MuseRider]

9. Because we all know

being born in a straight family is ALWAYS good. Nope, no problems in straight families. Jesus.

[Ian David]

10. Imagine being born into Bill O'Reilly's family.

Bill Jr: Mommy, why can't we buy that house in The Hamptons?

Mrs. O'Reilly: Because we don't have enough money this year.

Bill Jr: But the house only costs twenty million dollars.

Mrs. O'Reilly: Your daddy spent that twenty million to pay the lady he forced to have phonesex with him.

Bill Jr: WhAAAaAAAaa!

Bill O'Reilly: Stop crying, you pinhead, and eat your loofah-- I mean falafel.

[TheWatcher]

11. At this point, Bill O'Reilly really does need to be beaten to within an inch of his life.

Not that I would advocate such a thing.

[NJSecularist]

12. I would. n/t

[TheWatcher]

14. Please do.

If you are successful, I'll make sure to make every attempt to be on the jury so that you will not be convicted. :)

[Johnny Harpo]

13. Many Couples Of All Types Disgusted By O'Reilly!

n/t