Braves pitcher compares gay marriage to bestiality

[Charlie Brown]

This article is several days old. But in case anyone missed it.

http://www.sovo.com/2004/7-9/news/localnews/smoltz.cfm

[RichV]

1. Sigh...

Yeah, saw that when I went to Good News Cafe in East Atlanta for lunch the other day. I'll never be able to look at Smoltz the same way again. What an ass.

[Blecht]

2. He's just parroting our leaders

What a bunch of sick fucks we have in this country right now. It's going to take a while before we get through this crap ...

[TheMightyFavog]

3. Some of John Rocker's old beliefs must have rubbed off on him

End of line.

[salinen]

4. What the hell is

wrong with Atlanta?

[RichV]

6. Don't diss Atlanta

Well, MARTA sucks... and the traffic's a bitch. But don't brand the city based on some idiot athletes. We're 80% Dem around here and it's a nice place to live.

[flamingyouth]

5. I get embarrassed for people like this

It's like I no longer have the energy to hate them; I only feel pity and a deep sadness when I hear stuff like this. What a miserable fool he is.

[Kinkistyle]

7. I am embarrassed of my country.

Really. That so many people like Rick Santorum and John Smoltz populate it, it makes me question the intelligence and morality of my beloved nation.

[Betty The Younger]

8. “‘What’s next? Marrying an animal?’ he asked derisively.”

Legitimate question. Do any here actually think that won't be 'a' next step?

[2Design]

11. that is a rw talking point....and obviously there is no answer for

that republican bullcrap

[RichV]

14. Call me when animals can legally enter ANY contracts

and then we'll discuss it.

[FlemingsGhost]

15. LOL ... Haven't you seen Bar Bush? Wasn't she Poppy's mule?

Thank you Betty The Lesser.

(on edit: typos)

[Amarant]

9. Well

"marrying an animal?"

He sure looks like one.

[parasim]

10. The article should be entitled "Freeper outs himself"

It's amazing to see freepers showing their true colors for all to see. They sound like the KKK in the old days.

[2Design]

12. time to go back to sleep

[FlemingsGhost]

13. Why am I not surprised Smoltzy's a "devout Christian?"

It getting hard to fight the urge to generalize.

[bigbillhaywood]

16. What is it w/ Braves pitchers? God I hate them so much. And theyre NL

[frylock]

17. bear in mind that smoltz once burned himself ironing a shirt..

while he was wearing it. This is guy is a reel jeenyus.

[stumblnrose]

18. I'm with Smoltz on this one

Marriage between a man and a same sex animal is totally offensive. However, I've had my eyes on this really adorable female tortoise at the local zoo. There's nothing wrong with heterosexual marriage between man and animal, now is there?

[RichV]

19. Wow, you move quickly

You've just had your eye on the tortoise and you're already thinking marriage? Jeez. Doesn't anybody do any courting these days?

[stumblnrose]

21. Her father told her not to trust humans

But she seems to be coming out of her shell.

[tridim]

20. What's worse?

His bigoted comments, and comparison of gays to animals? Or Whoopie's comparison of Bush to her privates?

Whoopie got fired.

[Dark]

22. Since when is it okay in America to withold the rights of one group of

people simply because we may have to talk about granting those same rights to other people? Don't any of the 'patriotic' repubs ever see this as unamerican as it is?

Every time I hear some conservative talking like this, I always ask them that question. I have yet to recieve any discernable or reasonable answer.

[FlemingsGhost]

23. This country was founded on the principle.

Ask a few folks on "The Rez." Then go to the very poorest part of Mississippi, and pose that question to the oldest Afro-American you can find.