Breitbart Big Government Editor in Chief Dana Loesch apparently has come out in support of Caiden Cowger, the 14-year old who claimed on his conservative radio show that “President Obama is making kids gay.” A video, made of a recent radio show Cowger hosted, went viral, and has been picked up by media outlets across the country. In it, Cowger virulently attacks homosexuality and proclaims his right to do so — in person, to his schoolmates, presumably — due to his religious liberty and beliefs.
READ: 14-Year Old Talk Show Host: ‘President Obama Is Making Kids Gay’ (Video)
Last night, Loesch wrote via Twitter:
Another conservative teen under attack for being … a conservative teen:@caidencowger. Remember when adults praised civic participation?
If by ‘civic participation’ Loesch means telling LGBTQ kids they are going to go to hell unless they repent, homosexuality is a “belief,” “When you’re trying to teach them the word of God, and they consider that bullying, yeah, I find that a big problem with not being lowed to convert other people to my religion,” and:
“And telling them, ‘it is wrong, homosexuality, the belief is condoned by God and you will go to hell if you continue to follow this belief unless you repent.’ It’s getting to the point where I can’t say that anymore.”
then Loesch needs an education in American civics.
Cowger’s YouTube account was closed last night, according to YouTube, by the account holder. But his Facebook page today claims his account was hacked and adds there’s an new YouTube account, with the tagline, “Caiden Will Not Back Down!”
To be clear, there is a difference between civic participation and hate speech. And to be clear, people of all ages are welcome in our national conversation, but hate speech, even under the mistaken shroud of “religious liberty” is not only wrong — it is contributing to an environment that is killing teens — especially LGBTQ teens.
A groundbreaking study proved that teens who live in conservative environments are far more likely to attempt suicide than their peers who live in more liberal or progressive areas. That goes for all teens, regardless of sexual orientation.
It’s time parents, educators, political leaders, and religious leaders got more involved in monitoring young hate speech and worked with these misguided youth and teens to help them understand the consequences of their words. No one holds a 14-year old as responsible as, say a 34 year-old, but words matter — and audiences of 14-year olds are far more malleable.
How many times does an LGBTQ teen have to hear he or she is going to hell, is sick and perverted, before they succumb to those words — and to suicide?
Parents, take note.
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You ain't Jeremiah
You are coming in here to preach your personal mythology knowing that it does nothing but insult and offend regular readers. Perhaps you don't think there is hatred behind that, but many of us do.
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(sung to that tune from Monty Python, of course)
@DLoesch — Remember when adults respected education & corrected ignorance instead of letting kids twist in the wind
Joey Tranchina @JoeyFotoFr @davidbadash
I urge everyone to take a listen to Caidens radio show that he posted last night on his web site. WOW! This JrPOS hits hard on many homophobic hot button points. Lots of anti-gay HATE coming from this 14 year old kid. Condemning 10's of millions of LGBTQ with his false judgmental preaching. Truly disgusting.
http://www.caidencowgerprogram.com/
@davidbadash
This web-site is, to quote its founder and owner, "dedicated to keeping you informed of all the issues in the gay rights arena, especially gay marriage. Because weddings are bliss, ignorance is not"
Clearly your insistence on repeating the same off-topic posts is proof you are not here to discuss the topic of civil marriage equality. Rather, you are living proof of the founder's claim that ignorance is anything but bliss.
If you wish to believe that particular collection of myths, than do so quietly, as you are instructed in Matthew 6:1 (“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven").
Ah so you think you can ignore the instruction to be silent because you are the same as Jesus? Arrogance befitting a martyrdom attempt.
And still off-topic, irrelevant, and insulting to those who don't believe your particular book of myths.
oh- so you are both the equivalent of "jesus" and one of the individuals that, supposedly, was with him at that meeting… you are 2000 years old. And still unable or unwilling to grasp basic concepts.
But seriously folks, the issue at hand is civil marriage equality- something that more properly fits under the 'render unto Caesar' story. Of course it doesn't really matter which particular passage you quote, as you presume that everyone believes your myth, or that you have the right to shove your myths down the throats of people who log in here to discuss civil marriage equality.
But seriously folks, the issue at hand is civil marriage equality- something that more properly fits under the 'render unto Caesar' story.
The issue at hand is civil marriage equality and not your personal desire not to marry someone of the same sex nor your primal fear that death is the end and you will have wasted your time trying to convert people to your particular version of reality instead of actually making the world a better place.
The issue at hand is civil marriage equality… and should you not at least pick just one version of the stories edited into the so-called Holy Bible? I mean, it's bad enough you blindly accept the selection of myths as made by men some centuries ago- now you get to pick and chose which version of the "revealed truth" is your particular truth…
Clearly these things are being posted by a robotic program that picks verses based on a quick scan of text…. just like the mindless pre-formatted replies many large companies force their C/S staff to use.
Not even a poor attempt at dialogue or discussion- off-topic and lazy. Really doesn't make for a great representation of the faith you continue to claim is so wonderful.
oops someone forgot to load more auto-quotes and the babel has returned to the first one.
this has been slightly amusing, but Kathy's show is coming on and she is so much more amusing than you could ever be. Good night kristo-bot,
and PS- just because you (or your collection of fables) think that something is "shameful" or "degrading" does not make it so. Any more than claiming that things that occur in thousands of species of other animals is somehow "unnatural" in the human animal.
Loesch and Cowger are a bunch of lying scumbags.
I'm surprised that such terrible criticism is being spread about, let's remeber this adults, a 14 YEAR-OLD CHILD! True, he says some things in a not so polite fashion, but he's just a kid who has barely stepped out into society yet! Let's give him a break. I am not saying that Christians teenagers should be allowed to terrorize others. Being a Christian myself, I do not support the gay pride movement and do indeed believe that it's a sin. But, the last thing people should do is make fun and humiliate others. I would like to apologize on behalf of the Christian community who has been unloving and hateful towards others that support this trending ideology. Please don't think that all Christians are out to make fun and yell in your face just because we don't agree with you.
Not only is he speaking hate, he is speaking without making any logical sense. If he were to find any good reason to be against homosexuality other than stupid parents and stupid teachers, maybe people wouldn't be criticizing him so terribly.
It seems to me most likely that the people you are prepared to speak for ( "I would like to apologize on behalf of the Christian community who has been unloving and hateful towards others") would be quite upset with your arrogant and patronizing behaviour. But if you want to go try and debate the inconsistencies of the Bible with them, perhaps you would at least provide amusement.
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