Conservative talk show host Janet Mefferd has waded into the controversy about an Indiana high school where a group of students wanted to organize a separate prom that would specifically prevent gay and lesbian students from attending.
After lamenting that “public schools are morally bankrupt,” Mefferd asserted that proms which allow all students — gay or straight — to attend actually violate the rights of Christian students who disapprove of homosexuality.
Janet Mefferd
What right in particular, you might ask?
According to Mefferd, apparently the right of students not to even see gay people!
She maintained that the students’ desire not to see gay students outweighs the rights of gay students to attend their own prom.
“Why should the rights of the [gay] activists trump the rights of Christians” who don’t want “to see that,” Mefferd asked.
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Mefferd: Everything is so upside down in our society now and right and wrong have completely switched where what is really wrong is to say you shouldn’t have two boys allowed to go to the high school prom.
Now we can get into a big issue of the public schools are morally bankrupt at this point and we all ought to exit and just let them, let them do their thing, and that may be the ultimate answer; on the other hand, I feel for these Christian kids who are in a prom or kids who are at this high school who say, ‘you know something, do we have to go down this road?’
Whether the homosexual activists like it or not, and I know this isn’t politically correct to say this, but not everybody wants to see that. I know that that’s offensive to the activist crowd, they want us all to see it, they want us all to approve of it, they want us all to call it blessed and okay and rejoice and have parties and throw confetti in the air over this whole thing. But the fact of the matter is it’s a moral issue. You will always have Christians who will disagree with this and why should the rights of the activists trump the rights of Christians?
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What about my right not to hear stupid shit from Christian idiots?
What a sad excuse for a human being, to be so afraid of the world.
I’m pretty sure we are all granted to roam this earth as we please?
So I shouldnt be seen by you? Get lost, you old bag. Some of us are Christians too. I bet you’re the kind who thinks Orthodox aren’t Christians, eh?
Freedom FROM religion. and incredibly ignorant people like that. you might not want to see Gay people, but we’re everywhere. deal with it.
idiot
That sounds very unChristian, what happen to what would Jeasus do?
Bigot…if we have to live with those who hate us and practice and advocate discrimination for no reason other than their personal beliefs,then they need to realize they’ll have to live with us, just like they have to live with every other American citizen.
And people wonder why I go around feeling the need to smack’a'bitch.
Sooo If I don’t like the metal heads, nerds, geeks, or the freeks. It is ok to exclude them?
I guess ignorant people’s rights trump those of thinking, tolerant people.
Who in the hell does this bitch think she is to put her religion before my Constitutional rights? Her ass is mine (not literally!)
yeah..makes sense too me…we should all have a right to not see or know about anything we dislike or don’t agree with…holly fricking cow–igorant, selfish and pathetic
all I got to say about Mefferd.. Oy vey!!
Should Christian rights trump the rights of gays to not see Christians?
common sense isn’t very common anymore. fuck religion. gay people can be christian but christian people cant be gay…wtf is that shit
Gay people are the most opened minded of all people on this planet, we care about everyone, not just a “few”.
I’ve been raised a Christian and I still think everyone in the GLBTQ community should have equal rights…we’re not all idiots
so by that rationale, every racist in this country is being persecuted when they have to see people outside their own race? i call b.s.
she wouldn’t have to see any homos if she buried herself in the ground with all her christian friends and never came out again.
or she could start a wholly religious based country — she has perfect models of that existing in the world today: Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc. Go for it. I’m sure you’d get along just grand!
f-idiots
These hate based individuals need to be retired from public service. Educators have the power to inspire or destroy young people.
I see. And would you like to not “see” blacks, asians, jews, etc.? Nithead. Poxy wench.
then christians shouldn’t trump our right to get married
Whack job. It is people like her that are poisoning our Society
They don’t want to see gays…. but how do they know whose gay?
What about my right not to see that abomination she calls hair?!
Her and Donald Trump should get married in the middle of Bermuda triangle.
So If I don’t like bigoted Christians, I have the right to tell them to fuck off? Good to know
Hitler in a dress and makeup. “Pretty is as pretty does” certainly does NOT apply to this poxy person.
Here’s to hoping Ms. Mefferd reads this letter too!
http://jpatrickredmond.tumblr.com/post/42859468371/an-open-letter-to-diana-medley-of-sullivan-indiana
Why do all these moronic broads look like Stepford wives? Does the christian male penis extract IQ points?
Stay in your house then you stupid bitch
Well, for starters, being gay isn’t a choice, unlike your decision to worship that hateful bronze age deity of yours.
Gay rights don’t trump the ‘christian’ right not to see it – they could just hermit themselves away, don’t go in public, don’t pay attention to the media. No one’s getting in their way of leaving society altogether.
I would not want the woman teaching my kids
I’m not a Christian but last I checked Christians are supposed to follow the teachings of Jesus. Considering he said to love everyone, bigots like that bitch aren’t Christians. Also at everyone bashing Christians in here, good job doing the same exact thing you hate that heterosexists do. Attacking all Christians doesn’t make you a better person than people who attack LGBTAQ, it makes you worse because you’ve most likely experience attacks for being LGBTAQ or an ally so you should know better.
If she and her fellow idiots do not wish to see gay people they can simply pluck out their own eyes.
Matthew 5:29
just like say christain are more important tham muslims in usa
Another lunatic. How uneducated must people be to listen to her show?
Well if the so called Christians don’t want to SEE certain people they should stay home alone!
Female DB!
bitch i will cut you my rights are just as much as anyones i dont want to see your ugly face on my news feed but it happened
Soooooooo . . . by her use of “logic” then the “morally superior heterosexual christian students” should not have to look at say . . .hmmm…mixed race couples also…and let’s see…oh and young people that are of different religions defiling the holy,holy,holy christians…hmmm…what else…oh, people who are left hand dominant ! Don’t want to see that EVIL ! OH GOSH ! Just so many f*cking people to hate when you are a sanctimonious hypocrite, you know ?! ~ let’s see. where did I put my Bible . . .
the schools should just ban all social events
oh and by the way people CHOOSE TO BE CHRISTAN homosexuals have NO CHOICE. people are fucking stupid
The “ultimate” expression of “not seeing them” was expressed by the third reich ~
All I have to say about Mefferd is that I feel sorry for You, Your thinking. I read Your article and no one is saying You are being forced to just love gay people, Be crazy about the idea or throw confetti at their weddings or what ever, All the gay community is asking of You and others is to be compassionate, To have understanding for Your fellow human beings, To be open minded enough to realize that We are all unique in Our own way and have a God given right to be who We are. Who are You to be so judge mental of other people. What are You teaching the children of this world !? When it comes to My children
@Ashley Eli Sanders – That hair is what happens when you don’t want to see the gays.
isn’t this why Gandhi said something along the lines of liking your Christ very much but it’s the Christians I don’t care for ? ~
an educators job is to teach, that includes teaching tolerance and acceptance no matter what their own personal bias is. all proms should be integrated, and if the students dont like it, then they dont have to go. its about equality, and kids are going to have to learn that in the real world, there are no special exceptions made for people that are hateful on a certain group, race or religion.
So if skinheads don’t wanna see blacks or Jews, should we keep them out of sight for them as well? What a moron.
The maturity level of some people on this planet. God help us.
What an asshole.
Do you even hear how asenine this sounds and IS!!?? so those who didnt’ want to “see” blacks and asians and hispanics, what then?? REALLY…at least come up with an arguement that is of this century, these are not the crusades, your a racist dumbass who need to stay the hell out of the media because you sound SO ignorant your an embarrasment to Christians….really OMG !!!
I call bullshit
She is a moron.
Janet Mefferd, my right to a the pursuit of happiness should not include having to see you much less hear you. Sadly, you are protected by the Freedom of Speech…. too bad the LGBT Community doesn’t have protection from bigots like yourself!
Ignorance is blindness. Then don’t stare at them. Crazy woman.
Well Ms Mefferd: did it ever occur to you that maybe it bothers people to see fat people with skinny people, black with white, tall with short, able with disable, people with tattoos, body piercings….etc ??? maybe people “JUST DONT WANT TO SEE THAT” you stand on a shakey soap box lady ! stop hiding behind christianity. alot of christians LIKE MYSELF think you speak from ignorance and hate and FEAR. maybe people just dont want to see YOU. sounds absurd doesnt it ?? u know why ? becuz it is. nobody wants your blessing, your acceptance or your confetti. nor do they need it. lets open up your bedroom and peer in ! on second thot NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT. becuz what happens there is no ones business except yours and your (most likely unsatisfied) partner. i am a christian mom of 4, married for almost 25 years. so i say this-”get over yourself. u are no better than anyone else. gay or straight. u have no right to judge. that job is taken – jesus has it- and he is good at it. so why dont u just let him do his job.” now go finish cutting eye holes in pillowcases with your bible group.
Go away, church lady. You make the rest of us Christians look bad!
Cunt.
We’re Here. We’re Queer. Get Used To It. that shit is like 20 years old you twat.
Well Hell I might as well say it…I am tired of seeing so called religious, moral, Christians…but shit, I cant eradicate you guys off the plan. So then, we are even. I want a constitutional ammendment to put your ass on an island so I dont have to see you.
Yes and what about the rights of white supremacists too – not to eat in the same restaurant or be next to black folks?
Uhm, because it’s a public institution.
I dont think its the right of anyone to say they dont want to see “that”. What if the lgbt student body and supporters decided to say “we dont wanna see those uptight, self righteous, bigot bastards at my, MY, highschool prom”? Its a students right to go to prom, and not be seperated or ostrasized.
Why are people so freaked out about gays? I don’t understand it. People are people.
Wow, just wow =( To be so far on the wrong side of history
ignorance causes fear, fear leads to panic, panic leads to irrational thinking, irrational thinking leads to irrational actions….this mefferd gal is ignorant.
Then stop looking at us, and stop obsessing about us.
When I see story like this, It makes me feel better.
It saves me time explaining why I hate these assholes so much.
Hate in the name of their lord.
J Shane Wilson gets 10 points for his comment.
but it’s okay if gays have christians and their religion shoved down their throats???
What planet does she reside on????
only in Indianaer
Oh good grief. When will people like this woman start throwing all the gay people to the lions. History usually repeats itself.
Stone her
Just think…in a hundred years all these wackos will be dust…anyway…let’s focus on educating our young folks on respecting each other and celebrate the diversity of all that is life…my two cents..
And you set up HS students to promote hate and anger. It is far harsher to exclude the gay students than to allow them to attend prom. You may believe that it’s immoral but not everyone believes the same as you, and just because you do doesn’t mean it’s true. Each person deserves the same rights as all students. You can’t support one without not supporting the other, so the right thing is to allow ALL to be equal. That’s what God wants.
What a jerk. These people should homeschool or send their kids to a Christian school.
then don’t look ya freak
This woman acts like gays are inviting people into our bedrooms. Frankly I don’t care what she wants to see. Too long have gays not been aloud to participate in key events in their childhood because of what other people don’t want to see. I don’t want to be assualted by hetero sex in every film but you don’t see me grandstanding about it (except right now… shut up.)
These kids aren’t asking to have sex on the dance floor, but to participate in a coming of age moment like everyone else. Don’t push your idea of morality on everyone else.
I will not let this bitch trump my rights to call her out on her bigotry.
Allowed*
The only option for this woman is to take a red hot poker to her eyes….and I condone that.
Yup and not everyone is a Christian. So why don’t you kiss it
Ms. Mefferd you’ve confused religious discrimination with not always getting everything you want.
What a twit!!
Life,Liberty and the Pursuit of only HER happiness apparently! What an idiot!
They don’t understand America. Her religion is pure filth.
I found this number for her home in Texas (972) 355-9217. Don’t know if it’s still valid, but give it a try. If you reach her, tell her Jack said, “FUCK YOU, BITCH.”
Disgusting.
SEND YOUR KIDS TO CHRISTIAN schools if you don’t like it, dumb hater bitch. Last I checked, this was America, those are our all-inclusive public schools, and everyone deserves the right to be who they are.
Look Ms Mefferd, this is not a problem. You can easily be issued with a brown paper bag – next !
Public schools are public for a reason. If you’re so offended by homosexuality because it violates your religious decree, send your kids to a private school that meets your needs.
In that case, where’s my right not to have to see frumps and slobs?
If certain straight people are so offended they have to see anyone who is gay, maybe they should find some deserted island to live on…because we aren’t going anywhere. These so-called Christians are the first to scream about THEIR rights, but the first to trample on everyone else’s rights. Hypocrisy at it’s finest.
Implying that gay students don’t attend private schools?
Seperation of church & state, dumbass!!!
If there is not going to be equal treatment for gay students, then there should not be a prom at all.
Since when is it a “right” to not see a certain group of people?!
lol really?!
I’m sure she isn’t speaking for all… Besides I don’t want to see her bad hairstyle.
Wow…. Just wow…. You have a right to religious freedom, meaning that within your church you can choose to not see gay people and even to expel them from your religion if you wish. That right does NOT extend past the church doors!!!
So As we all already know, Christians have ALL the rights, including the right to deny those rights to others, Just so that THEY can feel good? FAIL!
This is such an easy problem to fix. The KKKristians can put bags over their heads and then they won’t see ANY sinners, let alone gay ones. I suggest plastic bags. . .
Nobody has the right not to see anyone else. At all. We have to look at her homophobic face, she has to look at our gay ones.
Oh, please, Mefferd, get real. You have always seen gays everywhere, whether you knew it or not. Get over it. Jesus was and is inclusive NOT exclusive. Christians should be more like Him.
Sorry but the fact that gays exist does not somehow victimize Christians. How solipsistic to expect the world to conform to their own rigid limitations. What small minds.
And what if someone said “Women’s rights should not trump Men’s rights!!!?” Would she feel the same way? NOT!
If god hated gays he would not make 10 -15% of the population that way. Ms. Mefferd should get a gripe and get over assholeness.
First off, not everyone should be forced to be “Christians.” Everyone has different interpretations of christianity and religious practices. Some are bigots like her and some are actually accepting. What makes them so important? Stop forcing your bigoted views onto others. Let people live as they should.
and that is why religion neesds to be kept in the churches; never in public schools.
tell that bitch they’re not “gay rights” they’re human rights…the only reason that she can have her bigoted religious views is that unfortunately, some consider her human…
Slut!
Maybe they could close their eyes; it would go great wth their closed-minded prom ensembles.
Don’t want to see gay people? Move to Antarctica.
I love these idiots who think “gay” and “christian” are exclusive of one another. Most gay people in America are christians that grow up in christian households. This woman and most of these types of “christians” are cult followers who beieve they are justified in committing religious persecution of others in the name of Jesus. They are equal to the morons in Westboro Baptist. They certainly do not trump the religious freedom rights of everyone else to believe instead in a loving God unlike theirs. People who hate and spread lies in the name of God deserve to be discriminated against and their beliefs exposed as true bigotry and not christian. No human being has the right to speak for God or deny them God’s love. She should disappear. And on a personal note – what the hell is with her hair??? Obviously that is what happens when you piss off the gay people in your town.
How far would she be willing to go with that logic? Not everyone wants to “see” her style of Christianity!
Huh, I figured existing was a more important right than the right to not see things that would shatter your bigotry. Guess I was wrong.
people say stupid shit
just like their “rights” to not see black people…
What are this lady’s credential again? Did she graduate from IMBECILE high schol, and went on to attend S.T.U.P.I.D. Community College? Only that would remotely explain such stupidity.
Sounds like when people didn’t want to “see” them back in 1940 Europe. Easy not to when they end up becoming ashes from a crematorium. How far will you take it indeed.
Same argument the wackos would have used to keep the schools segregated or that Hitler would have used against the Jews! Asshat!!!
dirty whore
She affraid to become it if she see’s it? If she is only around people who is like her, who the hell is she going to help?
I just feel sorry for this person. That is all.
I’m sure you see them everyday. What a stupid statement.
You usually know when a statement is fallible and unjust when it can’t be properly turned around.
EQUALITY
Gay Man/Woman: “I want to be treated equally under the law. I want to be able to marry who I love.”
Christian Man/Woman: “I want to be treated equally under the law. I want to be able to marry who I love.”
DISCRIMINATION
Christian Man/Woman: “I don’t want to see any gays at my child’s prom. If they are there, they will be asked–or forced– to leave.”
Gay Man/Woman: “I don’t want to see any chrsitians at my child’s prom. If they are there, they will be asked–or forced– to leave.”
It’s that simple.
I nasty thing to say but eventually bigots like Ms Mefferd will have passed on.
I’d prefer not to have to see whiny Christians everytime I leave the house but frankly they’re harder to avoid than herpes these days
I don’t want to see up-tight assholes who use the Lord’s name in vain while assuming things about people they don’t know and passing judgement and bearing false witness on young folks. But I tolerate them and will throw confetti and have a good time, because I am a true Christian.
BIGOT
Let them go to a Christian school if they don’t like it, where they can keep themselves and their kids isolated from reality – or better yet, home school their kids, so they can REALLY get the full benefit of mind control.
Chuck Hall – You realize when they start doing that that is how cult’s form and the last thing we need is another cult.
Replace the words “gay people” with the words “black people” and see how that sounds.
Do these “Christians” even look past their bibles to the real world? As in censorship.. “If you don’t want to see something, CLOSE YOUR EYES.”
the one right noone has is to ruin the lives of others
Bitch I will smack your head off your shoulder fucking Bigot!!!
There is no polite way to say – “You are an idiot”, did you skip over the scripture where God says, Judge Not”
The 70s called, and even they don’t want that hairstyle back.
I wonder just how Christian she really is. My experience on this world has taught me that if you look closely at a homephobe, you often find a closet homesexual, Now that is a sorry person, self hate for herself and others like her. Just saying…
She should close her eyes, then.
Mefferd is threatening to sue Right Wing Watch for saying what she said which she says she did not say – btw she does not know what libel is explain to http://twitter.com/JanetMefferd she said this though she says she did not say this
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/mefferd-gay-rights-should-not-trump-rights-christians-not-see-gays
Another slab of metamorphic conglomerate heard from…