citizen email to ABC and response....oops!?

[ecc423]

-- Jim Neugent is a coach in Childress , Texas .

Jim writes:

My name is Jim Neugent. I wrote to ABC (on-line) concerning a program called "THE PRACTICE." In last nights episode, one of the lawyer's mothers decided she is gay and wanted her son to go to court and help her get a marriage license so she could marry her 'partner.' I sent the following letter to ABC yesterday and really did not expect a reply, but I did get one.

My original message was:

ABC is obsessed with the subject of homosexuality. I will no longer watch any of your attempts to convince the world that homosexuality is OK. ' THE PRACTICE' can be a fairly good show, but last night's program was so typical of your agenda. You picked the 'dufus' of the office to be the one who was against the idea of his mother being gay, and made him look like a whiner because he had convictions. This type of mentality calls people like me a "gay basher."

Read the first chapter of Romans (that's in the Bible) and see what the apostle Paul had to say about it.... He, God and Jesus were all 'gay bashers'. What if she'd fallen in love with her cocker spaniel? Is that an alternative life style? (By the way, the Bible speaks against that, too.)

--Jim Neugent

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Here is ABC's reply from the ABC on-line webmaster:

How about getting your nose out of the Bible (which is ONLY a book of stories compiled by MANY different writers hundreds of years ago) and read the declaration of independence (what our nati on is built on), where it says "All Men are Created equal," and try treating them that way for a change!

Or better yet, try thinking for yourself and stop using an archaic book of stories as your lame crutch for your existence. You are in the minority in this country, and your boycott will not affect us at ABC or our freedom of statement.

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Jim Neugent's second response ! to ABC:

Thanks for your reply. From your harsh reply, evidently I hit a nerve. I will share it with all with whom I come in contact. Hopefully, the Arkansas Democrat Newspaper will include it in one of their columns and I will be praying for you.

- -Jim Neugent

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Note: Wouldn't Satan just love it if people stopped using the Bible

for a crutch? Please resend this to everyone in your mailbox.

-- Thanks, Jim Neugent

I wonder if the person from ABC considered how many people would read this e-mail!

This is one we should definitely pass on.

[bird_dirt]

i know that that wasn't "abc" responding, but some lone individual that works for them, but it was pretty damn funny.

i'm not going to say anything either way regarding the subject of gay marriage, but i would hope that this man would know the difference between a fully grown, consenting, adult agreeing to marry someone of the same sex, and a cocker spaniel's understanding and consent to "marrying" a human adult.

[ecc423]

The Truth:

This exchange did occur, but ABC quickly apologized and said the comments were those of a particular person and did not reflect the views of the network. The Arkansas man who initiated the email exchange is Jim Neugent from the city of Mena. The example of the story below is pretty accurate as to what he says he wrote and the response he received. Additionally, however, he received an official letter from ABC stating that the offending email response had come from one of their "exfreelancers" who worked for the website. Mr. Neugent had directed his complaint to the webmaster and the reply came from the webmaster staff. In their letter, ABC said the insulting email was the act of an individual employee and "...not in any way reflect the views of ABC Television."

[Jdawgflow]

All I can say is "Wow".

[terrynoonan]

You're both right. You can't refute that the Bible is merely a book wriiten by many men.

And television producers are obsessed with homosexuality. Women fuel that.

There's too much acceptance without merit.

Just because it's gay or Christian doesn't make it right.

[drzachary]

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You're both right. You can't refute that the Bible is merely a book wriiten by many men.

And television producers are obsessed with homosexuality. Women fuel that.

There's too much acceptance without merit.

Just because it's gay or Christian doesn't make it right.

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Hey now, most of the really "awesome" gay-hating stuff is in the Jewish Bible (what Gentiles call the Old Testament.)

[DJlaysitup]

Quote:

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...Hey now, most of the really "awesome" gay-hating stuff is in the Jewish Bible (what Gentiles call the Old Testament.)

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Right doesn't matter (IMHO)...because people are born what they are - sexually. A person is stuck with what they got. One of my best friends in my youth was a guy who I played tennis against. Smooth, tanned, and I got along with him better than any girl I knew (up to that time). If I would have leaned that way ?????? But I don't...simple as that. I couldn't get it up for the prettiest guy on earth. It's just the way it is.

[Lascar78]

So an idiot emailed ABC, and a guy at ABC was a d!ck in his response.

Who cares?

[ecc423]

nobody really ...just thought it had the "damn" effect...either way u look at it....