Carl Paladino Softens Remarks on Homosexuality, but Says Children Can Be 'Brainwashed'

Gay Pride parades are disgusting.. and I would say the same about a Heterosexual Pride Parade where people dressed in an extremely revealing and crude manner and simulated sex..If you want me to take your cause seriously.. act like an adult.. be modest in public

God didn't make people gay. God revealed everything we need to know about his creation in the Bible.Those that don't want to believe the Bible that's your choice.God has given all of us a choice to live a moral life by believing in His Son Jesus Christ and live according to his Word or live a immoral life and deny God's Word and God's Son Jesus Christ.Once people are told about the choice God's given them whatever they choose is between them and God.

Some good points.

In some ways it's a good thing to see a politician openly representing movement away from government by the fringes, but a shame not to see at least some of the non-traditional community being able to see the "homophobia" accusations for what they are: irrational slurs meant to intimidate a anyone failing to pander to fringe groups bent on gaining government and taxpayer financed, political and economic advantage. To speak honestly about anything these days is to be convinced otherwise with a "stick made" of group think conceits and made up language. It does seem that the politico-socio bullies of today, have learned their lessons only too well from the politico-socio bullies of days past; but curiouser still that they all still remain on opposite sides. (Why are my keystrokes seemingly attempting to be logged here? Please show some moderation, please, website.)

Paladino has every right to state his beliefs, and I think that, by all means, he should do so - let people know his stance on issues before the election. However, I would say that, in light of the recent hate crimes against homosexuals in the city, the timing for some of his comments is way off.

Geeez...we finally get a politician who is frank and tells the truth and we find something to bring him down. Why cant he have his own opinion...actually why cant we all have our own opinion. Unfortunately we have become a PC society that if you dont like something (whatever it might be) you are a bigot. Can noone have an opposing view?? I dont have any problem with gays or them getting married, I wish it would be allowed already so they could shut up and stop forcing it in our faces. The fact is that not everyone will think the same and the more they try to make it so the worse it is for their position. The FACT of the matter is it is NOT "normal", it is ok and whatever they want to do is fine just dont try to make people see it as "normal" because it just isnt. unfortunatley you cannot have children with out the males and females coming together in some way, which is what he means by "not the way god made us". No two men or two women on this earth can have a baby without some kind of intervention, its simply not possible and that is what is meant by not being "normal". Its not that they are mutants just that humans cannot survive that way without modern technology. If gay became the norm 200 yrs ago we would not exist now. Either way, gay behavior has been around as long as time and everyone has to come to grips with that and its not going to go away cus some people are opposed to it. We should all just try to accept each others differences and move forward. You dont have to love gays just accept that it happens and vice versa and live your own life with your own opinions, without trying to tell each other what is "right" or "wrong".

"judge lest ye be judged" it is not for us to judge anyone on their sexuality, if you believe in that verse of the bible, and the one below... that right is reserved for God alone... who are we make decisions for God? "live, and let live"

Right on.

Why is it that when a public figure expresses a opinion based on their personal beliefs he/she is vilified for it when it goes against the PC mentality of most of the media today? I have gay friends. I don't accept/tolerate discrimination against them, but I also don't believe you can equate gay marriage with traditional marriage. Some of my gay friends agree, others are outraged, but know I'm being true to my personal beliefs. For years, Gay's said that it wasn't a choice, it was the way they were born. Many said they wished it wasn't so. When they started the human gene exploration and some researchers said they might be able to find the so called "gay" gene and change it, the radical gay community expressed outrage, and said they like their lifestyles the way they are. So clearly it's as much about nurture/personal enjoyment as biology. Reproduction is the universal goal of all living things. Clearly without artificial means/sperm donors/adoption, gays couldn't have children without heterosexual sex. I'd say that's a dysfunctional lifestyle, the inability to reproduce without violating YOUR core beliefs.

@laclaw61--1) Neither homosexuality nor heterosexuality are dysfunctional; they are states of being. Some homosexuals and some heterosexuals do exhibit dysfunction. So what? 2) As for how it was intended to be, it sure seems as if that is how it was intended to be--at least for some people. Similarly, it seems that it was intended to be that some people are left-handed. The world is made so that no two people are alike. 3) God does not oppose gays--at least their is nothing against it in the Hebrew Bible; 4) Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed for their lack of hospitality and welcome of people who are different (according to Jesus), for "grinding the faces of the poor" into the dirt (according to Isaiah), for arrogance and creating a class of people who were too wealthy--and refused to share their wealth with others (according to Ezekiel), for heterosexual adultery (according to Jeremiah); 5) some states do still have sodomy laws, but as more and more people are realizing that homosexuality is just as normal for gays as heterosexuality is for non-gays, those laws are changing, just as they have in so many countries around the world--and just as there are fewer disabilities for people who are left-handed. Human laws may be good at the time they are enacted, but quite often they require emendation over time. When laws and cultures do not evolve, they die out or become irrelevant. @chimayred--Paladino is 100% on target? He sent out racist Emails (he's admitted to them); he's sent out Emails demeaning women (he's admitted to that); he lied about his opponent having affairs and children out of wedlock (he's admitted to it--oh, he has admitted that that is what he's done--fathered a child out of wedlock, which is his business until he casts the first stone, knowingly telling a lie about his opponent. If lying and making hateful comments about groups of people that incite hatred is being 100% on target, I suppose he is--and that's a great reason to make sure he does not get elected Paladino seems to always go off on angry rants. Lots of us have reason to be unhappy with many of our elected officials--sending in ranting, angry people who only know how to get people angry but do not have any good ideas, do not know how to work with other people, and who do not display any apparent skill set or the proper temperament to do serious work that affects millions of lives is not the answer. In this race, like him or not, Cuomo is the only legitimate choice.