News giants Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly on marriage equality.
From Media Matters for America:
O’REILLY: But let’s take the gay marriage deal. Big
ruling in California. You really didn’t cover that much, right?BECK: Nope.
O’REILLY: Why?
BECK: Because honestly I think we have bigger fish to fry. You can
argue about abortion or gay marriage or whatever —O’REILLY: Yeah.
BECK: — all you want.
O’REILLY: Yeah.
BECK: The country is burning down. I personally think these–
O’REILLY: But isn’t that one of the reasons because we are getting
away from the traditional way we used to live into this
progressive–BECK: So let’s get back to — instead of arguing about these
divisive things, let’s get back into our churches and our
synagogues and–O’REILLY: You’re not going to get people going back unless there is
a reason to go back.BECK: But here is the reason, America. Your country is burning
down. I don’t think marriage, that the government actually has
anything to do with –O’REILLY: But they do have.
BECK: –what is a religious right.
O’REILLY: I know, but they do have something to do, because gay
marriage is going to be a reality in this country in 10 years.BECK: Why do they have anything to do with it?
O’REILLY: Because they choose to, and you’re not going to stop
’em.BECK: This is where we disagree.
O’REILLY: The Supreme Court may rule against gay marriage, very
possible it would be a 5-4.BECK: You’re willing to continue to go down the road of just
accepting well that’s the way it is.O’REILLY: I’m not accepting anything. I wrote a book about it!
Don’t give me this “accepting.” Come on.BECK: He’s so hostile.
O’REILLY: Yeah
BECK: Need a little Jesus?
O’REILLY: I have to correct you. I do. You are ignoring the
profound change in the American family. In the way —BECK: No, I’m not. No I’m not.
O’REILLY: But you are not covering it?
BECK: Because I think that the thing that needs to be covered —
Bill, I believe in a symphony. If we are all playing clarinets we
ain’t gonna get very far. A symphony needs to sound. I’m covering
what I cover. You cover what you cover. Both of us are saying the
same thing. Watch the culture.O’REILLY: Do you believe — do you believe that gay marriage is a
threat to the country in any way?BECK: A threat to the country?
O’REILLY: Yeah, it going to harm the country?
BECK: No, I don’t. Will the gays come and get us?
O’REILLY: OK. Is it going to harm the country in any way?
BECK: I believe — I believe what Thomas Jefferson said. If it
neither breaks my leg nor picks my pocket, what difference is it to
me?O’REILLY: OK, so you don’t. That’s interesting. Because I don’t
think a lot of people understand that about you.BECK: As long as we — as long as we are not going down the road
of Canada, where it now is a problem for churches to have free
speech. If they can still say, hey, we —O’REILLY: Oppose it —
BECK: — we oppose it —
O’REILLY: Right.
BECK: — but we’re not trying to kill anybody or trying to —
O’REILLY: In Sweden they have that too. OK, so gay marriage to
you, not a big a threat to the nation.