I didnt hear about this, but just saw the pic, and all I can think is that is awesome they were voted cutest couple it says alot about the HS aged kids and how ignorance is slowly disappearing. But clearly the older, not wiser, generation is trying to do whatever they can to take away any progress we make. But because what should be important and was taken away by Billy (I bet he doesnt like that) is congratulating those girls, thats what I am going to do.

Congrats Brandy and Lupe! You are a very cute couple!

... that this kind of debates are broadcasted on the american TV. Honestly... as a german (or european) I'm quite shocked about this. What's up over there?! This man and his point of view are completely out of question... I can't believe any channel gives him any airtime! Is he popular? He definetly shouldn't be! Wow... it's the 21st century and people are talking about this on national television?! Something is going waaay wrong...

Dr. Berman was great though. He didn't let her finish any sentence... way to go on the politeness . Not the loudest one is the right one! But her facial expression was sure worth watching the vid.

That man is so ignorant it's sad. He's completely talking out of his ass. lol He's an asshat.

It makes me so happy to see lesbian version of the cutest couple. lol Hollywood Marie youre right. They really are the most famous cutest couple ever.

wow that woman kicked Bill O'Reilly arsed

how can this man be let on Amercian television!?

Scribe, I don't think that's a "derisive grin." I get that same look on my face when I look at someone spilling crap from their lips. That's a look of pain from biting one's tongue.

Bill's philosophy, "Speak louder and over the person, so that the educated and informed point of view cannot be heard."

And when did we drop from 10% to only 6% of the population?

Lisa

I was there, I saw it all. Immigrants, Muslims, homosexuals, terrorists. Disease-ridden degenerates. They had to go. Strength through unity. Unity through faith. I'm a God-fearing Englishman and I'm goddamn proud of it!

~ Lewis Prothero form V for Vendetta ~

Did they base this character on Bill O'Reilly?

If the mangy mutt.. Dog the Bounty Hunter was taken off the air for the racial slurs he uttered in the privacy of his home.. how come O'Reilly isn't taken off the air for his hateful, homophobic comments? New standard: anyone who likes/agrees with O'Reilly is on my shit list.. for real! Instant Karma's gonna get you O'Reilly and I hope everyone sees when it slaps you in the f-ing face.

I'm with fabouly. I live in the UK and I cannot believe this crap is shown on tv! It's outrageous he can get away for being so homophobic.

I am genuinely shocked that something like that could be televised. I feel sorry for any American teens who may have seen this and been in the process of coming out or have just come out etc because [understandably] they won't want to be open about who they are and they are with because of people like this guy. Sorry that doesn't really make sense I'm just so riled up about watching that.

I think Dr. Berman was amazing for putting up with that knobhead though! I certainly couldn't have stayed as calm and collected as she was.

This is the first time I think I have commented on a blog and yet I read every blog entry posted. Thanks scribegrrl for a really insightful blog entry!

O'Reilly's homophobia is sometimes embarrassingly obvious - even more so when he tries to deny it.

This is probably the most homophobic report I've ever seen him do. Take a gander at that.

He (along with many other people of course) have these certain beliefs (among them the belief that gay couples are inadequate parents and the children end up ill-adjusted because of it) not supported by any reason whatsoever. He simply believes this stuff in spite of all the evidence to the contrary. He and people similar to him can never back up their opinions with facts - even if they are right about something - they have faith that they are correct and that is the end of it. Even if he argues with someone who is on the left wing who is completely in the wrong, all he can do is yell and cut off their mic.

The only good thing about "reports" like these are the guests who simply tell him how ridiculous he's being and how unfounded these opinions about this really are.

I actually hate many commentators more than him but that doesn't mean I can actually stand him enough to watch his programme.

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"The world will not greet you with open arms, but with a clenched fist."

Bill O'Reilly makes me sick. He asks Dr. Berman to respect his "valid" opinion, but he cuts her off and blatantly disrespects her opinion. He contradicts himself all the time, and tries to say "I wrote my book for young gay Americans who are being bullied...blah blah blah." Get a grip!

How is posing together as a couple for an innocent picture sexually inappropriate? If that's the case, they should ban prom pics too. It's ok to be sexually explicit as long as you're straight?  This dude aggravates me in so many ways. And to think my girlfriend's grandpa absolutely loves Bill O'Reilly. Thankfully he has never done anything homophobic in the four years I've been dating his granddaughter. After all, he is a self proclaimed reformed bigot who has two lesbian daughters and a lesbian granddaughter.  And for that, I will overlook the fact that he eats up all the poison that comes out of Bill O'Reilly's mouth. 

finally someone stood their ground with this ass! i don't think there was anyone better to defend these girls, dr. bergman was AMAZING! i'd give my opinion on the situation but she did such a great job that i'm just gonna say "what she said!"

also. you would think if you wanted to do a "news" report, if you can even call it that, you would figure out how to say the name of the city correctly. it's waukegan. not wekaugan. "wa", like water, "kegan". it's not that hard, bill. further proof of exactly how uneducated you are. but don't worry, i have a suggestion that should help you not sound like such a jackass anymore. are you ready for it, bill?? just shut the hell up. :]

[["And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days, are effective for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives. I know the idea

What is wrong with that man! What is wrong with the FOX network to keep this jerk on TV! If he had said the same thing about a bi racial or any other ethnic couple, would he still have a job?

I think its time we found out who are his sponsors and band their products. I think he will discover how big "6%" of the population is.

Things I learned from watching this interview:

1. GAYZ HAS TEH SEX ALL TEH TYME! Heterosexual couples, on the other hand, are chaste and pure and spend their time adopting puppies and never thinking about sex unless they really, really want a baby.

2. There's no reason why gay couples can't just identify as "friends." Except, you know, for all that sex they're constantly having.

3. "Because that's how it's always been!" is a perfectly valid argument. Don't worry about the fact that it HASN'T always been that way or that some social normals are unfair and nonsensical. That kind of thinking is liable to hurt your wittle head.

Thanks, Bill!

i adore that woman!!!

"i know, i do, i'm laughing because you said i'm gonna be in trouble!"

if you wanna see something amazing... here is stephen colbert on the o'reilly factor!!

the best part of it is that Stephen TAKES OVER... it turned into the Colbert factor real fast. oh my god. bill tries to keep his own but stephen is too fast... it's sooo funny.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DJvY_RftA4I

Being European (from a very small yet quite well respected country boasting a semi-direct democracy in between high mountains ;-)) this truly is yet another confirmation of the bad picture of "America" we get every now and then.

The America which is "running" and judging our Planet. Red States having way too much influence - and a society (i.e. those parts that get represented in the media and thereby kinda seem to form public opinion) who in a way still have to live in a medieval state of repression. Kinda. I know there are people with liberal views (like AE readerts, Ms Berman etc.) but they are in a permanent battle struggling against conservative moral standards and "ethics" in society.

Haha - O'Reilly should hear himself: if those people who set the base for role model America with the French Revolution stuck with established rules, Amercia/The US would not even exist today!!!!

Ridiculous his stressing "academic".... ehmmm... ever heard of the Humanist idea of free thought? (P.S.: goes back to the Greek - where the word "academic" has its origin too, btw, Mr. O'Reilly!). Yeah, this man was a teacher? No wonder only morons (and a few "rebels" ;-) ) can come out of his class/the education system!

I truly feel for every one of you who has to cope with such an ignorant society who on the whole (for their negative aspects) seem to have much in common with a medieval one where fears were big and belief in nonsense was normal and reasonable thinking was not an option. O'Reilly and his alikes very much are defending a matter-of-fact reception of Medieval behaviour...and as a law student I must end with what really is a sign of evolution and progress:

HUMAN RIGHTS!!!!!!
Ever heard of them, Mr. O'Reilly? No, we don't mean yours, we mean ours!
Would love to see him taken to the European court in Strasbourg... damn it. This is just a dream...

actio supra reactio // in vino veritas

First of all Mr. O'Reilly, it's pronounced Waw-kee-gan.  I guess researching how to fortify your homophobic agenda among the baby boomers didn't leave much time to actually research, or even ask, how to correctly pronounce the city.

As much as it upsets me to hear the things he says, for decades so many GLBT individuals around the world won't see the level of acceptance we now have here in the states.  I'm not that old, but our visibility is still new and only 20 years ago our President had, for the first time publicly, uttered the acronym 'AIDS' and acknowledged that it was not the 'Gay Cancer' or a gay disease.  This is almost an entire decade since the onset of the 'AIDS panic' that he addressed the issue.  He spent his entire presidency ignoring what has become a pandemic - All because it was seen as a 'gay disease'.

The fact that FoxNews elects to debate the validly of the voted high school cutest couple, who happen to be lesbian; whether or not we agree with all the views, is progress.  Progress may not be as fast as we'd like, but we should never forget how fast and far we have progressed.

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"If you go flying back through time, and you see somebody else flying forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye contact." - Jack Handey

It's ironic that the men who just wrote "Kids are Americans, Too!" out of some purported goodwill for the littlest patriots, and who repeatedly stresses the that these are minors he is talking about, has the gall to publicly broadcast, on national television, the names of two minors, their pictures, their high school, and their hometown.

Also, if these are just kids experimenting, then why is he making such a big deal about it?

"Out of the box is where I live." -Starbuck

So, a straight couple is not exposing their sexuality but the lesbian couple is? It has been a long time since I've been in H.S but I sure remember a lot of people declairing their (hetero)sexuality. Why is a picture of a straight couple "appropriate" but a picture of a gay couple not? And just because you say "with all due respect" does not mean that you are showing respect.  O'Reilly has no respect whatsoever for the LGBT community, people who oppose his views or the truth.  Yet Dr. Berman and probably the rest of us are suppossed to respect  homophobes and their "valid veiws". I am so sick of being defined by "what I do" and not who I am. Why do these people insist on thinking about "what I do" every time the word lesbian is mentioned. I don't think about what they do. Eeewwww Icky thought of O'Reilly in my head! I do have to say that we are making a lot of progress toward acceptance. I think many conservative social leaders have dropped the argument that gays choose to be gay. They a least are accepting that we don't have a choice in the matter. Their arguments now are that we don't have to share our identities with anybody and that we should be celebate and in the case of conservative religious leaders that we can change by accepting Jesus. It is progress. I have a lot of hope for our youth, that they will finally be the ones who say "who cares?"

Laura Berman is frickin awesome.  I love her saying it was good for it to become normalized.

What a jackass O'Reilly is (duh) saying how we shouldnt normalize it. 

Yes.. don't forget.. homosexuality is just like drugs...  Once you go gay.. you never stray..

It's also so fantastic that a lesbian couple was voted best couple.  Congrats ladies!

I have no words.. I literally just watched in digust.. There are people like him?!

blech.. yuckii!

Some time ago some nutter in Holland said in an interview that all gays should be thrown of a high tower head first!

A year and a half later he was invited as one of the "experts" on "youth and sexuality within islam" on television!

Just saying!

"call me old fashioned but I prefer feminism that leaves a little something to the imagination!"

Wow Bill O' Reilly is one scary asshole! And was he really a high school teacher? He does remind me of my 6th grade history teacher, a downright racist, closed minded sorry excuse of a human being. Thanks "Sarge"

I've loved Laura Berman since she had a series on Showtime called Sexual Healing. On the show, she advised all sorts of couples with sexual problems, heteros, gay men, and lesbians alike. It was such a nice portrayal of real-life sex and the problems that can come with it, but I don't think it got picked up for a second season. Too bad.

As for the clip, nothing coming from Bill O'Reilly surprises me anymore. I think the only thing that would truly shock me is if he started advocating for tolerance and speaking rationally about other various subjects, but I'm not holding my breath.