North Carolina teen Madeleine McAulay
claims she received death threats after she criticized President
Obama's support for gay marriage.
Appearing on Fox News' Fox
& Friends, the 16-year-old conservative discussed the
reaction she has received from her YouTube video in which she cheers
passage of Amendment One, North Carolina's gay marriage ban, and
jeers Obama's explanation of his support for civil marriage for gay
couples.
“I'm not going to lie, I was a bit
shocked to hear how he came to his conclusion to his support of gay
marriage – his daughters? That's right, the president of the
United States now looks to his young daughters to make major
decisions,” she said in her 3-minute
video.
“Now, I don't hate gay people, so
stop saying that do. I simply believe that traditional marriage is
the most productive way and the biblical way to pursue a
relationship. It has proven to be the healthiest environment for
children. I also believe that marriage is not just some right. It's
making a covenant with God,” she added.
On Fox News, McAulay told host Steve
Doocy: “Within, I think, two days, I had over 1,000 views. And,
you know, the hatred and the vile, vulgar, disgusting comments
starting coming in and over the past few days, they have gotten
totally extreme and complete inappropriate.”
“[T]here are some death threats
there,” Doocy stated.
“Yes. That was the first time
yesterday that I had ever received, you know, kind of death wishes
and that was quite interesting, to get that feeling.” (The video
is embedded in the right panel of this page. Visit
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However, an actual comment threatening
McAulay's life could not be found on her site
FaithHopeAndPolitics.com.
And left out of the discussion was the
fact that the majority of commenters on her site praised her views
and some condemned being gay.
“Proponents of the unhealthy
homosexual lifestyle imagine that this will 'legitimize' their sin in
the view of society at large,” one wrote.
“Yes being gay or taking part in
homosexuality is a sin, you obviously haven't read the Bible! Read
the following before you comment so you don't look like an idiot
again,” wrote another who referenced Leviticus 20:13, a Bible
passage which says gay men ought “to be put to death.”
UPDATE: McAulay has informed us that
the “death wish” she received was located in the comments section
of a different post than the one we linked to. In the post re:
Vulgar Comments from 'Controversies of Gay Marriage,' a
commenter with the username Sarah Palin's Vagina wrote, “I would
love to see a[n] angry mob of gay people chase you down and murder
your a$$.” McAulay also tweeted to her followers: “@ontopmag
responded to my corrections denying death wishes & also saying
I'm responsible for the hatred against gays in my blog's comments”
and “I don't hate gay people, and I don't condone those who do. I
have said that many times before. @ontopmag.com”