A Gay Dance Partner? Sure!

August 6, 2012 By 558 Comments

While I’m excited and thankful to be returning to Dancing With The Stars, not everyone is thrilled I’m coming back. When the new contestants participated in a panel discussion for the Television Critics Association’s summer tour, the critics’ disdain for me was obvious.  While they asked many questions (or, really, just a few questions over and over), only one stands out in my mind: Would I mind dancing with a gay dance partner?

Frankly, I found the question silly.  Of course, I’d most like to dance with Mark again, but that’s up to the producers! If I can’t dance with Mark, I’d love to dance with a gay partner, a straight partner, or anything in between.  I’m not looking for romance at Dancing With The Stars, but I do want to do as well as I can, make as many friends as I can, and maybe – just maybe – walk away with the mirror ball trophy.

But the media can’t seem to figure this out.  In their simplistic minds, the fact that I’m a Christian, that I believe in God’s plan for marriage, means that I must hate gays and must hate to even be in their presence.  Well, they were right about one thing: there was hate in that media room, but the hate was theirs, not mine.

Let me explain through a real-life example.  A friend of mine interviewed several years ago for a faculty position at an Ivy League law school.  When the interviewer saw that he was a conservative Christian, she asked him:  “Do you think you can teach gay students?”  (See the similarity to my question?)

Here was his response: “I believe every human being is created in the image of God and should be treated with dignity and respect, so I’ll treat all my students fairly.  But I can’t promise they’ll treat me with the same respect when they find out I’m a Christian.”

That’s exactly right.  What do a person’s sexual preferences and practices have to do with dancing ability?  In fact, in most jobs a person’s private life has little or no bearing on their ability to do their job unless they lose sight of boundaries and ethics.  Does the fact that a guy sleeps with his girlfriend mean that he can’t sell coffee?  Should we fire a car salesman who’s divorcing his wife?

Look, my responsibility is pretty darn clear: to treat people as I would like to be treated, to be gracious, and – yes – to uphold and advance my Christian principles in all that I do.  Would I want a gay dancer to refuse to dance with me because of my beliefs?  Why would I refuse to dance with a gay man because of his?

To the Left, “tolerance” means agreeing with them on, well, everything.  To me, tolerance means learning to live and work with each other when we don’t agree – and won’t ever agree.  So if I have a gay dance partner, we may have some interesting discussions about morality, marriage, and whether the government made him a great dancer because it built the roads that he drove on to dance practice.  But I can promise you that I’ll give it my best effort, I’ll learn all I can learn, and I’ll be proud to hoist that elusive mirror ball trophy right by his side.

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  • Randy Jorgensen

    You also have to realize that Hollywood’s
    agenda is to promote the homosexual
    lifestyle. Because they need to make sure
    legitimize their own behaviors, including
    immorality and anti-God dogma.

    • The Brown Note

      Ive never actually met a gay person who said, “I was straight but I chose to be gay instead as I saw it in a movie and thought it was cool”

      • Patrick

        Why would they admit that if they are having a good time? I have seen it plenty.

        • Gilly

          Yes being ostracized from your community. Having your family turn their backs on you. Getting bullied in school. Being afraid to discuss anything in your private life to your coworkers for fear you will get fired. All sounds like a great time doesn’t it Patrick. You are clueless.

      • Chris Calvin

        I have. I knew several “Gay” guys while in Jail, (Yes I was in jail, I messed up, does that make me unable to live, to express my feelings that Sin is wrong, that Theft which is why I ended in jail, is bad?,) These two “Gays” told me in complete honesty that their lifestyle was a crock, they wanted attention, and they wanted to shock their family. Being Gay IS a choice, it is not a certain gene that is implanted in our body by a Gay God. Be honest with yourself and realize that. Quit pretending!

        • Gilly

          What a crock. So these two “prison” gays just happened to answer all of your questions giving the exact responses that agreed with your misconceptions. Whatever. Next.

    • http://www.patheos.com/blogs/bristolpalin/2012/08/a-gay-dance-partner-sure/?replytocom=31520#respond

      I believe Hollywood is pushing their agenda too. That is why, I can’t understand Bristol, how you can do this show. It only gives the anti Christian media more power!

  • Nadia Decker

    “…and whether the government made him a great dancer because it built the roads that he drove on to dance practice. ” BEST PART! =) You go girl! God Bless You!

  • Jack

    Well said Bristol!

  • Monterey

    Very well written, Bristol. A better-thought-out piece than most you’d find on the subject in the MSM. Congrats, and may you go far in the competition just as you did last time.

  • Dianne

    Well said!

  • http://ronkilmartin.wordpress.com Ron Kilmartin

    Bristol, great article! In the Christian footsteps of your great Mom!

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  • Valerie

    Bristol – I have to admit that I don’t always share the same views that you do (especially when it comes to gay marriage), but I appreciate that you understand each person is allowed their opinion. I think about the time that man in the bar said those horrible things about your mother and you (it was awful), but you confronted him and you didn’t say he was wrong, you simply asked for him to explain his side. I thought that was very brave and I was really impressed with how you handled the situation. I’m not sure I could have been as diplomatic about it. Keep it up girl! All the best!

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  • Sgt B.

    Very well said, Bristol. What is even more interesting then Bristol’s article is the responses to it from the anti-Christian crowd. Not once did Bristol say anything that could be seen as negative towards gays. Yet, throughout the responses from anti-Christian’s you read personal attack after attack on both Bristol and Christians. No matter how well the attacks were rebutted you only see it followed by another attack from a different angle. That’s hatred, that’s a clear demonstration of an attempt to seek and destroy another person and others beliefs.
    Persecution of Christians is certainly nothing new, I would like to think people as a whole have become more intelligent, more tolerant and compassionate. But it appears that the recent movements from the modern american left are (Hell) bent using hate as their driving force. And (hell) bent on forcing their views and beliefs onto Christians. There is no other conclusion a reasonable thinking person could come to. I keep hearing the left throwing the hypocrisy word around the whole while they are firmly seated on the hypocrisy train. On one hand they say the Christians need to be perfect in their lives or they have no morale argument that can be seen as anything but hypocrisy, how so? I could not find one instance where Bristol or Christians in general are telling gays how to live their lives. Yet, the same cannot be said for the gays and anti Christians. In fact in this whole “debate” all I see in this whole debate is Christians trying to defend their beliefs, their way of life. Something that was supposed to be protected here in the New World. on the other hand I see gays and anti Christians constantly attacking that way of life, constantly trying to point out faults, mocking and even going as far as trying to dictate to Christians the tenants of their own belief! And why? I see gays and anti Christians trying to force their way into the Christians world view. Marriage, it is well known that marriage is and has always been a Judeo Christian practice. It never ceases to amaze me that so many people that spend their lives attacking a Religion and it’s followers would also fight to practice a portion of it themselves. It certainly isn’t simply a legal issue. many States have already adopted unions in order to give gays the same legal rights as legal marriage. If equality is truly the goal then why the need to attack and adopt Christian practices? Why not simply seek an equivalent legal process that would prevent this whole argument and division among people? Why pick a fight where there doesn’t need to be a fight? Why force Christians to accept something that violates their core beliefs when there is another way?

    Leave Christians alone, leave the Palin’s alone. Step off the hypocrisy train for just one minute and stop trying to force your will into others beliefs. Get your own, live and let live.

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