Cybill Shepherd speaks at 2009 Atlanta Dinner

[Turtleboy25]

@LLCoolchris1016 Yeah and fuck you too douschbag!

[LLcoolchris1016]

GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES CAN'T MAKE CHILDREN THE DAY THEY DO I'LL ACCEPT THEIR HAVE A open mind BULLSHIT.

[saadmll]

the sound is not good

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[udayjose82]

Cybill ... Ma'am, my Mom and I watched you in Moonlighting when I was just 6-7 yrs old...yep I know... very much underaged ....but i found you gorgeous back then...and I still find you that way. Would love to have you as a cool and hep aunt....orrr.... be the next ashton & demi couple...sorry i don't mean to be rude but you're still one HOT Maneater!

Wow! wanted to get that off my chest!!!!

[911dispatcher]

Rejoicing in the proliferation of perversion... this country is in deep trouble. Listen folks, the news media goes along with this sexual perversion and paints it as a "right" and normal and reasonable and EVERYONE knows in their hearts that it's perversion and they're simply lying to themselves.

No nation EVER survived for long after approving sexual perversion!

YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP AND DENOUNCE PERVERSION (without being hateful) and quit being MORAL COWARDS afraid of a little criticism!

[911dispatcher]

There is such a MASSIVE SILENT CONSPIRACY OF PRETENSE that sexual perversion ISN'T BONDAGE, but EVERYONE KNOWS IT IS.

Quit lying to yourselves. SPEAK the truth that is obvious of which the pervs have spent decades manipulating people into silence and pretense.

It needs to stop. Do you want your child having this bondage?

[dumbnetworks]

@911dispatcher stop posting idiot, probably your dad fucked you in the ass, nobody cares, go fuck yourself!

[BludBaut]

@dumbnetworks You're confusing your mouth with my ***. Such is the lunacy of hate filled sexual perverts. You're blocked. Pervs have nothing of value to offer.

[dumbnetworks]

@BludBaut I am blocked? no really, you idiot this is not your channel. don't advertise your stupidity here please moron lol

[ROXYLUCY]

Love you Cybill... thank you darlin'

[imbonnie]

Those "poor" women who are forced to have "unwanted" children. What about the children that are mercilessly dismembered? Where is the empathy for them? Where is their equality? Hypocrisy.

[mechanicalmusic]

Anti-discrimination laws shouldn't have to list who not to discriminate against, they should include everyone by default.

Rock, on Cybill.

[911dispatcher]

@mechanicalmusic That include the pedophiles?

Do you know that most sexual perverts were the victims of pedophilia? The perverts don't like to admit it and the news media refuses to address it, but all who are pro-pervert, ask your best pervert friend with whom and at what age he/she first had sex with a member of the same sex and how old was the perp. Then recognize the CLOSE TIE between homosexuality and pedophilia.

[baslan28]

omg. i still remember Moonlight. Shes so special for me..

[emmadavies15]

Cybill is a mum everyone would love to have-she's cool, she's always open and spoken out about things she believes in- she does have a daughter who is a lesbian who cares she is a brilliant actress, singer and mother, what an amazing woman cybill shepherd is. I love cybill.

[fredstreisand]

You go grrrrrrrrl!

[aprilbray99]

A daughter Dellwood idiot. Cybill thank you, your fabulous

[DELLWOODBARKER]

does anybody know why is she so interested in helping gay people? I thank her for that but I wonder why....has she many gay friends or a lesbian daughter?

[offtosleep78]

she's the mother i'd always wanted

[godzphinest]

I Love Cybill...I'd love to meet her in person~

[taraniso]

I like her a lot.

[fergalli]

She is such an amazing woman!

I love her.

Fernando.-

[IssuesAndJustice]

Do you think she is going to talk about how homosexuality is very unhealthy and that domestic violence, drug use, disease, suicide, cigarette use, alcoholism are all significantly higher among homosexuals compared to the rest of the population?

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

Do you think the religious right will ever mention that none of those things are actually proven to be caused by homosexuality itself, and that a lot of those statistics come from faulty studies and some are actually the product of the influence of homophobia in society?

[IssuesAndJustice]

--Go watch my video, "Why Homosexualty = Less Healthy" as I use top secular sources regarding health. I think the findings will be educational.

"some are actually the product of the influence of homophobia in society? "

--Are you saying that homophobia is causing gay mean to beat other gay men at a much higher rate then the rest of society?

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

If youre told that youre going to hell all the time, possibly rejected by your family, often discriminated against in AIDS prevention programs (which is often the case) then obviously there will be issues arising. To contribute to these problems by promoting discrimination, and then blaming all of it on homosexuality itself despite the fact that no cause and effect relationship exists, and then using that as an excuse to discriminate them even further, is frankly pretty sickening

[IssuesAndJustice]

"told that youre going to hell"

--Why would gays care, it isn't like they accept the Bible anyways so what would it matter to them. They only way it would impact them is if they couldn't shake the thought that it really is true.

"possibly rejected by your family"

--That is messed up.

"discriminated against in AIDS prevention programs"

--I haven't heard about this. Tell me, I want to look into this.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

A lot of gays believe in hell, not all of them are atheists. That's kind of a silly thing to say.

What, many gays often are rejected by their families. The truth is messed up.

Look at the CDC's website, the same website many anti-gay people use to cite their own sources, it's said there.

[IssuesAndJustice]

"Look at the CDC's website, the same website many anti-gay people use to cite their own sources, it's said there. "

--Send me a link...it is a big, big website.

"A lot of gays believe in hell, not all of them are atheists."

--Right, but they don't believe in a hell that is based on homosexuality so why would they care about comments from others who believe that?

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

Again...I can't post links in youtube comments, I just know there's a PDF file in the LGBT section of the site.

I already explained that to you. You don't have to believe that Hell is real in order to be hurt by the idea of your own family and friends believing you deserve eternal torture for loving another man. (Please don't make me repeat myself again)

[jacyfarrow]

Many gays and lesbians believe in Hell. That is why they enter heterosexual marriages. They're afraid of the possible excommunication from the religious communities to which they belong. And sociological studies are quite unanimous in the belief that political minorities suffer more from low self esteem than political majorities. And low self esteem leads to substance abuse, suicide, criminal activity and violence. Instead of citing a statistic, consider what created the statistic.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

Secondly you don't have to believe Hell is real to hurt by the idea that your own family thinks you deserve eternal torture for loving another man.

[IssuesAndJustice]

Do you ever discriminate?

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

Relevance?

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

Plus your entire argument rests on a fallacy, correlation does not equal causation.

[IssuesAndJustice]

Do you have a counter causation?

I think there is direct causations like the transitory nature of homosexual relationships and the lack of life fulfillment that transitory relationships provide. Also, I would postulate that the best of male / female traits are brought out in a complimentary opposite sex relationship which helps with health. Raising children is also a healthy thing for parents and while gays can adopt, they have many less children in general.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

Not all homosexual relationships are short, in fact I know many old gay couples that have been together for 20+ years! You can't prove that homosexuality causes any of these things, again, you're relying completely on statistics and not any explanations, that is a logical fallacy. There's also a study that was done that shows kids raised by gay couples are no different from kids raised by straight ones and your idea of gender stereotypes is unfounded as well.

[IssuesAndJustice]

"I know many old gay couples that have been together for 20+ years! "

--Wow, an isolated story. That is a personal antidote which is useless in a serious debate. It is only useful for manipulating emotions.

"There's also a study that was done that shows kids raised by gay couples are no different from kids raised by straight ones"

--Oh really, can you send it over so I can look at it?

"your idea of gender stereotypes is unfounded as well. "

--How so?

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

Right, it's so much better to throw statistics from a web site around and simply assume a cause and effect relationship between them than it is to use a real family as a real example in real life.

I can't post links in youtube comments, but it's on various health websites, plus the fact that several child welfare organizations have absolutely no objections to same-sex parenting.

"How so?"

Because there are absolutely no personality traits that are completely exclusive to one gender.

[IssuesAndJustice]

"I can't post links in youtube comments, but it's on various health websites, plus the fact that several child welfare organizations have absolutely no objections to same-sex parenting.'

--You can send me a message. Do you know how to do that?

"Because there are absolutely no personality traits that are completely exclusive to one gender. "

--There are characteristics that are concentrated based on gender. Some of that environmental and some of that is physical.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

I could, but I don't particularly feel like getting into a lengthy PM debate, as enough people have been messaging me lately with their spiel.

Really, what are they? Do you have proof? Because I've never met anyone who didn't share every one of their personality traits with at least one other person of the opposite sex. Let me guess, cooking skills?

[IssuesAndJustice]

"I could, but I don't particularly feel like getting into a lengthy PM debate"

--I wasn't thinking debate. I was just thinking about getting your links. I have a lot to do today so I can't debate much more.

"Let me guess, cooking skills? "

--Very funny. How about physical skill for certain sports for men (physical)...or shopping for women (probably more environmental) or murder for men (physical and environmental factor). These are the sort of things I am talking about.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

What do physical skills have anything to with RELATIONSHIP skills? Not everyone wants to date johnny the football hero. The only difference between male and female in terms of physical skills is that men can attain more muscle mass anyway due to their hormones. Organs and hormones, and a single chromosome. That's it.

I also hate shopping, and I'm female. So you know, good job, you just proved that your entire argument is based on mindless stereotypes from TV.

[IssuesAndJustice]

"What do physical skills have anything to with RELATIONSHIP skills?"

--I was talking about all differences that you would find in ability / personality / desires.

"Not everyone wants to date johnny the football hero."

--I never claimed that.

"I also hate shopping, and I'm female."

--Your individual case is not statistically significant. Statistics show that women go out to shop more and ad expenditures especially related to clothing are disproportionally directed at females.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

So why do men have to be with someone who enjoys shopping? These "differences" you talk about are not relevant to relationships, and a lot of them aren't even true for MANY people, not just me. The point is, there are no personality traits exclusive to one gender, not any that improve or stop dynamics in a relationship either, so whatever point you were trying to make, it's pretty pathetic. A lot of gay stereotypes are similar to ones of the opposite gender to boot, which also kills your point

[IssuesAndJustice]

"So why do men have to be with someone who enjoys shopping? "

--I'm a guy and I like shopping. I am against the male norm on a variety of things. I agree...there is lots of variation among people. That said, serious research does show that there are generally differences between men and women in how they think, etc.

My point isn't that personality traits are exclusive to gender. I don't think we disagree.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

I don't think the differences between men and women and how they think are significant enough to make it so that being with a woman would be so radically different from being with a man of similar personality. If there aren't any personality traits exclusive to one gender, then I don't see the point you're trying to make. The way I think can arguably be perceived as male. I can talk to someone online for several months with them believing I'm a male until I tell them otherwise.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

How many gay people are you close to in real life? Or are your stereotypes of gay people and women based on what you see on TV and read off websites?

[IssuesAndJustice]

"How many gay people are you close to in real life?"

--I have worked with gays on projects and have have not super close friends that I hang out with that are gay. I also try to go to gay rallies when they are in the area and learn and always have good peaceable conversations and I think I am able to break a lot of stereotypes about people who oppose gay marriage at the same time.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

And yet you promote gender stereotypes and stereotypes about gays.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

I haven't met a woman who can do anything for a relationship that a man can't do, or vise versa. If you'd like to enlighten me as to what they are, though, feel free to tell me, but you're still not explaining what exactly causes negative effects simply by loving another man that is directly related to homosexuality and couldn't just as easily be linked to the effects of discrimination.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

"Are you saying that homophobia is causing gay mean to beat other gay men at a much higher rate then the rest of society?"

Seeing as the environment you are brought up in can lead to an inclination to becoming being violent and abusive, then yes, I don't see why this would be impossible.

[KoolaidMolestors]

IOWA!

"I'd kinda like to have a love scene with Shane."

Hahahaha she's amazing.

[thisworksgreat]

Cybill Shepherd is such an astonishing woman and she is truly, most definitely deserving of this award.

[bcfilmguy]

Beautiful speech. Thank you for posting.

[kz10863]

that was one of the best speeches i heard!

[bazdog898]

Cybill is amazing. I couldn't think of anyone who deserves this award more than Cybill Sheperd.

[Zuul030]

I"ve always liked Cybill... she's an amazing woman.

[nbarbee36]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!

[ghettomermaid]

Just awesome!