Log Cabin Republicans slam Steele’s comments on civil unions.
Log Cabin Republicans slam Steele’s comments on civil unions.
As ThinkProgress first reported, GOP Chairman Michael Steele was asked on a radio show Monday whether the party should “consider” civil unions. “No, no no. What would we do that for? What are you, crazy?” he replied. The Log Cabin Republicans condemned Steele’s comments in a press release put out yesterday:
“The politics of the past were clearly rejected in the November election. We hope Chairman Steele will work to build a more inclusive Republican Party that can win elections,” said Log Cabin Republicans National Chairman Terry Hamilton. Hamilton continued, “Such comments marginalize gay and lesbian Americans, and further alienate the mainstream, moderate, and independent-minded voters that left the Republican Party in the November election.”
We need an inclusive GOP to reach out to new constituencies and to attract younger voters, women, Latinos, African Americans, and others who share our view of limited government and low taxes. The Log Cabin Republicans remain committed to working with other mainstream GOP groups and fair-minded Republicans to rebuild the Party.
Just last month, the Log Cabin Republicans had enthusiastically cheered Steele’s election to the chairmanship. “It’s a great day for our Party. Steele is an inclusive leader who will bring a new energy and a new vision to the GOP at a critical time,” president Patrick Sammon said. Steele has been invited to speak at LCR’s convention in April but has not yet said whether he’ll attend.
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HEY!!!
Log Cabin GOOPers… what the F took ya SOOOOOOO long?
I mean, how you even BE a GOOPer when yer gay? Fer cryin’ out loud…
Talk about cognitive dissonance… are ya’ll suffering from Battered Republican Syndrome or what?
It must be lie when matter and anti-matter collide in a Superman comic book or sumpin… sheesh…
February 25th, 2009 at 10:24 amGOP – Irrelevancy By Exclusion
February 25th, 2009 at 10:29 amGuess the more cogent GOPers see the handwriting on the wall. Even their base is shrinking.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:29 amWhy do I get the feeling that I’m getting forced to engage in a gay lol.
I’m for gay equality and civil unions but is it me or did I see a blog post on this site defending someone pushing homosexuality on KIDS?
That’s was a bit much.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:31 amGood. Hopefully we can see the end of the repugs with stupidity like this. Gays deserve to be able to transfer property, realty as well as personalty, they deserve the right to visit each another when they are in the hospital and they deserve the right to make beneficiaries of the ones they love.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:31 amWhy do I get the feeling that I’m getting forced to be gay lol.
I’m for gay equality and civil unions but is it me or did I see a blog post on this site defending someone pushing homosexuality on KIDS?
That was a bit much.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:32 amlook, if your a gay republican, i don’t know if there’s any hope for you.
you need to seriously check your priorties.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:32 amThere are still log cabin republicans?? I thought they’d all suffocated in their closet years ago.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:33 amStill, Steele is absolutely right. WHY would the Republicans want to concider Civil Unions when the Party members are so against gays? EVERYBODY should be clear exactly what kind of bigot you have to be to join the Republican Party.
If you have the feeling that you’re getting forced to be gay, pay attention. Your body is telling you something.
No, that’s you. I’ve never seen a blog post here defending someone “pushing homosexuality on kids”.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:35 amWe heard you the first time, AuntieCrisp.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:35 amYou didn’t make any more sense the second time around…
Second that Ralph.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:35 amTheAntichrist Says:
… but is it me or did I see a blog post on this site defending someone pushing homosexuality on KIDS?
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Before accepting that as true, let’s see some proof.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:36 amPerhaps it’s Timmy Vaculik, back under a new name, ralph.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:36 amRon Paul just “blew up” CNBC. They had cut to what they thought was going to be the testimony of Bernanke before a Congressional Committee, and Barney Frank threw it to Ron Paul for a two-minute opening statement, which CNBC aired live at about 10:13 a.m. EST. Paul ripped the existing system, revealed the globalist’s plan for the pending international (single fiat currency) system which is set to replace the dollar system, and proclaimed that it will not work.
CNBC came back to the studio, where Mark Haynes said:
“This is not going according to plan. They were supposed to limit opening statements, so we’re going to go to commercial and return when the testimony of Bernanke begins.”
Get your hands on this video from CNBC. It reveals that the entire mainstream media game is rigged – by the bankers.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:38 amDr. Hussein Matt Says:
The Republican Party…marginalizing Americans since 1854.
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Actually, going back, the Republicans were the radical alternative to the Dems.
Sadly enough, those days are long, long, loooooong gone.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:38 amCould the statement by the LC ‘pubs indicate a few functional synapses? I very much want to believe that!
February 25th, 2009 at 10:38 amYa could be right, TRoS. There’s a sameness about the weird thought patterns…
‘course, that’s pretty uniform across all conservative demographics, in my experience…
February 25th, 2009 at 10:38 amFor the life of me I don’t understand how any gay person can be a Republican’t. They must be self-loathing people because anyone with any pride in who they are would reject the Republican’t party outright.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:39 amDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Now they are just radical.
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Right… radical whackjobs… it must hurt, physically, to be a GOOPer these days.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:41 amLol! Ron Paul is a NUT, but I think it’s great that he caused CNBC to get their panties in a twist!
February 25th, 2009 at 10:41 amralph the wonder llama Says:
Ya could be right, TRoS. There’s a sameness about the weird thought patterns…
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I miss Timmeh… I notice he hasn’t been back since his… ah… “confession” that night… poor li’l feller… back into the closet… after that tantalizing, ever-so-brief first taste of freedom…
February 25th, 2009 at 10:43 amSo the Log Cabin dudes believe the GOP leaders care what they think?
Delusional idiots.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:44 amThese cabin people should look into a nice condo in San Diego instead.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:45 amThe Log Cabin Republicans condemned Steele’s comments
Why not just condem Steele’s existence ? i do !
February 25th, 2009 at 10:50 amThe GOOP has been saying to the gay community for years “We don’t want you, we just want your vote.”
But there will always be hangers on, wistfully believing that Change will come to the party of NO.
PEACE
February 25th, 2009 at 10:51 amTheAntichrist Says:
I’m for gay equality and civil unions but is it me or did I see a blog post on this site defending someone pushing homosexuality on KIDS?
February 25th, 2009 at 10:32 am
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How does one “push” an inborn characteristic like homosexuality on kids, exactly? It’s not a new toy or brand of cereal or something. You can no more “push” homosexuality than you can push black.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:51 amTheAntichrist Says
February 25th, 2009 at 10:32 am
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“Why do I get the feeling that I’m getting forced to be gay lol.”
– I don’t know why you have that feeling. It may be a personal problem. But nobody’s forcing you to be gay — just like no white people were forced to become black during the civil rights struggles of the 60’s.
“I’m for gay equality and civil unions…”
– Good! Glad to hear it. But from your previous statement, I suspect you have some issues with it.
“…but is it me or did I see a blog post on this site defending someone pushing homosexuality on KIDS?”
– You may be thinking of an item posted on TP last Friday: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/20/palin-cringed-gay-book/ , which you obviously misinterpreted. The book, “Daddy’s Roommate”, wasn’t “pushing” homosexuality any more than “Little House on the Prairie” pushed heterosexuality. The book didn’t talk about sex of any kind.
“That was a bit much.”
February 25th, 2009 at 10:54 am– If you are talking about force-feeding young children graphically detailed descriptions of homosexual sex (or sex of ANY kind), I’d agree with you. But that isn’t the case here.
Homosexuality is so easy to explain to a child. I did it years ago, way before the whole birds/bees thing by simply telling my son that some people fall in love with members of the opposite sex, and some fall in love with members of their same sex. I also explained that gay people are in the minority, and like all other minorities, they deserve the same rights and freedoms afforded to all human beings.
But that’s just me…
PEACE
February 25th, 2009 at 10:57 amI have never understood Log Cabin Republicans. I mean, how messed up do you have to be to be a part of a party that denies your legitimacy as a human being? It’s a really messed up kind of self-loathing.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:58 amwho’s the very awkward concern troll?
February 25th, 2009 at 10:59 am“Such comments marginalize gay and lesbian Americans, and further alienate the mainstream, moderate, and independent-minded voters that left the Republican Party in the November election.” Too funny, they really don’t get what republicans are about do they?
February 25th, 2009 at 11:01 amSome dude who popped thru from a couple of millenia ago.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:02 amjeevmon Says:
I have never understood Log Cabin Republicans. I mean, how messed up do you have to be to be a part of a party that denies your legitimacy as a human being? It’s a really messed up kind of self-loathing.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:58 am
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I see them belonging to the more libertarian wing of the Republicans – the ones who want government out of the economy AND their bedrooms.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:03 amLet me say this in caps:
HOW CAN YOU BE GAY AND BE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY????
Well, not closet gay I mean but, that is one thing in life I just do NOT understand.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:06 amAttention LCRs…
Most of the Red team thinks you’re “Gaying up the party”.
Too bad the latte sipping liberals on the blue team don’t want you “republicaning up the blue team” either.
If you want acceptance from either camp, you’ll have to go to war with the fundamentalist, moral majority, whatever they’re ‘rebranding’ themselves now.
We don’t want you and they barely tolerate you.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:08 amdeebaser Says:
Attention LCRs…
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WTF????
February 25th, 2009 at 11:09 amI think the real test of Mr. Steele’s inclusiveness will come from the gay one-armed midget wing of the party. I can’t wait to see how they react to this.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:10 amLCR: Biggest Tools in History? Please discuss…
February 25th, 2009 at 11:10 amSpencers mom, if only every mom was like you. My take on it is, they were born like that for whatever reason. I never chose to ADORE women, I just do. For anyone who believes it is a choice, must have had to either struggle with this issue or will in the near future. Like Rev. Haggard does. A choice would mean options would have had to be weighed. So in a sense, republicans who have had to choose are in some part if at all, a little gay. Right?
February 25th, 2009 at 11:12 am@Misshusseinmolly
Yes, that is the correct link, I was looking for it lol.
You do notice that there is no name attached to that particular post, it just says “guest blogger.” Why do you think that is?
February 25th, 2009 at 11:12 amlefty Says:
LCR: Biggest Tools in History? Please discuss…
February 25th, 2009 at 11:10 am
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I don’t think so. I see no reason why someone who’s conservative on fiscal and foreign policy should be excluded from the Republican party because of their sexual preference. Neither do the Log Cabiners, whose name appears to be a reference to the more traditional party of Lincoln rather than the current party of Limbaugh. I wouldn’t want a bunch of gay, anti-regulation, pro-war conservatives in the Democratic party just because they support gay marriage.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:16 amTheAntichrist Says:
You do notice that there is no name attached to that particular post, it just says “guest blogger.” Why do you think that is?
February 25th, 2009 at 11:12 am
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Because it was a guest blogger, not one of the regular bloggers for this site, whose names are attached to the articles. That’s what “guest” means.
Apparently your parents forgot to push intelligence on you while they were giving you straight.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:18 amlefty Says
LCR: Biggest Tools in History? Please discuss
UM, Yeah – THEY WISH!!!
February 25th, 2009 at 11:18 amI’m headed over to their website. This time, I will seduce them not into making out with me, but into voting Democratic.
They can be the Concrete Condo Democrats, and we will have about eleven new voters for the midterms.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:21 amYou know, come to think of it, I’m not sure if I’ve seen any women in the LCRs.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:22 amGuido the Loving OBGYN Says:
Is there a more irrelevant group anywhere in the universe than the LCR?
Jindal/Palin 2012 Exploratory Committee??
February 25th, 2009 at 11:22 amGuido the Loving OBGYN Says:
Is there a more irrelevant group anywhere in the universe than the LCR?
February 25th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Ahem.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:22 amTheAntichrist Says:
You do notice that there is no name attached to that particular post, it just says “guest blogger.” Why do you think that is?
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Uh… because they put the author’s name in the lower left corner?
In this case, Emily Aden?
Perhaps you would have NOTICED her name there, if you had actually READ the post… instead of leaping to a self-serving conclusion…
February 25th, 2009 at 11:23 amGuido the Loving OBGYN Says:
February 25th, 2009 at 11:23 amIs there a more irrelevant group anywhere in the universe than the LCR? My turn my turn Jews for Jesus.
Guido the Loving OBGYN Says:
Hussein Matt you are exactly correct. I actually think LCR are more mentally disabled than black Republicans. I’ve known 2, and both were repeatedly beaten down by thier party. Self-loathing.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:21 am
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Or ideological loyalty. It’s not their fault that their party has been hijacked by a bunch of Christian whackos. The Log Cabin Republicans represent what their party should be – people united by a set of policy beliefs, rather than religious pandering.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:26 amApparently you didn’t understand Misshusseinmolly’s comment. Why don’t you try reading it again. S l o w e r this time. And it says “guest blogger” because it was a guest blogger, idiot.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:27 amTh republican party must not understand how elections work in a two party system. For every voting block they alienate, that is one more block they are giving to the dems. One would think that by looking at the last election they would want to try to regain much of what they lost. The LCR’s are one of those groups. Obama did not win because of the youth vote or the gay vote or the black vote. He won because a large number of people who had previously voted for Bush had become disillusioned by their own party and they wanted a change. The only way the republican party can ever win again is to regain those votes. You don’t do that by further alienating friendly groups and pandering to the extreme base of the party.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:27 amMichael Steele was asked on a radio show Monday whether the party should “consider” civil unions. “No, no no. What would we do that for? What are you, crazy?”
He went on to say, “Homophobia, xenophobia, guns and religion is all we’ve got!”.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:30 amWhere the hell is Daryll?
February 25th, 2009 at 11:31 ammary Says:
He went on to say, “Homophobia, xenophobia, guns and religion is all we’ve got!”.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:30 am
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And then added “um, word” and his DJ added a few scratches and a drum fill.
You know, cause this is the hip-hop GOP and all…
February 25th, 2009 at 11:33 amShayne Says:
Where the hell is Daryll?
Shaking the devil off with Whitley County Councilmen?
February 25th, 2009 at 11:35 am#
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Shayne Says:
Where the hell is Daryll?
From what I’ve heard, my wife made his head explode.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:37 amdrew3rd Says:
Yes, homosexual couples deserve the same rights as heterosexual couples… they also deserve not to have CDC data misinterpreted to ‘help’ them… now, who was doing that last week?
Oh, that was you…
February 25th, 2009 at 11:39 am@Shayne
Ok, you got me. I re-read the article and here’s what I got:
“Palin said the the book should be kept behind the library reference desk, telling Chase that “it shouldn’t be in a place where kids can get it without their parents knowing.” [p. 77]
PALIN IS RIGHT lol.
You don’t think parents should know if their CHILD is reading something like that???
Look, all I’m saying is that I’m for gay rights and civil unions but I don’t think the country is ready for some of the radical change you seek (like peoples children reading about homosexuality).
That’s all I’m saying.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:48 amHey, that’s great AntiCrisco, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the thread.
If you feel the need to discuss it, may I suggest you try the ThinkFast thread where it’s a free subject postin?
mmmmmmkay, thanks.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:53 amTheAntichrist Says:
It’s a library… it has children’s books on war, Pok-e-mon and many other things I find way more objectionable than a book about a loving family… and so it should. I repeat, it is a library.
When did reading about A LOVING FAMILY become aradical change?
That’s all I’m saying.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:53 amPoor delusional Log Cabin Republicans. They are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. Seriously.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:55 am…in other news, masochists ask to be beaten some more. Updates at 11.
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TheAntichrist Says:
Why do I get the feeling that I’m getting forced to be gay lol.
Umm, are you sexually attracted to members of your own gender? If so, then nobody’s making that happen to you. It’s not like they’re aiming gay-beams at your loins to make your pants feel funny in the locker room.
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TheAntichrist Says:
I’m for gay equality and civil unions but is it me or did I see a blog post on this site defending someone pushing homosexuality on KIDS?
Homosexuality isn’t something people do for fun, like drugs. Seriously, if it looks like that much fun to you, that’s not our fault. For a lot of people (called “straight” or “heterosexual”) there’s no ad campaign in the world that would make them become gay. If you don’t innately understand that, then you yourself weren’t straight to begin with.
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PatrioticLiberalChristian Says:
Jindal/Palin 2012 Exploratory Committee??
PALIN / WURZELBACHER 2012 framdammit!!!
February 25th, 2009 at 11:58 amTheAntichrist Says:
Look, all I’m saying is that I’m for gay rights and civil unions but I don’t think the country is ready for some of the radical change you seek (like peoples children reading about homosexuality).
That’s all I’m saying.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:48 am
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“Look, all I’m saying is that I’m for civil rights for colored people, but I don’t think the country is ready for them to share our lunch counters and water fountains and libraries and bus seats.”
February 25th, 2009 at 11:59 amy’know for an Anti-Christ, he’s really laid back…
i thought the Anti-Christ was supposed to be Barack Obama, but it turns out it’s just this dude who really thinks gay people want his children…that should come as a relief to all those people who think it’s the President.
“the AC – because knocked-up speedqueen daughters are better than gay daughters”
February 25th, 2009 at 12:02 pmWhy is Steele even talking about this. Hasn’t he noticed that the economy has plunged over a cliff? Today it was announced that mass layoff announcements (50 or more people) were up 50% in January over the year ago period — a period that saw job cuts as well. Today Japan announced that exports declined 45.7% over the year ago period. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTCZ_f77WEqw&refer=home
These kind of numbers have never been seen before and Steele wants to talk about gay civil unions. What is the matter with him. Has he no compassion whatsoever?
February 25th, 2009 at 12:09 pmLol… People are equating gay childrens books and civil unions to centuries of slavery,mass genocide,and Jim Crow apartied!?!?! And people hitting the recommend button WTF!
Wow! I’m out of here lol.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:15 pmtombaker Says:
i thought the Anti-Christ was supposed to be Barack Obama, but it turns out it’s just this dude who really thinks gay people want his children…that should come as a relief to all those people who think it’s the President.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
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Oh, Obama’s still the Antichrist, but only part time. He’s also part Hitler. Kind of a Hitler/Antichrist hybrid, if you will.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:15 pmLol… People are equating gay childrens books and civil unions to centuries of slavery,mass genocide,and Jim Crow apartied!?!?! And people are hitting the recommend button WTF!
Wow! I’m out of here lol.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:17 pmI still for the life of me can’t figure out where they got this joker from. I’d be amazed if he makes it thru the year the way he keeps putting his foot in that big @$$ mouth of his!
February 25th, 2009 at 12:18 pm@ChrisL:
That’s truly not how they think. They think they lost because they ran the wrong kind of candidate, one who wasn’t true to “real conservative values.” The fact that the public may truly have rejected their ideas just never occurs to them.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:21 pmTheAntichrist Says:
Wow! I’m out of here lol.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
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Mission accomplished.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:23 pmDang!!
We must be some BAD-ASS crew here, to have frightened off the Anti-Christ himself. Either that or he’s a LOT more sensitive than the Bible suggests…
February 25th, 2009 at 12:38 pmA good friend of mine asked why Democrats were against prop. 8 in CA, why we were pro gay.
I explained that it’s not that Democrats are pro gay we just don’t believe in taking rights away from anybody. I think that was easily understandable, and it won them over.
The Republican party, where equal rights only applies to rich white guys.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:41 pmUntil the Log Cabin Republicans leave the party that despises them, they’re just spitting into the wind.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:45 pmCan we successfully claim that progressives, armed with facts, intelligence and logic, were able to scare off the AntiChrist?
Even FuxNews should pick up a story like that! Kudos, friends!
PEACE
February 25th, 2009 at 12:51 pmTheAntichrist Says:
Lol… People are equating gay childrens books and civil unions to centuries of slavery,mass genocide,and Jim Crow apartied!?!?! And people hitting the recommend button WTF!
Wow! I’m out of here lol.
RHF said it, but let’s repeat: Homosexuals have been VIOLENTLY OPPRESSED for the existence of “western civilization” (brought to you by the oppressive control of Xianity, Judaism, Islam, etc.). That’s why homosexuals have been forced to hide “in the closet”. THAT is NOT part of “being homosexual”: that is a result of FEAR OF BEING BEATEN OR KILLED by RETARDED HOMOPHOBES like yourself.
Twit.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:53 pmtheantichrist:
Don’t let the gates of hell smack your @ss on the way.
I thought that to the reich religiosos, “gay” was a tool of the antichrist?……
February 25th, 2009 at 12:55 pmTheAntichrist Says:
Are you an infant? So what exactly IS your point? That people ought to HIDE the fact that homosexuals exist from children? Pretend it is some dirty little secret? At the point they are curious enough about it to be interested in such a book its time to confront the issue. You dont even make sense.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:59 pm…said Log Cabin Republicans National Chairman Terry Hamilton. Hamilton continued, “Such comments marginalize gay and lesbian Americans…
Uh Terry, that was the idea.
February 25th, 2009 at 1:01 pmWay to go Steele – keep up the good work! Just keep exposing the GOP for what it really is – ANTI EVERYTHING and ANTI AMERICAN!
February 25th, 2009 at 1:33 pmAntichrist, you’re onto us…TEH homo agenda (so dangerous, the THE has to be spelled TEH) seeks to recruit all of our children. Why do you think we’re having Bacchanalias and orgies outside our elementary schools? So we can infect our children with TEH GAY virus and watch as TEH GAY spreads until the whole United States wants TEH BUTT SECKS…
talk about ignorance taken to a whole new level…
February 25th, 2009 at 1:59 pmWhere’s Darlyy, the ORIGINAL Log Cabinet Repuglycan.
February 25th, 2009 at 2:00 pm.
Dear Log Cabin family,
You do know that the (R)epublican Party hates gays, YES?
Then why stay for the punishment… nvm…
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February 25th, 2009 at 2:07 pm#68 – TheAntichrist Says:
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PALIN IS RIGHT lol.
You don’t think parents should know if their CHILD is reading something like that???
Look, all I’m saying is that I’m for gay rights and civil unions but I don’t think the country is ready for some of the radical change you seek (like peoples children reading about homosexuality).
That’s all I’m saying.”
February 25th, 2009 at 11:48 am
But you’re all for heterosexuality being taught to children, right? Like the tales of Sleeping Beauty where it takes a kiss to rouse Sleeping Beauty from a nap? How about Jack & Jill?
When one reads the book “Daddy’s Roommate”, there are no details about what they’re doing behind closed doors. Somehow, you regard that as “teaching homosexuality”? This is no less than any other childrens book in which a boy & girl end up “happily ever after”.
Why the double-standard?
February 25th, 2009 at 2:18 pmDo the Log Cabin Republicans need any more proof of who is really pulling Uncle Tom Steele’s strings? He might be a comfortable figurehead for their “big tent” party – but everyone knows that even the ringleader of the circus doesn’t run the show. Yes’m sir!
February 25th, 2009 at 3:34 pm“Log Cabin” Republicans still exist after the last eight years… Where did they hide; and why the hell are they still Republicans?
February 25th, 2009 at 3:45 pmAntichrist probably had to go help daryll shake out a few more demons.
February 25th, 2009 at 4:38 pm