Posted on 05/12/2015 10:43:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
HELL'S KITCHEN — The gay hotelier whose OUT Hotel has faced a boycott since he and his business partner met with Sen. Ted Cruz fired back at "gay extremists" in an op-ed published Sunday.
Mati Weiderpass, who had previously apologized on Facebook for hosting the conservative presidential candidate, wrote in the New York Observer that the boycott was "small and intolerant."
"What would we say if the Jewish community organized a boycott of a business leader who hosted a private discussion with an important Muslim politician?" the op-ed asked.
Protesters took to a Facebook group with 11,000 likes and demonstrated outside the hotel last month after Weiderpass and the hotel's co-owner Ian Reisner hosted the presidential hopeful in their Central Park South apartment.
The event, coordinated by Israel policy consultant Kalman Sporn, was not a fundraiser or endorsement, Weiderpass wrote.
"While Senator Cruz’ positions on LGBT issues are considered extreme in New York, the reality is that the LGBT Community has achieved enormous progress politically in just the last five years," Weiderpass wrote.
Weiderpass is a registered Democrat, according to the article. Reisner is a registered Republican, according to his spokeswoman.
Cruz did not respond to a request for comment.
Hell’s Kitchen has come a looooong way from the days of the Westies.
Didn’t the guy already get down on his knees and apologized for the meeting?
Not enough for the extremists. Same level of tolerance than ISIS, but their MO is the destruction of your business and reputation instead of killing you.
The thing about the gay mafia is they support candidates who if given enough power would oppress the living crap out of gays. For example do they honestly believe a radical Muslim like Obama REALLY supports gay rights? Call me crazy but maybe he was just using them? And Hitlery, do they honestly believe Hitlery gives a damn about gays? Hitlery only cares about Hitlery. If given enough power Hitlery would start executing groups that irritating her, and who is the most irritating?
I’m pretty sure Hillary cares about lesbians....
Maybe this will be a wake-up call for them concerning the nature of their movement.
Maybe....
Whatever happened to asking politicians to hear you out? I honestly don’t understand these radicals’ thinking that somehow Ted Cruz is immutable in his beliefs, that the hoteliers shouldn’t bother talking their points. It’s rediculous.
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