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Thiel urges Republicans to back off 'culture wars
politico.com ^ | July 21, 2016 | Tony Romm

Posted on 07/21/2016 8:25:51 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Technology investor Peter Thiel implored Republicans from the convention stage on Thursday against waging "culture wars" on lesbian, gay and transgender communities, mere days after the GOP approved a national platform that defines marriage as between “one man and one woman.” Thiel, who himself is gay, stressed that "every American has a unique identity." He said attempts to require transgender Americans to use particular bathrooms is a "distraction from our real problem." And in a first for a GOP convention, the Facebook board member and PayPal co-founder drew attention to his own sexuality: "I am proud to be gay, I am proud to be a Republican, but most of all, I am proud to be an American," he said.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; 2016rncconvention; culturewars; falsepride; gay; gaypride; gaypridematters; gayvote; homosexualagenda; pride; rnc; thiel; trump
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To: rb22982
>>You want to win the culture war?



"EDUCATE THE COMMON PEOPLE"
--
Thomas Jefferson

121 posted on 07/22/2016 6:31:38 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: JeffAtlanta; Jim Robinson

>>This country is fighting for its survival against something tangible

Jim Rob - is the Homosexual Agenda still “tangible” here?


122 posted on 07/22/2016 6:33:28 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: FreedomStar3028

Didn’t he get soundly booed during his speech last night?


123 posted on 07/22/2016 6:35:22 AM PDT by fwdude (If we keep insisting on the lesser of two evils, that is exactly what they will give us from now on.)
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To: HLPhat

Nice straw man. I’m giving up on you.


124 posted on 07/22/2016 6:36:58 AM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: ConservativeMind

You are welcome FRiend!


125 posted on 07/22/2016 6:37:22 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

And there in lies the problem.

You think this is just about consenting adults and what they do in their privacy. Yo seem either ignorant or naïve at best .
This is about teaching it in schools, shutting down free speech, attacking people who oppose them, losing jobs, being sued, so wake the hell up.

It is people like you why people like a baker gets sued and why the homosexuals, and cross dressers have advanced their agenda, but never mind they thank you and you can go on your blissful way.


126 posted on 07/22/2016 6:39:51 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: JeffAtlanta

>>Nice straw man. I’m giving up on you.

"Most of it is done by Americans to Americans thanks to lack of moral standards. As I mentioned before, exposure to true information does not matter anymore. A person who was demoralized is unable to assess true information. The facts tell nothing to him, even if I shower him with information, with authentic proof, with documents and pictures. Even if I take him by force to the Soviet Union and show him the concentration camps...he will refuse to believe it.... until he is going to receive a kick in his fat bottom...

...When the military boot crashes - then he will understand.  But not before that.  That's the tragedy of the situation of demoralization."
--KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov
--Soviet Subversion of the Free Press (Ideological subversion, Destabilization, CRISIS - and the KGB)

 

What are moral standards?

127 posted on 07/22/2016 6:40:01 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: crazydad

Then you can tell your daughter that the homosexuals can do what they want in their private lies, but don’t be surprised when people are fed up of them attacking others who disagree with them. Maybe your daughter might enjoy a guy using her bathroom as he is dressed aa guy, but then again is it a real pervert, or rapist or what?

Homosexuals should stop pushing their agenda, and you need to look up the communist rules of 1963.

Also yo can call them gay, but the fact is they hijacked that word to put a nice front on their communist radical agenda.

Nature did not intend to of the same sex to have sex and ten reproduce.


128 posted on 07/22/2016 6:44:11 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Persevero

The ignorance by some stating this is about two people who do what they do in their private lies is totally ignorant.

Exactly as you stated, this is about them pushing their views, their agenda, shutting down people and free speech, churches, suing them.

I wish these useful idiots for the homosexual community would wake the hell up and join the communist party and be honest on who they really are and what they support.


129 posted on 07/22/2016 6:46:12 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Twinkie

A lot of the NAZIS were homosexuals so what on earth are you on about?


130 posted on 07/22/2016 6:48:34 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: wyowolf

don’t have to be religious to know that sticking a penis into a hole which is designed to push out feces is not normal

I worry about people being sued, being shut down in their speech, losing their job, etc. You just carry on with your own little life and I will worry about the future of the country and people I id not know


131 posted on 07/22/2016 6:53:07 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

This election can be boiled down to a very simply, straightforward referendum.

‘Do you believe that the United States of America should be a sovereign nation state?

If yes, vote Trump.
If No, vote Hillary.’


132 posted on 07/22/2016 6:56:41 AM PDT by WashingtonFire
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To: manc

What do YOU mean “what on earth am I on about”?


133 posted on 07/22/2016 7:17:32 AM PDT by Twinkie (JOHN 3:16)
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To: manc

I never said it was normal... sure isnt to me. But then it doesnt effect me. I thought conservatives were FOR personal liberty and getting Gov OUT of our lives? Now i do NOT support forcing the issues with rest etc... that IS wrong..as long as they keep to themselves... fine by me..

live and let live... someone said that once.

Tons of them here in Gaylanta.... but yet they have yet to have any effect what so ever on my personal life...


134 posted on 07/22/2016 7:17:33 AM PDT by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
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To: JeffAtlanta
No maybe the country should go back to the morality that lies at the heart of its Judeo Christian heritage. It's not necessary to create a religious party but it is necessary to have a Conservative party that values our heritage and promotes Christian values......
135 posted on 07/22/2016 7:18:56 AM PDT by montanajoe
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To: MortMan

What do YOU propose (besides accusations of me)?


136 posted on 07/22/2016 7:19:25 AM PDT by Twinkie (JOHN 3:16)
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To: Twinkie

I’m sorry you mistook my factual identification of your argument as an accusation.

I propose that business people be allowed to practice their religion without fear of ruinous lawsuits and persecution by the government.

Your argument presented two scenarios: support for sodomy or “to live in a country that imprisons and abuses homosexuals”, which ignores the actual scenario playing out in front of us.

Deflecting from the invalidity of your argument by demanding I resolve its discrepancies isn’t a workable solution, either.


137 posted on 07/22/2016 7:26:21 AM PDT by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sodomy is nothing but trouble.


138 posted on 07/22/2016 7:27:34 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: wyowolf

so because it does not affect you then it is alright for you. How about others who are being sued, businesses being closed, fines imposed. No you live in your little bubble and then you will wonder why the country has gone to crap. Why because people like you only care about what is good for you.

It is also affect, not effect for your vocab.


139 posted on 07/22/2016 7:32:14 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: ladyjane

>>He is wrong. Target is not a distraction. It’s one more step down the slippery slope. The culture war is part of a plan to make us so inured to such insane demands that we finally acquiesce .

You only acquiesce if you decide that being LGBT is really cool and you choose to become one yourself.

But, you are right. It is part of the slippery slope. It is the slippery slope that the bible talks about that will happen before Jesus comes again.


140 posted on 07/22/2016 7:39:43 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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