Posted on 09/05/2010 10:56:10 AM PDT by Kaslin
In the wake of a dispute between WorldNetDaily editor Joseph Farah and conservative author Ann Coulter over her decision to headline an event sponsored by GOProud, a gay conservative organization, Farah and GOProud Chairman Christopher Barron will square off in a debate later this month at WND’s convention.
Barron told The Daily Caller that Farah challenged him to debate over whether GOProud can be considered “conservative” after Farah argued on his site that there is no place within conservatism for an organization like GOProud, a group that promotes itself as “the only national organization representing gay conservatives and their allies.” TheDC is waiting for confirmation from WND about the debate’s details.
Farah dropped Coulter from a speaking engagement at WND’s annual “Taking America Back” convention in Miami for agreeing to speak at GOProud’s “Homocon” party in New York. (Coulter later said that Farah had never actually booked her for a speech, calling him a “swine” and a “publicity whore.”)
Farah contends that groups like GOProud are trying to commit a “coup” to unroot the conservative movement with an “agenda…to take the homosexual agenda inside the conservative tent.”
Barron insists that his group is genuinely conservative and said he looks forward taking on Farah in front of a WND crowd.
“Since we announced that conservative author and columnist Ann Coulter would be headlining our Homocon 2010 in New York City, Farah has attacked GOProud, attacked Ann, and challenged our work almost every single day,” Barron said in a statement to The Daily Caller. “I look forward to standing on the stage with Mr. Farah to defend GOProud, to debunk the misinformation he has spread, and to make the case for GOProud’s conservative mission.”
Barron added that conservatism stands at a major crossroads in its acceptance of gays into the movement. A number of high profile conservatives, including Lisa De Pasquale of the Conservative Political Action Conference, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform and former General Counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee Craig Engle, have signed on as official sponsors of GOProud’s event.
The debate will be held on September 17 at 7:30 PM at the Doral Golf and Spa Resort in Miami, Florida.
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And your comments are even more clear when read in context.
Now you're claiming you won't answer my questions because:
If you think that as an active duty service member I'm going to make such a declarative statement on a public forum, a statement that could potentially bring serious career-damaging repercussions for me in the future, you're crazy.
So Drew68 is your real name? 68 is your last name or something? And your career will be ruined if you give an opinion, yet on FR you constantly give opinions?
Fan? Angry? Absurd.
I have a passion for the truth.
So you know nothing about Coulter cause you have never read or listened to anything of hers, yet you support a stranger who insults her and twists her beliefs to fit his twisted agenda?
You’re funny!
Well golly you missed Don dying of Aids. So it isn't just one family member. And I hate to break it to you but having friends that are homosexual and a brother too is a lot different and much more personal than living in "gayland".
You and all your fellow Christians who are more interested in making a stand for the Old Testament than in weaning gays off of socialism do this country no good.
Clueless again. Watch a friend die of Aids and get back to me. The homosexual lifestyle kills. They also have a shorter lifespan. I haven't mentioned the Bible once. I don't need to. The facts about homosexuality being deadly is enough.
And no, the Founding Fathers weren't fundamentalist Christians who spent more time worrying about sodomy than anything else.
In Jeffersons Virginia the penalty was death.
Your nonsense that Christians (and other religious believers)
“obsess” about homosexuals is inverse to the truth.
The truth is that homosexuals obsess about their sexual gratification and are and have been for 3 decades obsessing about pushing their agenda on everyone else, destroying freedom of religion, freedom of speech and freedom of association.
I call that “Big Government” using judicial fiat (most of the time) and legislation (part of the time) to enforce the sick fantasies of a tiny minority of people, who are mentally ill, on everyone else.
We (and by “we” I mean all those who object to the “gay” agenda, for whatever reasons) are just starting to fight back against the tyranny of the mentally ill sexual perverted “gay” agenda.
What I'm defending is conservatives like Ann who are willing to try to reach them and teach them to wean themselves off the socialist plantation.
I really hope I said that simply enough for you, because I'm tired of you lecturing me on the evils of things I haven't advocated.
I’ve seen clips of her on FR. And I have read some of her stuff that’s been posted. She is acerbic. Not everyone likes that. And, yes, you are a fan or you wouldn’t be so angry.
Gays and fundamentalist Christians are kind of alike that way: neither has any real interest in this country. It’s just the landscape to them, the setting. They want their values given priority.
I guess you missed post #72.
The founders of this free republic were Christians, and they were just about as fundamental as it gets.
Maybe you ought to get out of West Hollywood. It's scrambling your brains and searing your conscience.
You are one sick puppy.
You seem to have a problem with fundies?
I assume “fundamentalist” means “those who are sincere believers”.
How about “fundamentalist” Jews or Hindus? Are we crap too?
Why do you post on the homosexual topic offering up your anecdotal military and social homosexual related experiences then?
You seem genuinely concerned in regard to the perceived or true threat to your livelihood by being 'outed' YET take potentially self-destructive risks.
REALLY -you offer nothing to the discussion as far as the "knowing homosexuals" or your feeling about what might happen IF homosexuals are imposed upon the military...
Maybe you should just cover your butt and stay away from the topic?
Having spent 6 years in the submarine service I can tell you that your supposed military "homosexual" experiences are quite different from mine. I would think you make many assumptions and convey them as fact -this, when considering you are afraid to even discuss taking a position on such a contentious issue here on FR and as such would not participate in such a discussion amongst your shipmates...
In other words, it would appear you are full of cr*p and using your military service as a methiod to advance your anecdotal cr*p...
What I'm defending is conservatives like Ann who are willing to try to reach them and teach them to wean themselves off the socialist plantation.
Well I tried finding a post where you mentioned her. Didn't find one. Can you? Post 58? Nope. Your Post 68? Nope. Your post 71? Nope. Your post 171? Nope. 180? Nope. More Christian bashing. AHHH!!! Post 185!
You aren't on this thread to talk about Coulter. Everyone of your posts is about bashing Christians. It has been your only interest. And again, FR is pro-God. Jim has made that very clear.
LOL, good try at getting me mad!
Down thread you said you never listen to or read Coulter, now you say you have.
Duplicitous.
Do you just say whatever seems to fit for the moment?
Your passive aggressive behavior is repressed anger.
So you must be a fan...of something!
So Christian values are contrary to what is best for this country, and do not deserve priority? Embracing them is never the same as what is in the interest of this nation?
Please regale us...
In other words, it would appear you are full of cr*p and using your military service as a methiod to advance your anecdotal cr*p...
Yeah, I get that a lot when I post stuff that people on FR don't want to hear. Heads buried in the sand are much more comfortable.
Please reread my post. The word is ACERBIC.
Down thread you said you never listen to or read Coulter, now you say you have.
A clip on FR is not viewing a program nor is an excerpt reading articles.
Conservatives on FR don’t want to hear leftist agenda propaganda, whether couched in weaselwords or in your face obvious. You vacillate between the two.
And since 68 cannot be your last name, your refusal to state your viewpoint is, I will assert again, chickens***.
I believe that people who post of how there will be a great defection from the military ranks if DADT is repealed will be in for a surprise when most service members stay put.
If you want to try and read something into this that I didn't say, go ahead.
When my boys were in boot camp in 96, the two gays that grabbed butts in the showers got their butts kicked. The DI’s looked the other way. You repeal DADT a lot more blood will run.
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