Posted on 11/11/2006 7:09:53 PM PST by kindred
Absolutely what?
Then it proves how stupid some Christians can be. Would I vote for a homosexual, probably not. Would I not vote for a GOP candidate because there is a homosexual who works for a Republican from another state, no freaking way.
The problem with letting the infighting begin is that the dems and their little pet groups like Truth are succesfully instigating the infighting within the GOP.
I think if/when anyone is outed and anyone is asked about him/her, the answer should be 'he/she is a friend and colleague and unlike yourself, we in the GOP respect the privacy of others.
Perhaps you (the out-er) should try that yourself.
Evidently trying to connect being gay with not being conservative or some damn thing.
If the Republicans would beat these people at their own game by not allowing this crap to become issues, they could sit back and watch the dems heads explode. It would be fun.
The Republicans need to circle their wagons NOW. They used to know how to present a united front - they will be splintered into little warring factions if they don't get it together fast.
They are so good at 'rising above it', time to perfect that skill.
Sort of like how you answer someone who asks a rude question like 'do you mind if I ask you if you had a facelift' and the answer is, 'if you forgive me for not answering, I will forgive you for asking'.
Or something like that.
They won't care if a homosexual is in the party, but if that homosexual is in a position of power, like Mehlman, who sets
strategy and undercuts the family values of the Republican Party, they most certainly will care. Mehlman failed miserably in his strategy. They sat back and allowed the Democrats to attack, attack, and attack and did nothing but act like "girly men".
I'm all for Republican gays coming out. This is ridiculous, the whole idea of persecuting Republican gays while gay Democrats occupy offices and give advice to Democrat officeholders.
Huh? Since when?
Nothing is more personal than a person's sex life.
Why should any gay come out if they dont want to.
Why should adulterer's or masturbaters, or people who only like sex in the missionary position be forced to out themselves?
Its insane to say that any gay should come out of the closet, I am not in favor of gay sex, but gay people have rights, Do these people believe gays should carry a sign? be tattooed, wear a rainbow button? As long as gays dont bother children and keep their perversion amomng consenting adults , its no ones business what they do.
They accuse Republicans of harassing homosexuals, but it is THEY who are doing that. Most Republicans are content to let people live their lives as they want, as long as what they do doesn't affect their own lives. Who someone has sex with is not most folks' concern, and frankly, they don't want to know about it. THAT'S why Republicans are pushing back at the homosexual activists who have tried to force their lifestyle for the last 10 years. We're tired of hearing about them.
Mehlman ought to have told them it's none of their damn business!
I'd be delighted if the would come out as conservatives or as small L libertarians or a combination of the two.
Did you hear where in NY they are trying to pass a law that says you can change the sex on your birth certificate to whatever you want it to be WITHOUT going through the sex change? This way if you are a man and on your birth certificate it says you are a women, you can then marry a man and then it would be considered marriage between a man and a women. Vice-Versa
I agree that the religious right puts too much emphasis on an alleged threat from homosexuals. The family is severely threatened, but it's by the epidemic of divorce, shacking up, and illegitimacy among heterosexuals. The divorce rate among evangelical Christians is no better than that in the general population. The real problem is that people in general are too hedonistic and selfish to put children ahead of their own "personal fulfilment."
Amen.
Speak for yourself. I don't intend to let a liberal Democrat sit in the White House because I didn't happen to agree totally with the Republican candidate. That's just stupidity, because while the Republican may not hold all the same political beliefs as I, he or she will hold most of them. The Democrat will stand for everything I am against, and do not wish to see put into public policy in this country.
Yeah, I agree!
Good luck to all you Libertarians trying to make it without all of us "Right-winged religious nut jobs". You'll wind up with Hillary and an even bigger majority of Dims in congress....
Oh my, did YOU hit the nail on the head!!
Well said.
We have to realize how much power the staffers have.
They actually write the laws the Congress votes on, and they advise the congressmen how to vote.
And they are unelected, not accountable to the voters.
Great. Then the left has found the right's Achilles Heel that'll keep them home on elections days. Get used to the Pelosi, Reid Clinton cabal to run us right out of existence then.
That's why we have campaigns, and why we hold primary elections. If a liberal Republican can convince enough people to win the nomination, more power to him. It just won't happen.
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