Posted on 11/11/2006 7:09:53 PM PST by kindred
Mehlman ought to have asked them why they want Privacy Rights for terrorists, but not gay Republicans.
"I don't care if there are Republican leaders that are gay. If they're good political conservatives - that's fine with me."
That's JUST THE POINT.
I was being sarcastic
Takes two wings for a bird to fly. Takes Dumbo two ears. Lacking one, the whole beast stays on the ground.
hehhehheh. I think you have a lot of company.
My sentiments exactly!!!
Conspriracry Theory:
Mehlman intentionally lost the elections in order to advance the Homo Agenda.
I am a full-fledged Biblical theist, evangelical, conservative Christian. I am against gay marriage, special rights for gays, and believe the lifestyle choice to be sinful.
I am also someone who knows and works with gay people every day. I have family members who are gay, and have friends who have lost family members--gay ones--to AIDS. I have no ill will toward any of them. Frankly, I do not care whether one of my co-workers is gay; that is to say, I don't ask ANYONE about their bedroom activities and sexual desires. Frankly, I don't want anyone, gay OR straight, putting their sexuality on display.
Some of my heterosexual co-workers are slackers; some of the homosexuals are hard-working contributors to our business. And vice-versa.
I think the Cheneys have adopted a great attitude regarding the issue: they keep it private.
Leave people alone; no they don't get to be "married" or get social recognition because of their gayness, but they needn't be hounded either.
This "truth" organization is not reaching out in love to anyone--it is engaging in perhaps a well-intentioned "cleansing" process, but it smacks of an unnecessary witch hunt.
There have been gays in the Republican party since, well, since there has been a Republican party...and there will be gays in every society until time ends.
I thought this was the party that created the right of privacy, never actually part of the Constitution. What about the right of people to have this part of their life private?
Homosexuality is a fringe phenomenon which is no threat to the enduring mass preference for heterosexuality. What the real threat to the family is, is divorce, living together, and begetting illegitimate children. Yet the evangelical population has a high divorce rate, no better than the general population. As an evangelical, I find that very disturbing. The Bible says God hates divorce. Should we start "outing" all the divorced or adulterous Republicans? There wouldn't be many who would escape that classification. Even Reagan was divorced.
[...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".
Truth. The dems know how to fight and have more discretions and criminals in their ranks and yet the pubs are such cowards and never go after the democrat criminals.It is so disappoiting to watch the dems beat the daylights out of the pubs while they bow their heads and do nothing.
God destroyed Soddom and Gomorrah because.......?
This is rediculous. I thought we were the party that let people live thier lives.
What a stupid argument whose sole purpose is to divide Conservatives.
I have gay friends, some are liberal some are conservative. Being Conservative and Gay are not mutually exclusive.
Don't let them drive a wedge in here people
Ahhhh. But they DO want to recruit our children. They DO shove their sexuality in our faces...
There is a definite agenda among the radical homosexual community!
If the simple fact of someone being gay is going to keep you from voting for the GOP, then please stay at home because you're friggin moron. A politician being gay affects you as much as a politician who likes to get freaky with their wife every night, it doesn't. First off most gay politicians in the GOP obviously aren't single issue people (if they were they wouldn't be in the GOP). Second any legislation concerning gays is going to go to the people in one form or another, so you really don't have to worry about it.
Think of it like this if a republican is gay and is: for a trong foreign policy, fiscal restraint, tax cuts, smaller government, doing what is needed to keep america safe, but thinks 2 guys should be able to get married...you're seriously either going to vote for someone with almost the exact opposite views or make it easier for said person.
The want to have the government limit what a gay person can do may not betray conservative SOCIAL philosophy but does betray conservative POLITICAL philosophy. To have the government treat gays differently puts government into peoples private lives, creates more red tape, brings in qoutas, more money has to be spent, etc. For what? To keep something from happening that in the end doesn't affect anyone elses life? And if the republicans open the door to treat people as some want gays to be treated, that opens the door for that treatment to be used against other people. Say like when democrats are in charge they could use the same tactics against religous groups. Do you really want ot open the door to that?
Actually, I remember a statement by the Log Cabin Republicans before the 2004 election -- to the effect of "we feel that national security is the most important issue and so we endorse Bush." If that's not conservative, I don't know what is. One can be gay and also a freedom lover, family values advocate (not all gays are for gay marriage), fiscal conservative, etc. I am proud to have gays in our party because it shines the light on self-serving leftist gays who think of nothing but their "rights." That, IMO, is why the leftist gays can't stand conservative gays -- they're being outclassed.
I think everyone should OUT. I think lesbians need to act like good lesbians, and be PROUD, and straight people should OUT, and act straight. As we say in Spanish, Pan Pan, y Vino, Vino. Bread is bread, and wine is wine. Let the conservatives be known for what they are, the liberals be real liberal, and the people see that people are what they say, and get rid of the hypocrisy, lies, deceit, and cover up. Everyone tell the truth about themselves. Come on. Ted Haggart I tore up your books today. I flushed 'em down the toilet.
I had a queer cousin. He never bothered anybody.
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