Posted on 02/10/2011 6:25:57 AM PST by Notary Sojac
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said Wednesday evening she has no objection to the participation of gay Republicans at this weekend's gathering of conservatives in Washington.
Palin said she didn't see anything wrong with the participation of GOProud, a group of gay Republicans, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which runs Thursday through Saturday.
"I don't have a problem with different, diverse groups that are involved in political discourse, and having a convention to talk about what the answers are to their problems that face America," Palin said Wednesday on Fox News when asked about GOProud.
Palin isn't participating in the conference, and she's declined previous invitations, despite CPAC's role as a cattle call for possible Republican presidential candidates.
But other prominent conservatives have said they're skipping the conference. The conservative Heritage Foundation and other socially conservative groups withdrew due to the inclusion of GOProud. And with those groups out, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) followed suit. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) also declined participation, though it's unclear if that decision is linked to GOProud.
Aside from DeMint, though, the other Republicans mulling a run for president are slated to speak or participate at the conference, hoping in part to boost their standing in the closely watched straw poll of attendees.
Palin suggested that conservatives had more important issues to worry about than which groups were attending the conference.
"People are losing their jobs; they're losing homes. We're still engaged in a war," she said. "There are so many life-changing, life-and-death issues out there in front of us. You know, we'd better be concentrating on what is really important here and not going kind of tit-for-tat as people are positioning themselves for 2012."
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Have you swallowed the Separation of Church and State lie? Because it IS a lie.
So why aren't people doing the same with homosexual behavior? FEAR. Where did that fear come from? The left. They're a lucrative left wing voting block.
Why do we accept this? How did it get to the point where we MUST accept this vile behavior .... by law ?
Very 'revealing' background from Erick Erickson at RedState. Click through to the link of the MetroWeekly article too.
You really should read the whole thing. You’ll learn that should you disagree with GOProud, you are a bigot too. In fact there are lots of delightful quotes. GOProud has taken one of the favorite leftist bullet points and brought it straight into CPAC. You oppose affirmative action? You’re a racist. You oppose gay marriage? You’re a bigot.
Perhaps I should have used the word "buggery".
In any event, if said man and woman in your example were to make said sexual act their "identity", and based on that "identity", attempt to change valuable American Institutions such as marriage, the traditional family, the military, education, religion, and youth mentor groups, I'd be concerned.
But we really can't compare an act between a husband and wife with that of homosexuality.
I should have said "I can't"; moral relativist Libertarians such as yourself will "attempt to" every time.
Hey troll, which FReepers have EVER suggested the death penalty for sodomites?
You and your pro-sodomite ilk love to say crap like this so it gets picked up by the media and then they can say that conservatives on FR favor capital punishment for homosexuals.
See my other post about Why. It is because we gave the power to the government to determine what is moral and what isn't. that power was ok as long as we had the power but once the sinners got the power they used it against us. therefore the lesson learned is to not give the power to the government in the first place.
Last I looked (based on the article and others), she would have no problem going if it weren't for schedule conflicts.
What part of her interview did you not understand?
Exactly right.
You are absolutely brainwashed. “Hymie” and “Mick” refer to a persons nationality and genetic parents. “Fag” describes a person’s sexual behavior. It ain’t the same.
and yet she isn’t going. Wath part of that don’t you understand? If CPAcC was important to her she would be there. CPAC has shown to her its not important why should she care who speaks there.
I asked for links.
If that behavior only affects the one engaging in it, fine. If that behavior goes beyond that point, the innocent bystanders have the right to speak up in their own defense.
What GOOD has homosexuality brought to America, and how many have been adversely affected by it? Do they keep it in their own bath houses? Or are they spreading their filth around the country through litigation. Are they forcing it into everyone elses life? If so, the people have the right to tell them to get lost and leave the rest of us - and our kids - alone.
Waggles, I appreciate your response. I have yet to witness a state pass a gay marriage (pro) amendment. What i have seen is federal judges enjoin these anti gay marriage amendments that have passed. That is precisely what I’m talking about, the Feds are interfering in our ability of have moral codes that match our populace. Get em the hell out of it.
Abortion prior to roe existed. But states could ban it and some states had. Now no state can have it banned. Governmental power is always moving and in flux. The last 40 and even 80 years, power has moved to the federal govt. What has that gotten us? Less moral, more secular progressive society.
We need power moved back to the states. It’s easier to get the social
moral fabric we want that way.
Sorry. If using the word ‘fag’ offends you and your friends, then .... then...
Whatever.
The point is, you stated that GOProud and their ilk are federalists and our friends. And my contempt and disgust at you overcame me and I reached for the most offensive reply I could find without personally attacking you for what you are saying on this forum.
You have fallen into the disease of Moral Relativity. Liberalterians are the epitome of this twisted ideology. “If it does not directly effect me, then I could care less WHAT you do. As long as I get smaller Government, lower Taxes and can do what ever I please so long as it does not hurt or effect others and they stay out of my business"!
It's flawed thinking like this that is responsible for the mess this country has fallen into.
Holding a tight line on Morality and behavior, as well as not allowing deviant thinking to degrade that Morality, is what this country was founded on. Once we started tolerating the seeds of moral decline to enter into our society, the more rapidly we lost our direction.
The same principle applies to why the GOP is about to become a thing of the past. Libertarians like Palin will go with it.
I agree
Obviously you don't read well:
"Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said Wednesday evening she has no objection to the participation of gay Republicans at this weekend's gathering of conservatives in Washington.
Palin said she didn't see anything wrong with the participation of GOProud, a group of gay Republicans, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which runs Thursday through Saturday.
"I don't have a problem with different, diverse groups that are involved in political discourse, and having a convention to talk about what the answers are to their problems that face America," Palin said Wednesday on Fox News when asked about GOProud."
All that I ask unseen 1, is that people like Sarah Palin welcome other "diverse groups that are involved in political discourse, and [are] having a convention to talk about what the answers are to their problems that face America".
I mean, we can't go discriminating against those that engage in necrophilia, bestiality and incest, as "their problems" need "answers" as well.
Change “gay” with “Sodomites” and see if people think the same thing.
Invite the “Poodle Plookers”, people that like to have sex with dogs, and see if people still like a sexually oreinted gruop to be there.
Invite NAMBLA, North America Man Boy Love Association, and see if people still like a sexually oreinted gruop to be there.
and yet she isn’t going. I know you are having trouble squaring that circle....
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