Palin: No 'problem' with gay group at CPAC

The Hill ^ | 10 Feb 2011 | Michael O'Brien

[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."

[pissant]

GOProud is help MAKING IT THE GOVERNMENTS BUSINESS. They have their first and highly prized scalp. Fags in the military.

[itsahoot]

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." --October 11, 1798 John Adams

[HappyWarrior2012]

So in your mind, showing up and participating WITH them is not endorsing them

but

not showing up and stating she would not boycott due to GoProud being there since they have right to be there somehow is endorsing them.

For anyone wanting to misrepresent or concern troll Sarah’s stance on homosexuality read this:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-502443_162-4531945-502443.html

[FreeReign]

Neither has endorsed GOProud being there. If they do, I will rank them lower on my list of candidates as well.

There isn't a dimes worth of difference between what Palin said and what Bachmann and Cain are doing.

Once again I will post Palin's full view on CPAC...

"But when it comes to and David, perhaps what it is that you’re suggesting in the question is should the GOP, should conservatives not reach out to others, not participate in events or forums that perhaps arising within those forums are issues that maybe we don’t personally agree with? And I say no. It’s like you being on a panel shoot, with a bunch of the liberal folks whom you have been on and you provide good information and balance, and you allow for healthy debate, which is needed in order for people to gather information and make up their own minds about issues. I look at participation in an event like CPAC or any other event along kind of in that same vein as the more information that people have the better.”

Palin thinks it's okay to participate in forums where there are people you don't agree with, and Bachmann and Cain are doing EXACTLY that, which is participating in a forum with people they don't agree with!!

[Notary Sojac]

Allen Keyes, perhaps. Does he count?

To the 47,694 people who voted for him last time around (about one-third as many as who voted for Cynthia McKinney), I am sure he does.

[acad1228]

I don't care who you sleep with, just keep your hands off me!

/Why, yes I do keep my wallet back there too. Why do you ask?

[Ol' Sparky]

So in your mind, showing up and participating WITH them is not endorsing them

They showing up as potential Presidential candidates to try and win the votes of the conservatives there.

Palin just endorsed GOProud being there.

And, let's keep in mind her first veto as governor involved legislation banning homosexual partners from receiving state benefits from the taxpayers.

And, where was Sarah on DADT? Bachmann spoke out against it being repealed. Cain has said he'll reinstate it.

[manc]

said this before to you but I’ll say it again after reading a couple of these posts on this thread.

I am shocked that there are some who claim to be conservative who think queers should marry, buy kids, play family, serve openly, have it taught in schools to little kids, flaunt their perversion in public at public restrooms, dog parks etc

what even gets me more is how they say I have a friend who is queer and they’;re not like that they’re conservative, well maybe they should go folsom with their friend and see how conservative they are

goproud ios the log cabins who are only there to split the conservative cause, hell one only has to read their manifesto and then the goproud agenda
http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm

CPAC is not letting the commie manifesto in to spew their crap, hardly right wing is it.

[dforest]

Okay, I am going to come out and say it. Nobody else wants to so I will. And I don’t even want to.

I believe these candidates think if they do not support the notion of this outrage that they will have no chance within the GOP. Some of the potentials probably don’t give a whit.

Problem is that many Tea Party groups are there at CPAC. I am sure that is why some of the candidates showed up.

That should tell us quite a bit.

[unseen1]

sometimes I have no idea where people come up with stuff. pro-abortion? yeah ok do you pull crap out of your butt on a daily baiss or is do not special. how freaking dare you link me with those baby killers.

The fact of the matter is the abortion crap started when it become a federal issue. so remove it form the federal oversight and most of the killing will stop.

[rollo tomasi]

"...FReepers continually insult individual gay people with insults."

So, you approve (And promote I might add) of the paraphilia crowd co-opting the language, but those on the other side must lead their children to spiritual slaughter by being "tolerant" of perversion. I bet you gasp everytime when Jesus calls the Pharisees/Sadducee's (And a whole lot of other to other people) the sons of Satan or vipers (Which was quite the insult back in the day).

In case you do not realize

[Notary Sojac]

reading a couple of these posts on this thread....some who claim to be conservative who think queers should marry, buy kids, play family, serve openly, have it taught in schools to little kids

Are you reading the same thread I am??

[johncocktoasten]

I agree that is a travesty. And it is a federal responsibility. Publicizing ones own sexuality has nothing to do with the defense of this nation.

[DJ MacWoW]

what even gets me more is how they say I have a friend who is queer and they’;re not like that they’re conservative,

They'd puke if they knew what their "friends" do in their bedroom. Next time they have dinner with them they need to look up the diseases they are prone to first. Then go eat at their house.

[DJ MacWoW]

I believe these candidates think if they do not support the notion of this outrage that they will have no chance within the GOP.

That's about the size of it.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Would you like mandatory Islamic laws?
Would you like mandatory Mormon laws?
Would you like mandatory Catholic laws?

Or any other mandatory religion?

[johncocktoasten]

I don’t believe schools should be teaching sexuality period.

And yes, DADT is a federal issue. Removing the feds from the remainder of the issue gets them out of the business of saying what should and shouldn’t be taught. There was no original intent by the founders to have the central government dictating these things.

[alstewartfan]

MY problem with GOProud is my suspicion that most of them voted for Obama. They are homosexuals, first and foemost. AND, I believe that many within the group are infiltrators trying to create a rift between conservatives and GOP candidates. If they wish to come to discuss tax cuts and foreign policy, I have no problem. Somehow, I doubt that that’s their agenda, however. Bob

[little jeremiah]

The Libertarian Party is offfically pro-homo agenda, pro-porn, pro-prostitution, pro-legal abortion and pro-drug.

Officially.

So anyone who calls themselves Libertarian or small l libertarian either knows this or is stupid and should know it.

The LP is the ultra anarchy kook fringe of leftism.

[Scythian]

If she keeps talking like this, she’ll get banned from FR.

Good one ... Maybe she'll get the ZOT (I must confess till' this day I still don't know what the 'ZOT' means)