Posted on 02/14/2011 7:51:47 AM PST by Kaslin
CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, has been an annual gig for me for years. But this year I concluded it was not my place and I declined to participate in the various venues at the event for which I was invited.
Yes, the reason I declined was the inclusion of GOProud, a group identifying itself as representing “gay conservatives and their allies,” as a sponsor of the event.
And it’s the reason why some of the nation’s most important conservative organizations – the Heritage Foundation, the American Family Association, Concerned Women of America, Family Research Council, Media Research Center, and the National Organization for Marriage - did not participate.
The founder and chairman of GOProud removed any doubt on my part that not participating was the correct decision by dismissing these groups as “losers,” “clowns,” and “not relevant.”
I, of course, have been accused of being worse than a clown. The barrage regularly comes in from the left. But this is a first that I’ve had to listen to this kind of stuff from a group that postures as “conservative.”
I became a conservative in church. I thought I was doing okay in my previous life - scamming the welfare system, going to the beach, soaking in my welfare subsidized hot tub, treating sex as a hobby, and abortion as birth control.
In our culture today that views material prosperity as the ultimate barometer of success, the truth is becoming unfortunately lost that the evil man can prosper. And if there is nothing more than what is before our eyes in this world, what does it matter?
When I understood how the culture of welfare state materialism was destroying not just my life, but all of black America, there was no dividing line in my mind between “social issues” and “economic issues.” The only dividing line I saw was between right and wrong, good and evil.
The idea of “gay conservative” is an oxymoron.
“Gay” is everything that “conservative” is not.
The foundation of the world view that so-called “gay conservatives” embrace has far more in common with liberalism than with conservatism.
It’s a world view that is man-centered rather than God-centered. It is a world view that rejects eternal truths passed on from the beginning of time. Although the world view that “gay conservatives” choose to invent may diverge from the world view of liberals, their common ground is they make it all up.
And it is here where “gay conservatives” and “liberals” fundamentally depart from conservatives.
Conservatives believe that there are objective and eternal truths, not of the product of any individual human mind, that are transmitted through the generations. Culture is not like HDTV or iPhones where the newest model is the best.
These eternal truths provide the light in the fog that keeps us from crashing on the rocky shores where our base instincts lead us.
“Gay” is liberal, not conservative, regardless of what their stand may be on government spending or taxes.
It’s why, like all liberals, they use language to create reality, rather than appreciate that words have meaning that reflect reality.
So they have re-invented the word “gay,” re-invented the word “marriage”, and now they want to re-invent the word “conservative.”
Finally, we will re-invent the word “freedom” and we’ll put the final stamp on the idea that a free society, rather than being the path to truth, is the path to meaninglessness.
What individuals choose in private, and for which they bear personal responsibility, is separate from what we sanction publicly for which we all must bear responsibility.
A value-neutral government is impossible. The central battle in our country today is about values and how we understand freedom. It is a battle for our very soul. And, as we learned from CPAC, it’s not a struggle that is just between Democrats and Republicans.
No one said that. GOProud is not Conservative and they push a homosexual agenda. THAT is not Conservative.
So can someone unmarried and cohabitating, or engaged in frequent premarital sex ALSO not be a conservative?
Do they have special groups pushing for "rights"?
I am willing to accept the proposition that one cannot be a political activist for Gay issues AND be a conservative, because you are fighting against the values most conservatives wish to “conserve”.
I reject the idea that one cannot be Gay and conservative, just as much as I reject the idea that one cannot cohabitate or engage in premarital sex and be a conservative (or a frequent self abuser, etc).
We are all sinners and sin is sin.
Sinners should be welcome in the GOP or it is going to be one lonely election day.
Advocation of sin as a political philosophy is not conservative and should have no place in the GOP platform.
You keep saying they, they, they. You must mean ALL of them, which is ridiculous.
Christopher Barron, GOProud Chairman of the Board: "We are a gay organization, we only work on gay issues, we have never claimed otherwise. My God people." Aug 4, 2010; 4:04pm
Well said
why bring religion into it.
Everyone nearly who I know is not religious but think two men poking each others turds is sick and disgusting.
Then because they like getting off like that they now say they should have civil rights.
Will those who have no problem with their homosexual pals getting married also have a problem with consenting incest, consenting incest marriage?
Strange as it seems the left does have a problem with that but not two of the same sex which is totally against nature and how we were made
Their platform does not reflect that.
it amazes me how many still come on here saying they have no problem with homosexuals and their agenda, they hide it behind the we want smaller Govt.
JR has banned loads and still does and yet they still ignore his banner stating that this site is for conservatives and that we stand for normal families marriage etc
Because the reason we reject homosexual behavior is because the Bible tells us it’s a sin.
Should we inform them to not vote for the GOP, even if they agree on lower taxes, and a smaller government of limited and enumerated powers?
Preposterous straw man. Did you see any "Unmarried and CohabitingProud" Group at CPAC? Don't fall for GOProud's false front. They are gay activists. Gays are welcome to vote their conservative minds if they wish. Don't identify and caucus as a voting block opposed to a fundamental plank in the conservative platform though. Right now the Conservative Movement has its own DADT policy with regard to homosexuals. GOProud wants to repeat this policy too. They want conservatives to affirm them and their lifestyle. Not happening.
The subject is GOProud. THEY have a homosexual agenda. THEY are a group and practice sexual identity politics. We are NOT discussing individuals. We are discussing a political group and what they stand for.
Gay activists want the government to deprive employers of the choice to which you refer. That's what “gay marriage” “domestic partnerships” are all about. They want to keep us from treating a homosexual couple differently from a married couple which makes it impossible to express disapproval of the former in any concrete way. That's what the debate is about. Are you with the gay lobby and for making government larger and more coercive or are you against it? The choice is stark.
homosexuals stole the word gay in order to put a nicer word to their sick agenda
Why many on the right call them gay and pay the lefts name word game is beyond me.
Dude! That's the guy that WROTE that platform!
And yes it does. Their platform demands special rights for "domestic partners". That's the polite way of describing 2 shacked up homosexuals.
same here
There is a banner stating that this site os not for pushing the queer agenda and still some do.
every time this subject comes up there is always one or two who has to say the usual of well I have homo friends and they’;re nice or we want smaller Govt.
Ask them if they want Govt to let mothers marry their daughters , man marry his dog etc and they either say no or don’t reply though I have had a couple over the years say they have no problem with that either
Little Jeremiah mentioned in the other thread that CPAC was a circus. Spot On!
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