In the snippet above, she's quoting someone in Georgia who brought up gays when it had nothing to do with the topic. She's pointing out that this is how those who oppose a more integrated Europe in Eastern Europe slur people who want a more open society. Notice I didn't say a more gay society. You can have freedom without having LGBT crammed down your throat. Freedom and the gay agenda (political and cultural power for gays based on their sexual preference).
I've seen the same thing with these slurs on FReeRepublic. Point out that Putin is a former KGB thug (a Colonel with sixteen years of service), or that he's stealing from the Russians (he's worth $75 billion), or that he's a phony on religion, and you're called a fag, or worse a McCain supporter.
There are illogical conservatives who sadly cannot see that they're being conned by Putin. They think because he claims to be a nationalist (is stealing from his nation not the best evidence that he loves his country they must think), and he hates the gay agenda enough to make it his dominant concern, means for the dilettante conservative that he must be a swell guy working towards a conservative utopia. Never mind that autocracy and conservatism, don't go together. Never mind that if Putin were such a great Christian he wouldn't be helping Iran get a nuclear weapon.
But the point is that Putin makes Obama look like a 4 year old. We need a president with class, poise, and the ability to be out there with other world leaders and represent us well.
Run Ted Run.
“and he hates the gay agenda enough to make it his dominant concern”
Do you really believe what you typed here — that Putin hates gays and that this is his dominant concern?
These people (I mean useful idiots, agents are another pair of shoes) apparently do not understand that there is no international conservative front. Putin supports Christianity ? He does support the Moscow Patriarchate as it is basically a department of Russian government, so a useful tool in their hands. Non-Russian controlled Christian churches ? They have more problems operating in Russia than in some of the Arab countries. Putin is against global warming madness ? Right, “green” idiots in Europe are largely financed by the Kremlin. Why ? They are pushing anti-coal, anti-nukes and pro natural gas (until it is Russian of course) agenda in Europe. Eco propaganda + corruption, that's how they made Europe a hostage of Russian gas.
Similarly, during the cold war, majority of those “peace” movements were organized and supported by Kremlin. Soviet Union was spending 30% of GDP on military but clowns financed by them were claiming 4-5% spent by the west was “provocative”. Why ? Make them weak. I wouldn't be surprised if today a lot of homo nonsense or Obama campaign were actually financed by Gazprom. So much for the shirtless “conservative”.