Why would two same-sex marriage proponents even host an event for Ted Cruz?

The Washington Post's The Fix ^ | April 27, 2015 | Philip Bump

[2ndDivisionVet]

You've likely heard about what happened already. Two New York City entrepreneurs, leaders in the city's gay business community, hosted a small event for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) in their Central Park South penthouse. The story got to the Times, and the gay community flipped out, given Cruz's aggressive and consistent hostility to the idea of same-sex marriage. There were calls for a boycott of the hotel and other properties the pair owned; each of them -- first Ian Reisner and then Mati Weiderpass -- apologized for hosting the tea party senator.

Reisner's apology explains the choice in self-deprecating (and intentionally distancing) terms. "I was ignorant, naive and much too quick in accepting a request to co-host a dinner with Cruz at my home," he wrote, "without taking the time to completely understand all of his positions on gay rights."

Naive? Ignorant? You don't have to pay very close attention to national politics to have an understanding of Cruz's position on the political spectrum or the most common views of conservatives when it comes to same-sex marriage. Reisner writes that he spent "the past 24 hours reviewing videos of Cruz' statements on gay marriage" which made him "shocked and angry." Of course, the Times' report on the event, which was online on Thursday, mentions the toplines of that opposition, eliminating much of the need for a day's worth of research. It also says that Reisner "said he did not agree with the senator on social issues" -- again suggesting that the study session was superfluous....

[Patriotic1]

Jenner announced it last week during his ‘coming out’ interview with Sawyer. She was more shocked about that.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

To make a buck? Even homos have to stop buggering long enough to eat.