Posted on 08/17/2023 7:23:54 PM PDT by NetAddicted
The GOP presidential candidate backtracked and said, ‘There is no gay gene.’
(LifeSiteNews) — After briefly veering a bit off course from his foundational TRUTH-grounded campaign, GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy seems to have made an important course correction.
A few weeks ago, the candidate declared unequivocally that homosexuality is “hardwired” at birth.
“The gay rights movement was predicated on the idea, which I’m quite sympathetic to, that the sex of the person that you’re attracted to is hardwired on the day you’re born,” Ramaswamy said in July.
His assertion that homosexuality is an immutable trait was based on an untruth — a lie — long advanced by the political left to increase unwarranted LGBT rights, including the U.S. Supreme Court’s unconscionable Obergefell decision that shredded society’s concept of marriage while throwing open the door to the plague of transgenderism.
LifeSiteNews challenged Ramaswamy in a commentary published Friday, August 12, citing scientific studies that “explode the false narrative that being ‘gay’ is an innate condition that is controlled or largely compelled by one’s genetic makeup,” according to a recent report by the Ruth Institute.
The report noted that despite decades of desperate research hoping to prove that homosexuality is an innate, immutable trait, even the American Psychological Association (APA) has been forced to conclude that “there is no consensus among scientists about the exact reasons that an individual develops a heterosexual, bisexual, gay, or lesbian orientation.”
Course correction
By Sunday, August 14, just 48 hours later, the presidential hopeful had recalibrated his message, distancing himself from his previous statements asserting that homosexuality is innate.
In an X (formerly Twitter) post about an impromptu encounter with a self-identifying “pansexual” activist at the Iowa State Fair caught on video, Ramaswamy stated there is “no gay gene” while citing the conflicting beliefs maintained by the LGBTQ+ political left in order to justify ongoing erosion of immutable truth as a matter of law, regulation, and culture:
"The LGBTQ movement protests that the sex of the person you’re attracted to is hardwired at birth even though there’s no gay gene, yet *also* requires you to believe that your sex is totally fluid over the course of life even though there’s clearly a sex chromosome. You can’t believe both of these things at once, yet they call you a bigot unless you do. That’s just the hard TRUTH."
The LGBTQ movement protests that the sex of the person you’re attracted to is hardwired at birth even though there’s no gay gene, yet *also* requires you to believe that your sex is totally fluid over the course of life even though there’s clearly a sex chromosome. You can’t… https://t.co/ZUs0RMfN3s
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) August 14, 2023
The activist approached Ramaswamy and asked, “What were your opinions on the LGBTQ+ community?”
“I don’t think it’s one community,” Ramaswamy said. “I mean, how could it be? Just mash together an alphabet soup. Trans is fundamentally in tension with gay if you ask me.”
Questioned about same-sex couples, he indicated that he doesn’t “have a negative view of same-sex couples, but I do have a negative view of a tyranny of the minority.”
He continued:
"I think that in the name of protecting against the tyranny of the majority — and there are times in this country’s history where we have had a tyranny of the majority — we have now in the name of protecting against tyranny of the majority created a new tyranny of the minority.
"And I think that that’s wrong. I don’t think that somebody who’s religious should be forced to officiate a wedding that they disagree with.
"I don’t think somebody who is a woman who’s worked really hard for her achievements should be forced to compete against a biological man in a swim competition.
"I don’t think that somebody who’s a woman that respects her bodily autonomy and dignity should be forced to change clothes in a locker room with a man.
"That’s not freedom. That’s oppression.
"And so I believe that we live in a country where free adults should be free to dress how they want, behave how they want and that’s fine, but you don’t oppress you don’t become oppressive by foisting that on others, and that especially includes kids because kids aren’t the same as adults. And so I think adults are free to make whatever choices they want, but do not foist that ideology onto children before children are in a position as adults to make decisions for themselves.
"And so I think a lot of the frustration in the country, and if I’m being really honest that I also share, comes from that new culture of oppression where saying those things can actually get somebody punished."
The video that was published on X quickly went viral, garnering over 2 million views.
Jordan Peterson recently noted that “Ramaswamy is bright, articulate, and unflappable.”
Ramaswamy is a member of the advisory board “Alliance for Responsible Citizenship” (ARC), a global movement founded by Peterson to push back against the influence of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
He’s also proving to be intellectually curious and honest, exceedingly uncommon but sorely needed traits in the world of politics.
“This is shaping up to be some interesting election,” Peterson added.
Does it count as waffling if he waffles your way?
He didn’t “correct” anything. He flip flopped because he’s now running in a GOP primary. I can’t believe anyone is falling for this WEF loving, Soros sponsored, grifter.
Ramaswarmydingdong is still trying to figure it all out
I don’t get it. Why does the why matter?
This is so stupid. Why is this even an issue? Maybe some people are born gay, and maybe it is not a “gene” meaning you will never know if people are born with it or not. But why are Republicans arguing over this? This is exactly the distractions that Democrats want Republicans to argue about
“The Turks are at the walls of our city of Constantinople but let’s keep arguing over what color were the eyes of the Virgin Mary”
One Guy’s hot take: The question seemed planted, the answer scripted and rehearsed.
Good analogy!
You are right. It was planted and scripted
Because he probably blurted out his true feelings the first time and this is just an attempt to CYA afterwards
It seems an unnecessary topic and distraction.
There are gay people. I don’t care why. Just my .02
Asserting that some are born to be sexual perverts removes the responsibility of behavior.
He just caught flack and realized he alienated voters.
Walked it back publicly.
No one knows what this chameleon thinks.
Screw “orientation”...what matters is application aka BEHAVIORS.
You do realize that straight people can be perverts also, right?
He wants to give Humper and his retard daddy a get out of jail free card
“what matters is application aka BEHAVIORS”
I agree, notice the Bible does not say a man finding another man romantically attractive is a bad thing, it just says “don’t do sodomy” which should also equally apply to a man and woman as well.
BINGO!
Because unlike the left, the right is so independent that they can unify on any issue. This one is easy, which makes it a slam dunk to unify, but it won’t going to happen. And you actually stated part of what the standard response from Republicans should be: “Why is this even an issue? As a Republican, I believe all people should be treated equally under the law and all Americans should equally enjoy all of our constitutional rights." Period. Don’t say a single word more other than next question please.
I can make up my own mind whether I want to associate or vote for a faggot. That fits within my constitutional rights.
The Rama-dama Dig-dong Swamy seems to be making statement on all sides of every issue. Say, isn’t that what Demon-craps do?
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