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Palin: No 'problem' with gay group at CPAC
The Hill ^ | 10 Feb 2011 | Michael O'Brien

Posted on 02/10/2011 6:25:57 AM PST by 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."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cpac; freepressforpalin; goproud; homosexualagenda; libertarians; palin; sarahpalin
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To: Notary Sojac

“I’m against homosexuals marrying, serving in the military, indoctrinating our school children, or having any other special privileges, but other than that they have the same basic rights, not group rights, as any other citizen.”

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See, this is why you are a lib. You are inconsistent.

Lets discect: You don’t want homo’s indoctrinating our children. Any reasonable conservative understands that to mean that No Homosexuals are to be hired as teachers. Yet you go on to say that they should have the “same basic rights, not group rights, as any other citizen.”

I call your attention to my tagline. In case you haven’t seen it. It pisses off libs.


321 posted on 02/10/2011 12:07:05 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
DJ, still struggling with the technical issues, trying to read and catch up, but have to turn of comp (yet again in a minute. If you get a chance, could you tell me the dummies' version wether Sarah Palin is really "okay" with GOProud being included in conservatve get togethers? Which of course CPAC is not...
322 posted on 02/10/2011 12:08:40 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: HappyWarrior2012

I wasn’t talking about Sarah Palin. I was replying to your assertions about Libertarians.

Nothing to do with Palin whatsoever.

Your comment was about Libertarians, and my reply was about the LP platform.

EOM.


323 posted on 02/10/2011 12:10:03 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: lonestar; altura; DJ MacWoW; All

I believe any individual who has performed or received oral sex heterosexually should recuse themselves from the discussion. Sodomy is as sodomy does.


324 posted on 02/10/2011 12:14:39 PM PST by j.argese (You may think you've won the day, in the end you will surely lose the important race.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

OOps, only meant to italicize “yet again”. That’s what I get for not prevewing.


325 posted on 02/10/2011 12:15:23 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Le Chien Rouge

GOProud wants tax and SS bennies for homo-partners.

They want same sex marriage.

They want homos in the military.

They want special grants to homo-owned businesses and renovations of “old towns” where homos are known to live.

They want the US to hassle countries that are “mean” to homos.

They don’t mention abortion.

They want to (whoop-de-doo) “hold the line” on spending. Big freakin’ deal. But they want monies for them and their fellow queers.

They aren’t conservative at all.


326 posted on 02/10/2011 12:20:28 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: MEGoody

CPAC is no longer conservative. If you want to be a cheering section for Dem liberals pretending to be conservatives in order to infiltrate and destroy that’s your choice. But I’d be careful being vocal about it.


327 posted on 02/10/2011 12:22:24 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: little jeremiah

Let me try to help you. Sarah Palin has never attended CPAC. She is not on their Board of Directors. She has no vested interest in CPAC.

Given that she’s declined all of their invitations, and is thereby totally unfamiliar with CPAC, why should she be concerned at all with the organization?


328 posted on 02/10/2011 12:23:26 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: little jeremiah

Her only comment that I can see is that she backs their freedom of speech at CPAC. She’s never been to CPAC. And it is run by liberals and muslim sympathizers.


329 posted on 02/10/2011 12:24:15 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: onyx

I’m just waiting to hear some clear statements from her about, for instance, the repeal of DADT.

I’m not against Sarah Palin at all. I just want to know more clearly her stand on a few things, most notably, her viewpoint on the various goals of the homosexual agenda.

I just get the feeling she is sort of tippy toeing around this issue.


330 posted on 02/10/2011 12:25:45 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: MEGoody

What does freedom of speech have to do with CPAC?

(hint: nothing.)

In case you don’t know, freedom of speech means the government cannot stop speech that they don’t like just ‘cause they don’t like it.

Freedom of speech has nothing to do with organizations allowing or disallowing groups to have their say.


331 posted on 02/10/2011 12:25:47 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: j.argese
... any individual who has performed or received oral sex heterosexually should recuse themselves from the discussion. Sodomy is as sodomy does.

1. How do you plan to know who those might be?

2. Who put you in charge of the discussion?

3. I didn't know oral sex was sodomy.

332 posted on 02/10/2011 12:25:47 PM PST by lonestar
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To: j.argese

Do you have any idea what you are talking about? Let your fingers do the walking and get informed.


333 posted on 02/10/2011 12:28:16 PM PST by dforest
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To: lonestar

LOL


334 posted on 02/10/2011 12:28:54 PM PST by dforest
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To: lonestar

There are various meanings of “sodomy”. Some people like to bring up the oral sex = sodomy argument in order to (supposedly) pull the rug out from under peoples’ feet so they can’t oppose the fag agenda.


336 posted on 02/10/2011 12:30:06 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Thanks.


337 posted on 02/10/2011 12:30:19 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: lonestar
1. I believe we could all agree upon the "Honor System"

2. I didn't claim to be in charge. Why are you putting me in charge? I merely made a suggestion.

3. If it's not sodomy, it's at least Gomorrahy.

338 posted on 02/10/2011 12:30:29 PM PST by j.argese (You may think you've won the day, in the end you will surely lose the important race.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

LOL!


339 posted on 02/10/2011 12:30:48 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: little jeremiah
Nobody has asked her about DADT. She's a military mom and she loves our troops. Her history is clear regarding the homosexual agenda. She is against gay marriage and said in ‘08 that she supported a Constitutional Amendment for one man, one woman marriage.

I honestly don't know where this doubt is coming from. *Homosexuals are virulently opposed to her.

340 posted on 02/10/2011 12:30:58 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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