Posted on 04/24/2015 9:19:22 AM PDT by VinL
The gay New York City hoteliers who recently played host to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) have their own controversy to deal with: Activists are calling for the boycott of their properties, including a gay hotel and establishments on Fire Island.
Ian Reisner and Mati Weiderpass (pictured with Cruz), two gay real estate moguls who run numerous vacation properties marketed towards the LGBT community, spoke with The New York Times yesterday about the reception they held for the presidential candidate. During that meeting, they mainly discussed foreign policy, while alluding to a possible shift (or private opinion) in Cruz’s thoughts about gay marriage. Nevertheless, the fact that they held a reception (not a fundraiser) for Cruz, a staunch opponent to same-sex marriage, was enough to tick off the gay community.
Within hours, a Facebook page calling for the boycott of the Fire Island Pines Establishments and the Out NYC Hotel, all owned by Reisner and Weiderpass, gained more than 2,500 followers, its wall filled with angry messages blasting the two for selling out their ideals.
“Weiderpass, an out gay man, held a ‘reception’ this past weekend for Senator Cruz,” said the first post on the page. “The question, among so many others, is, WHY???!!!”
“It was arranged to help Cruz get major donors to his campaign,” wrote another. “Claiming it was anything else is pure bullshit. Pure. Bullshit.”
Reiser and Weiderpass were forced to defend their party on Facebook, with Reisner pointing out that he’d hosted a Ready for Hillary fundraiser at Out NYC. “Senator Ted Cruz and I disagree strongly on the issue of gay marriage, but having an open dialogue with those who have differing political opinions is a part of what this country was founded on,” he argued.
“I have been a major supporter of gay causes and gay charities for two decades. People on both sides of the aisle need to be able to communicate with one another even when they ideologically disagree,” Weiderpass wrote, pointing to his past work in the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. “The fact that Senator Cruz accepted the invitation to my home was a step in the right direction towards him having a better understanding of who I am and what I believe in.” He subsequently took that post private.
Late last night, Cruz reiterated that he was still very much anti-gay marriage, arguing that it was just a talk with some gay people, guys.
They killed six million Jews when they got Hitler into power.
Especially since a hotel is the classic "public accommodation."
utter brilliance, in my opinion.
Those calling for boycotts are making Cruz’s case for him.
And Cruz doesn’t have to say a thing.
Ted Cruz: Thinking man’s candidate.
Yeah. The left is asking how Cruz will survive this with his base but what Cruz is doing is showing that the left is dead wrong about his base and about him.
Its political jujitsu and the left just got face planted by their own momentum.
Their "friends" will sodomize them with Louisville Sluggers, err, wait, they might like that.
Well then they will beat them to death using the crap covered bat.
This guy Weiderpass sounds insufficiently insane to be authentically queer, at least according to gaystapo standards.
I describe the Left behavior with the following illustration:
“You disagree with me on one little thing.
I must hate you.
I must destroy you.
I must kill you.
Waaaaaahhhhhh!”
Infantile.
Hehehe yeah, you nailed it Friend! None of the whacked out intolerant crazy activist left will see the hypocrisy but we do.
Eating their own.... ;)
You answered your own question, so to speak.
:^)
I remember when they just wanted to be left alone, then tolerated, then accepted and now they are the intolerant ones!
With an attitude like that, the LGBTEIEIO Community might not allow him to remain a homosexual...
;-) “
Funniest comment I’ve read in a long time. Thanks for making me laugh!
Happy to be of service!
I hope you have a great day.
Just curious, are non gays allowed to stay in that hotel?
A gay day.
I try my best to not call homosexuals, day. It is a misappropriation of the word.
No, these are gay guys...that would be the lesbians...
They want the right to discriminate against normal people and to throw normal people in jail for not liking them.
“Tribal”?
Amoral, collectivist thinking is better?
Applies to the males too. I will not elaborate.
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