Posted on 04/27/2015 5:28:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Cruz was the guest of two gay New York businessmen for a discussion about Israel last week. The backlash among the gay community speaks to how charged gay rights remains and how political discourse has evolved.
New York First, something surprising happened. Then, something familiar.
Last week, conservative firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz and his wife stopped by the Central Park penthouse of two wealthy gay businessmen to have dinner and a friendly fireside chat about their mutually fervent support for the state of Israel. Not only was it a civil conversation, it harked to a kind of old-school politics of coalition building and discussions between political opponents on areas of agreement.
By Sunday, however, one of the gay businessmen, Ian Reisner, was apologizing profusely to the gay community. The New York City Gay Mens Chorus had cancelled a fundraiser at The Out NYC, a hotel partly owned by Mr. Reisner that caters to a gay clientele and hosts same-sex wedding receptions. A theater nonprofit, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, did the same for its event in May. A Facebook page calling for a boycott of the venues owned by Reisner and Mati Weiderpass had drawn nearly 9,500 likes by Monday afternoon....
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
The gaygenda has gotten ridiculous. They enforce their party line almost as fiercely as Stalin enforced the commie party line.
Queergenda.. the word “gay” has been co-opted by perverts and the meaning has nothing to do with their sinful activity.
we need to reclaim our language.
The statements by Cruz in the closing four paragraphs of the article are wonderful; truly Ted Cruz at his best.
It's completely bizarre that homosexuals never talk about Islamic regimes that out-and-out punishes and kill homosexuals or liberal corporations such as Apple that does business with these regimes.
Or Baltimore thugs protesters..
Yes, Cruz came off looking more “tolerant” than the LGBT activists, who viciously attacked the gay couple when they found out that Cruz was actually interacted with.
Self ping
[we need to reclaim our language]
and the rainbow.
CRUZ CANT LOSE. CRUZ CONTROL!!! I’ll be knee-deep in booze if Cruz were to lose!!
stop it!! ok :)
bttt
Not bizarre at all. The issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution.
There’s gotta be some Syrian refugees who could form Druze for Cruz...
lol
as Rocky Balboa said - “Absolutely”
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