Posted on 05/20/2015 9:27:40 AM PDT by VinL
Is someone projecting? Just a little?
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a resident of the extreme right political fringe who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, told reporters in Texas on Tuesday that the left is obsessed with sex because he keeps getting questions about marriage laws and the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans.
“Is there something about the left — and I am going to put the media in this category — that is obsessed with sex?” Cruz said.
He went on to borrow a particularly mindless comment from his colleague, Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who said in April that gay-rights advocates should get some “perspective” because gay people are executed in Iran. Mr. Cruz took it one completely illogical step farther.
“ISIS is executing homosexuals — you want to talk about gay rights?” he said. “This week was a very bad week for gay rights because the expansion of ISIS, the expansion of radical, theocratic, Islamic zealots that crucify Christians, that behead children and that murder homosexuals — that ought to be concerning you far more than asking six questions all on the same topic.”
Let’s just toss that remark in the dustbin of campaign foolishness, and focus on his first comment — that asking about laws that ban same-sex marriages, and laws that ensure that gay Americans do not suffer discrimination, represents an obsession with sex.
Perhaps Mr. Cruz doesn’t get this, but fighting for gay rights and marriage equality has nothing to do with sex. Would Mr. Cruz say the same thing about the constant discussion among Republicans about the “sanctity” of heterosexual marriage and relationships between men and women?
If anything, it is the right that is strangely devoted
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Sure it’s normal that everyday I’m inundated with stories about LGBTQWXYZ
Cruz Derangement Syndrome is the Shingles to the Palin Derangement Syndrome Chicken Pox.
Gay marriage has EVERYTHING to do with gay sex.
The left sees only sex issues, global warming and race. That’s about it.
I’m shocked if 60% of the American people don’t agree with Cruz on this.
o’verament’? Tu mi sembra un pazzo right winger!
Just kidding... I totally agree. (of course. Go Cruz)
His logic is complately backwards and belongs in bizarro world. I suppose that the NYT is fitting for it....
“Perhaps Mr. Cruz doesn’t get this, but fighting for gay rights and marriage equality has nothing to do with sex.”
A rather disingenuous thing to say. Pray tell, how does one define “marriage” or “gay” without referring to sex? What distinguishes marriage from the loving bond between siblings or between a man and his pet dog, say? What distinguishes a gay person from a straight one?
Andy Rosenthal thinks it’s “foolish” to mention that ISIS executes homosexuals? Is he claiming it didn’t happen, or what?
Cruz is correct - the NYT is insane.
“Perhaps Mr. Cruz doesn’t get this, but fighting for gay rights and marriage equality has nothing to do with sex. Would Mr. Cruz say the same thing about the constant discussion among Republicans about the “sanctity” of heterosexual marriage and relationships between men and women?”
Right. Trying to hold on to morals and values that have been in place for thousands of years while a bunch of perverts do their best to push their agenda is obsession. Got it.
I rest my case.
” Then what defines one as “gay”?”
A heterosexual.
Homos are rarely happy, based on substance abuse, illness, disease and suicide rate.
“The left is utterly obsessed with sex - particularly the aberrant kind.”........
Cruz was right and so are you. Leftists are always asking questions relating to a person’s sexual habits. They really are obsessed with the subject - and they hope that other American voters are too. Hence, they keep bringing up the subject - like free contraceptives, for instance.
” One of my foremost rules of life is NEVER to think about Ken Starr. There’s a guy who made a point of appearing before the media, each day, taking out his garbage.... but, yet he was an utter failure in throwing out the garbage!”
About time SOMEBODY said this !
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Hey, Sweetheart. I found the video of this at therightscoop.com.
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