Posted on 10/06/2010 6:58:08 PM PDT by DesertRenegade
On Friday, United States Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) told a crowd in South Carolina that he supports barring openly gay teachers, as well as sexually active unmarried female teachers, from the school system. “Jim DeMint’s comments can only be described as outrageous and bizarre. The idea that someone who says they believe in limited government would support the government weeding out gay teachers and unmarried sexually active female teachers simply defies logic,” said Christopher R. Barron, Chairman of the GOProud Board. “Jim DeMint is doing his best to make Alvin Greene look sane.”
“A real limited government conservative would be talking about getting the government less involved in education – not more involved. Instead of talking about shutting down the Department of Education, supporting school choice and protecting parents’ rights to homeschool their children, Jim DeMint instead wants the government even more involved in our education system, and involved in a way that would invade the personal lives of every teacher in this country,” continued Barron.
DeMint’s comments come on the heels of increased media attention to the problem of bullying of gay teenagers and the tragically high rates of gay teen suicide. “At a time when we need to be having a serious discussion about the silent epidemic of gay teen suicide, Jim DeMint’s comments send a powerful and disturbing message to people all across the country,” said Jimmy LaSalvia, Executive Director of GOProud. “For a man who speaks a great deal about morality, Jim DeMint’s comments represent some of this most morally reprehensible comments made by a politician in modern history.”
“It is clear that the socially conservative big government wing of the Republican Party is desperate to undermine and co-op the message and enthusiasm of the tea party movement. After a year and a half of attacking the tea party movement for not being focused on their pet issues, it is clear that Tony Perkins and his crowd have embraced a new strategy – if you can’t beat’em, join’em. The tea party movement is about limiting the size and scope of the government and empowering indiviudals. The grassroots tea party activists should reject attempts by Washington Republicans like Jim DeMint to corrupt the movement’s conservative message,” concluded LaSalvia.
“and unmarried sexually active female teachers”
IF he actually said this, he’s lost my vote.
So the “conservative” flying faggots are after DeMint now. Who’d of thunk it.
BTTT
They twisted DeMint’s words. How in the world would elementary kids in a classroom even know if a lady was sexually active? It would never come up. On the other hand, if an unrepentant homosexual is telling his kids about the night he had with Bruce at the bathouse, that is totally inappropriate.
I’d like to know what he actually said. He may have said something about unmarried, visibly pregnant teachers. When I was on a school board, we had a single, pregnant teacher who actually discussed with her elementary students that it was “no big deal,” and “lots of people did it.” To my mind, that was a problem, but our hands were tied by various anti-discrimination laws.
If someone tells you he wants less government, and claims to be a liberal, ask him about gun control. If he claims to be a conservative, ask about gay marriage.
For the recored, how does Senator DeMint feel about hiring sexually active unmarried MALE teachers???
For the record (no. 2), I am a marreid male.
He didn’t. He said unwed pregnant women
Why? Teachers having sexual relations with students doesn’t alarm you?
Want some good advice? Find out what Demint actually said. And BTW, you endorse homo marriage?
So this is GOProuds spin?
Before long, the only group excluded by a “morals clause” in this country will be practicing Christians.
"IF he actually said this, he’s lost my vote.
The only way "anyone would learn of an unmarried sexually active female teacher" is if she bragged about it.
If you want a socialist running things in DC, that's your business. But to use that excuse is quite pathetic.
WTF are they so proud of?
People who believe in limited government would support the weeding out of all teachers from the government payroll.
DR, Christopher Barron is a former Log Cabiner. This GOProud is an off-shoot of the LGR. Think of them as the Weather Underground splintering off from SDS back in the 60s.
GOPROUD'S FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE'S PRIORITIES
"We are a gay organization, we only work on gay issues, we have never claimed otherwise. My God people." -- Christopher Barron
One cannot realize smaller government without morality, unless anarchy is one’s goal. Those who are controlled from within, by the Spirit of God and conscience, need not be controlled from without, and are better helpers of those who are in genuine need.
Consider how much the sexual revolution as well as other manifestations of rejection of basic Biblical morality has cost America, and gave government a reason to grow. http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/RevealingStatistics.html
And sexual active teachers are hardly the type of persons who are likely to train up a child in the way he/she should go, and some think that means going to bed with students.
When it comes to education, the number one goal of ALL conservatives — gay, straight, sexually active, sexually impotent, pregnant or otherwise — should be the immediate defunding and shutting down of the Department of Education.
And Jim DeMint should know that. And that’s what he should be talking about.
He’s a US Senator. He shouldn’t concern himself with local school-board affairs.
Shut down the Department of Education. Board it up. Fire all its employees. That’s what DeMint should be working on.
Oh really? Why is that?
This was posted (not this specific article) the other nite and it turns out that these remarks were made in EARLY 2000+ and NOT recently.
Best comment: If he said this he doesn’t get my vote! WHAAAAHHHHH!
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