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Posted on 04/27/2011 1:32:16 PM PDT by presidio9
Republican leaders in California today admonished Orange County official Marilyn Davenport for disseminating racist rhetoric about President Obama. Meanwhile, in Washington, Speaker John Boehner wants government money to reinforce anti-gay discrimination. Is the GOP totally blind to double-speak?
Speaker of the House John Boehner officially requested Department of Justice funds today to fight for the Defense of Marriage Act, 15-year old legislation that prohibits the federal government from recognizing marriage equality.
Referencing the DOJ’s decision not to defend DOMA, which the Department and President deemed unconstitutional earlier this year, Boehner wrote to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, “Obviously, [that] decision results in DOJ no longer needing the funds it would have otherwise expended defending the constitutionality of DOMA.”
“It is my intent that those funds be diverted to the House for reimbursement of any costs incurred by and associated with the House, and not DOJ, defending DOMA,” he said.
It’s an incredible show of politically convenient hypocrisy, especially as the Republicans rally their troops against governmental overspending, and as Orange County Republican official Marilyn Davenport comes under fire for sending a blatantly racist email about Barack Obama.
Davenport’s email, covered here by Carmel Lobello, portrays our president as a chimp, complete with the caption, “Now you know why — No birth certificate.”
GOP leaders in the Golden State have been quick to lambast Davenport’s correspondence as “despicable,” and said that it “drips with racism.”
While the national party has yet to respond to Davenport’s clearly racist email, it’s safe to assume that they would never, ever, not in one million years, endorse such a missive. Yet, they find it okay to back anti-gay politics?
It’s always difficult to compare racism and homophobia. They are different forms of discrimination with varying manifestations. The message, however, remains the same: one “type” — either white or straight — can be quantified as “right,” while the opposite — black or LGBT — qualifies as “wrong.” They’re two sides of the same coin.
Why, then, does the GOP find it acceptable to criticize one form of hate, yet condone another? Clearly politics are at play here: Republican leaders think they can consolidate power by attacking a conveniently marginalized group, gay folk, yet realize it’s wrong to describe black people as apes.
This tactic will backfire; not simply because Americans are becoming more accepting of their LGBT friends and neighbors, but because their fetishization of homophobia flies in the face of the party’s claim that they will unify the nation, as embodied in the official Republican platform, “Our Republican ideals are those that unify our country.”
Some day soon, their base will wise up to these contradictory politics, and when that happens, all bets are off.
Homotaedium.
Bored by homos?
My tagline used to be...
Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in the privacy of your bedroom IS my business.
It was a gentle poke in the eye at libs who would say “I don’t care what homosexuals do in private, as long as....”
You seee, the point is, EVERYTHING these perverts do (in private or in public) adversely affects me, my children and my country.
And, I am not homophobic, afraid of homos. (After three tours in AF and one in Iraq, there is very little I am truly afraid of.) I am afraid of what the homosexuals will do to my children and my country. What would be the word for HATRED of homosexuality?
Democrats have legislated what kind of lightbulbs you may not use, what size toilet tank you may not use, what flavor cigarettes you may not smoke, etc.
Their “Big Brother in the bedroom” hysteria was a fraud. How many vice squads raided homosexual and drag bars in the past 30 years?
They are A-OK with Big Brother man-dating how Americans live their lives.
It’s not the individuals but the big-money-Socialist-gangs of “gay rights” demonstrators forcing their minority will on the majority.
Humans do not chose the color of their skin.
They do chose if they will be perverts of not.
It’s not homophobia. It’s fear of the radical homosexual agenda — led by judges, bureaucrats, lawyers and the media taking over every square inch of the lives of Christians, depriving God-fearing Americans of their right to associate, hire, speak and worship as they see fit.’
Big Brother is gay.
Zinger! Good one, can I use that?
Science hasn’t searched. It may not be a gene at all. It certainly is an aberration. But the fact of the matter is that we have done little or no research in the are because of political correctness or fear. Fact is we simply on’t know and unless we get the politics out of it, we will never know..
IIRC, that was the opinion up until the 1970's, then the APA, decided to totally reverse course, and drop homosexuality as a mental illness (or if your a skeptic, they simply said, crap, we can't cure it, we give up, it should also be noted, that they are very very very far left wing).
Interestingly enough, and this I remember reading about last year, the doctor that was instrumental in having homosexuality no longer classified as a mental illness..........was getting death threats from gay activists over something else (the reason for that, I can't remember at this very moment).
Sounds about right.
Bored by homos?
Most sources list the primary meaning of the latin "taedium" as "disgust".
Democrats hate sexism but are totally cool with Islam...
Normally I ashamed to admit this, but one of my undergraduate majors was Psychology. I am aware of several failed attempts to clinically link homosexuality to genetics. And this was 20 years ago. As things stand right now in the medical community, the "born this way" argument is junk science.
By coincidence, my roommate who was as heterosexual as they come had an identical twin at my small school who was equally flaming.
Let’s review some basic biology:
White Man + White Woman = Viable human offspring.
Black Man + Black Woman = Viable human offspring.
White Man + Black Woman = Viable human offspring
Black Man + White Woman = Viable human offspring.
White Man + Black Man = No offspring.
Black Man + Black Man = No offspring.
White Man + White Man = No offspring.Black/White Male Penguin + Black/White Male Penguin = No offspring, even in the Sanfransicko Zoo.
Thus, homosexual "procreation" was correctly, self-evidently, taxonomically noted as an abomination of nature.
Got Socio-biological Fitness?
Playing Devil’s Advocate here, but does it then follow that people who are infertile should not be allowed to marry?
What about people who have no interest in starting a family?
Were Zachariah and Elizabeth legally married before John the Baptist came along?
Should be:
impact upon the socio-biological fitness of every
Got Liar Loans?
...ya progressively demoralized Rainbow jackwagon.
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