Tom Ridge Pushes Back On Gay Issues In GOP With Plea For “Practical” Tolerance

buzzfeed.com ^ | October 23, 2013 | Chris Geidner

[Viennacon]

Everyone’s evolving nowadays it seems. How trendy. The chickens clearly come after the eggs.

[Gene Eric]

The anus does not equal the vulva — period.

[Gene Eric]

Ridge showed his Democrat stripes long ago.

[VanShuyten]

I wasn’t aware that the Tea Party had a position on homosexual marriage.

[RginTN]

Can’t be tolerant as long as gays target religious freedom critics.

[be-baw]

Pandering at its worth. Political suicide, in my view, but maybe Ridge isn’t interested in holding political office. Maybe he’s looking for another cabinet appointment, or an amb ass adorship.

[Servant of the Cross]

The anus does not equal the vulva — period.

Roger that. It's not nice to fool Mother Nature .... the consequences are a bitch. [warning: clicking on the link is beyond disgusting]

[Jim Noble]

Curious.

“The anti-Tea Party approach”.

I have never - and I mean, NEVER - heard one word about homosexuals, what they want, what they do, and whether or not it is any of my business - at a Tea Party event.

TEA = Taxed Enough Already. That’s all it is.

Poor Ridge has no clue. “You know something is happening here but you don’t know what it is, do you, Mr. Ridge?”

[Berlin_Freeper]

Not that I read all that crap but......Our roots are conservative, but we should be far less — not even far less — we oughtta quit being judgmental.”

“...You may not agree with me on some of these social issues, but I want you to respect them and don’t make them the centerpiece of your political agenda. They shouldn’t be there, in my judgment.”

[Tailgunner Joe]

Bush Homeland Security Chief Slams Tea Party Opposition To Immigration Reform - October 24, 2013 - “At the end of the day, I think we’re just flat, dead wrong on the issue. We’re not sending them back, I don’t know why we can’t reach a compromise. And, by the way, ‘compromise’ is not a dirty word in my lexicon, it’s part of the art of governing.”

[cripplecreek]

The fact that I ignore them and let them do whatever they want in privacy seems pretty practical.

[pepsi_junkie]

He always looked just like Herbert Hoover, now he sounds like him too.

[jeffc]

"Practical tolerance"?

Isn't that a Republican euphemism for fold-like-cheap-lawn-chairs to any and all demands, especially Democrat ones?

[CatherineofAragon]

If this fool thinks America can be successful by concentrating on fiscal issues alone, while we self-destruct morally, he has an unpleasant surprise coming.

If they want,GOPers can join up with perverts and celebrate their tolerance for doing so, but they’ll do it without me.

[LibLieSlayer]

ridge has always been a democrat under his costume.

[rfp1234]

In addition, “Doctor” Gosnell did much of his damage on RinoRidge’s watch as PA Gov.

[fwdude]

"'...they are far more tolerant than judgmental,' Ridge told BuzzFeed..."

This has absolutely nothing to do with tolerance. That Ridge thinks that it does proves that he has swallowed an entire vat of Leftist poison.

[DJ MacWoW]

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