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[.....Lott apologized profusely and to every known species of humanity for his offhand remark, got hammered incessantly and lost his leadership role......]

[.....Trent Lott said:"You know, if we had elected this man 30 years ago, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today," Lott was quoted as saying of Thurmond in a November 3, 1980, article in The Clarion-Ledger, a Jackson newspaper.....]

Thanks for your comment, because I feel that this is one nagging issue that must be addressed, once and for all.

Trent Lott was being held accountable for what many people regarded as sympathy for segregationist positions over his entire career in Congress. He has in the past addressed meetings of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a group that supports racial segregation. He declared in 1984 that "the spirit of Jefferson Davis lives in the 1984 Republican platform".

If you believe in traditional family values, then you should ask yourself one question. Why do so many hispanics, blacks, Asians, and other minorities who share the same traditional values as most Republicans, avoid voting for the GOP? It is because, in some quarters, the Republicans are seen as "racist".

I will openly admit that, if Lott had been a Democrat, he would not have been forced to resign. That is because the Democrats are not burdened with the "racist" tag often used in the mainstream media. George Bush is working very hard to change the image of the GOP among minorities, and it seems he is making great progress.

But more important than partisan politics, is the fact that our society is getting to a point where people are afraid to clearly state that some things are right, while other things are wrong. That is why Sen. Santorum's comments are such a breath of fresh air.

I believe that the greatest weapon in the asernal of the organized white gay lobby, is the common perception that white social conservatives harbor racist views against racial minorities, a perception that has robbed social conservatives of their moral authority to fight against the gay lobby. It is that perception that caused the Family Research Council to be one of the first organizations to condemn Trent Lott's remarks.

Many whites in the Social Justice movement, are so eager to show how compassionate and free of bigotry they are, that they "refuse to judge" people who engage in perverse sex acts. However, they refuse to make a clear distinction between unjust prejudice based on what one cannot control (skin color), and moral judgements made against specific behavior (sodomy). But the majority of blacks, hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans, deplore gay sex, as they proved in a recent ballot proposition in California that ruled out gay unions.

I believe that the only way to stop the awesome power of the gay lobby, which uses the legacy of the Civil Rights movement to justify itself, is if believers in traditional family values from all races were to march, hand-in-hand, in opposition to the gay agenda which is threatening the moral foundation of this country. If that happens, then the gay lobby will lose the ability to use the legacy of the minority Civil Rights movement, to justify its agenda.