Bush Campaign Chief and Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman: I'm Gay

I was not the one defining Mehlman by his sexual orientation. The whole thread was about that.

There are a group of gay Republicans, all white, except Mary Cheney all male. I do know some of them. They are affluent professionals and businesspeople and so were their parents. Born to privilege, they still think it's a result of their virtue. They are vehemently anti-union. They are strongly anti-immigrant. They consider the person with a menial job or no job to be either lazy or just not too bright so raising minimum wage, unemployment, etc. are to them rewarding a bad or at best lesser person. They hate women's rights with a passion; I have seen unbelievable venom against women's rights, women's sports, even movies directed towards female audiences with independent or off-beat characters (think Thelma & Louise). They are not involved in gay movements thinking that rights are OK for "responsible" gays like themselves but not the unwashed masses. Believe me I am not over generalizing.

Seems to me Democrats go out of their way to express support for military. Who sponsored the bill to increase veterans' benefits? Who opposed it?

Brian, speak for yourself and leave bible out of it. You are doing what Stomp said, cherry picking. Kosher laws don't apply even though clearly stated because another part of the bible you like better says so. Condemnations of gays are valid, our very existence a crime, but you can't quite stomach killing us all so you disregard that statement in your bible. But other Christians have openly called for killing gays; American Christians helped Ugandan Christians write the bill mandating death for gays and prison for anyone who knows or suspects another is gay but does not report them. People "believe" whatever in the bible echoes their beliefs & prejudices. Pro slavery and aboltionist, apartheid and civil rights, equality for women and no rights for women, killing gays and equality for gays, animal torture and kindness to animals, environmental protection and environmental devastation, social justice and fascism, all claim validation with quotes from the same book.

Mook, I clearly understood you were being sarcastic and did not conflate being gay with raping one's daughters. In fact, I'd venture to guess you would not think a girl raped by her father should be forced to carry the pregnancy against her will.

 

You are overgeneralizing, plainly and simply. Shame on you. You should know better.