It's little wonder that some gays opt to commit suicide when one hears the presidential candidates of a major political party talking about gay relationships as if they are a dangerous and a threat to freedom. The unspoken implication, of course, is that gays are inferior and that in a perfect world would simply not exist. Yet that is precisely the spectacle that the GOP presidential debate last night provided for viewers. Think Progress caught some of the comments that demonstrate to me why not self-respecting LGBT individual can be a Republican. Here are highlights:
Santorum's statement that gays only exist in certain states, he proves that he's not only a bigot, but an ignorant idiot as well. Perry for his part shows that he - not gays - is the biggest threat to religious freedom.
The GOP presidential candidates discussed marriage rights for gay and lesbian people for close to ten minutes during Saturday night’s ABC News/Yahoo debate in New Hampshire. The Republicans expressed support for extending limited benefits to same-sex couples, but strongly opposed marriage equality:
NEWT GINGRICH: We want to make it possible to have those things that are most intimately human between friends.
RICK SANTORUM: I’m certainly not going to have a federal law that bans adoption for gay couples, when there are only gay couples in certain states.
MITT ROMNEY: There is every right for people in this country to form long-term committed relationships with one another. That doesn’t mean that they have to call it marriage.
RICK PERRY: That is a war against religion and it’s going to stop under a Perry administration.
Santorum's statement that gays only exist in certain states, he proves that he's not only a bigot, but an ignorant idiot as well. Perry for his part shows that he - not gays - is the biggest threat to religious freedom.
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