Comments on: Can you be a good gay and conservative?

By: Whatever

Whatever — Wed, 26 May 2010 03:11:33 +0000

Why does it matter who’s liberal and who’s conservative? The bigger question is who defines the two states of political existence? Being gay simply defines who you screw and maybe even love. If you chose to identify with the political party that would exterminate you if they could…so what? Ignorance is rampant in this country. Zig Heil!

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:02:30 +0000

I am so glad Washington blade is back. But I am so disappointed to see such a low quality and brainless article.

None of the points are valid. You are only making people wonder over and over again what GOP has done for the gay community if Democrats aren’t doing enough. The answer is…NONE. If you don’t want to pay tax and you want to have guns, then go ahead. Don’t affiliate yourself with a group that is racist and hates gay people.

Washington blade, I know you can do better. I know you can find smarter people to share their insightful ideas.

By: Robert McJunkin

Robert McJunkin — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:13:43 +0000

It’s not a matter of gay: liberal or straight: conservative. It’s selecting items from a palate of issues. I find that most of the gay issues tend to be in the liberal column, because of the conservatives’ propensity not to respect individual rights and values. However, there are many other conservative issues that I agree with. If I were in charge of things, instead of a system where you elect one representative and expect that person to decide all things for you according to your own belief, my system would present the electorate with a list of individual issues and let voters decide each issue, and then let a representative cast a vote based on the voters’ individual pollings. This should reduce the voters’ anger at their elected representatives.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:55:49 +0000

I find it amusing that so many GayLeftBorg types are so certain that Republicans hate gays and oppose gay rights (whatever that is), but never seem capable of naming any. Be it here or on GayPatriot or elsewhere. I should think it would be easy and would come with all the talking points pap regurgitated everywhere.

Nor does there seem to be any interest in any reasoning behind such opposition. One could be opposed to special rights for certain victim groups, but instead they’re castigated as evil racist, sexist, bigot homophobes.

Nevermind, of course, the homophobes their elected president hangs with. Nevermind, of course, their elected president is defending DADT in court. Nevermind, of course, their elected president doesn’t worship their golden calf of gay marriage.

If Obama didn’t have that protective “D” after his name, the GayLeftBorg would be wiping the blogs with him.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:48:38 +0000

This whole piece is foolywang for the fire!

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:45:07 +0000

Actually, it’s Obama’s DoJ defending DADT in court. Further, Sorba isn’t the spokesman for CPAC.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:38:12 +0000

They were not prevented from speaking, they didn’t seek to do so. I think it was either Bruce Carrol or Jimmy LaSalvia (SP?) who participated in a blogging discussion panel.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:02:09 +0000

I’m going to echo MelMaguire and say “I’d like just one of the haters here to explain to me why the Republicans’ refusal to repeal DOMA is somehow worse than the Democrats WRITING IT AND SIGNING IT INTO LAW.”

Awesome, perhaps the best way it could be said. Not to mention that the Log Cabin GOPs are the only LGBT org with an active lawsuit against DADT…where are the liberal organizations? Oh yeah, whining about conservatives, not actually doing anything. (Though, isn’t that how libs usually are? Whining about a problem, hoping someone else will solve it rather than taking personal responsibility to change their situation? haha)

By: MelMaguire

MelMaguire — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:23:20 +0000

I’d like just one of the haters here to explain to me why the Republicans’ refusal to repeal DOMA is somehow worse than the Democrats WRITING IT AND SIGNING IT INTO LAW.

It was the Democrats who wrote laws such as DOMA and DADT. I feel absolutely no compulsion whatsoever to show any fealty to the Democrats or any liberal ideal when, in reality, they’re just as bad as you say conservatives are.

I just love all the tolerance going on here. Superb!

By: Jack Blair

Jack Blair — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:51:15 +0000

The defining attribute of the gay Left (and the Left in general) is ignorance.

My “conversion” came some years ago, thanks to an encounter with the works of Dr. FA Hayek. The encounter led to a lifetime love affair with learning about economics, the Rule of Law, and basic American constitutional principles, among other things.

It also helped that I listened to [*GASP!*] Rush Limbaugh. My roomate circa 1993 was a die hard Jesse Jackson Democrat, but he always had Limbaugh’s show on the radio.

I was HORRIFIED when I heard Limbaugh make fun of Liberals. In my not-quite-conscious 26 year-old brain, it seemed to me an absolute scandal that a person could so brazenly mock people who claimed to care about the environment, equality, children, fairness, and were trying to make a better world for all of us.

This is where I had my moment of clarity: For the first time in my life, I was able to question the motives of those claim to be filled with such noble virtues. “Wolves in sheeps’ clothing” came to mind – I was thus freed from my ignorant Liberal stupor.

“Gay” is neither here nor there.

Jack Blair – InfoQuarter