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Here's something to consider: He's considered anti-gay because he's voted against pro-gay legislation. Perhaps he was elected to vote for the will of the people in his district, and he honored that. His own personal stance should not enter the equation.
We're seeing the flip side of that right now all over this country. The ideology of the politician takes a back seat to what their constituents want.
That would be a sound argument except for the fact that he wasn't open about his homosexuality. If his own personal stance regarding homosexuality was that of acceptance then why wasn't he open about his homosexuality and why was he married to a woman with 4 kids! Obviously he was ashamed of his homosexuality and why he got married to a woman and had to sneak into a gay nightclub. He also had a male passenger with him as he left the nightclub.
He was being sarcastic. He is mocking the American Taliban (Evangelicals) who claim that homosexuality is a choice. It is a good point. Why would someone like Ted Haggard choose to become gay? He was a prominent evangelist who had a family and made millions. The last thing he wanted was to to be attracted to men. Likewise, I'm sure this politician wished he was not attracted to men. When are Evangelicals going to get a clue and realize that people are born that way.
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Most politicians are hypocrites. Why is it the only time the Dems are amused is when it is family value Republicans getting busted doing something they say they are against?
I don't remember hearing from those Dems when Obama couldn't find anyone to appoint to his cabinet who had actually paid their taxes.
All Dems. You speak for them.
As for me, I feel one must simply laugh at the absurd. Regardless of who committed the absurdity. Incidently, I'm a Democrat.
Typical Republican clown who makes the GOP the total laughingstock of America!
I'm a Republican and I agree. This is more reason to abandon the Evangelical wing of the Republican party. All it's done has made us a laughingstock and created more Reagan Democrats as people don't want to be associated with our party.
He was being sarcastic. He is mocking the American Taliban (Evangelicals) who claim that homosexuality is a choice. It is a good point. Why would someone like Ted Haggard choose to become gay? He was a prominent evangelist who had a family and made millions. The last thing he wanted was to to be attracted to men. Likewise, I'm sure this politician wished he was not attracted to men. When are Evangelicals going to get a clue and realize that people are born that way.
Since you bring up Evangelicals - the truth is that all people born of a man and woman have a sin nature inbred in us from birth. I will include homosexuality in that. Like any other sin, it can be enhanced or de-emphasized by our choices, environment, etc.
Haggard wanted this - that's why he did what he did above honoring his marriage.
We all fall short of God's glory - we all need a relationship w/ Christ to help us in this life - and more importantly the life to come. Sometimes the urge to sin can be more powerful than our allegiance to Christ - to our own detriment. Christ however remains faithful to us.
I was just going to post this myself! It's too rich.
It's more evidence that anti-gay men are often fighting their own same-sex attractions.
I've been fighting a sinus pressure headache all day, the last thing I needed was to see this thread. Oh my LAWD my head is really killing me from laughing so hard.
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