Ben Carson On Comparing Gays To Pedophiles: Sorry ‘If I Offended Anyone’

[DonViejo]

BENJY SARLIN 2:43 PM EDT, FRIDAY MARCH 29, 2013

Dr. Ben Carson stood by his claim on Fox News that legalizing gay marriage opens the door to pedophilia and bestiality, but suggested he might have chose his words better if he had a second chance.

It would be a stretch to look at his latest clarification, which he gave in an interview to the Baltimore Sun, as an apology.

"I think people have completely taken the wrong meaning out of what I was saying," Carson said. "First of all, I certainly believe gay people should have all the rights that anybody else has. What I was basically saying is that as far as marriage is concerned that has traditionally been between a man and a woman and nobody should be able to change that."

Nonetheless, he conceded that "perhaps the examples were not the best choice of words, and I certainly apologize if I offended anyone....the point that I was making was that no group of individuals, whoever they are, whatever their belief systems, gets to change traditional definitions. The reason I believe the way I do, I will readily confess, is because I am a Christian who believes in The Bible."

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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ben-carson-on-comparing-gays-to-pedophiles-sorry

Link to full Baltimore Sun article:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-ben-carson-apologizes-gay-marriage-fox-20130329,0,320004.story

[MinneapolisMatt]

1. Fuck him.

He meant what he said.

[HERVEPA]

2. Go fuck yourself Ben Carson

[talkingmime]

3. 'If I offended anyone' - the great non-apology.

[CincyDem]

4. Traditional RW apology

I'm not sorry I said it...I'm sorry you're offended by it.

What a hozer.

[Initech]

5. And this guy is a neurosurgeon? I wouldn't trust him with a kitchen knife.

Boy Fux sure can pick their doctors can't they? First they unleash bigoted douchebag Keith Ablow on us - who I am really surprised hasn't lost his psychiatry license yet with the way he treats GLBT people. And now this asshole. Where do they find these people?

[sibelian]

6. Utter cowardice.

Not a word coming out of his mouth means a single thing.

[Autumn]

7. He can put his apology where the sun don't shine.

[Paladin]

8. Thanks for the non-apology, doc. Now kindly disappear. (nt)

[Faygo Kid]

9. What a pantload of utter crap

Typical non-apology from a Faux News wannabe. Kick his ass off the podium at the Johns Hopkins commencement, students and faculty.

And "traditional definitions" once included master and slave. Thank goodness some worked to change that.

[Isoldeblue]

10. I watched him today on Andrea Mitchell

What a lying sack of shit, he is! But that's par for the course, isn't it, for rethugs?

They'll whiz on your leg and tell you it's raining. That is exactly what he did.

[Isoldeblue]

11. He proves

that despite one's academic intelligence, being in the republican party will definitely dumb you down to sheer ignorance, in so many ways.
I find Carson to be extremely offensive. Once again, he, among many on the right, validates hatred in the name of God.......

[Dawson Leery]

12. This hack will never be President.

Nor Governor of Maryland.