Komen VP a raging homophobe?

[marmar]

Turns Out Komen Vice Pres. Karen Handel is Anti-Gay Everything


Komen for the Cure Vice President for Public Policy Karen Handel is anti gay everything. She’s “wholeheartedly” agaisnt gay marriage, civil unions, ‘absolutely agaisnt gay adoptions’ and domestic partner benefits.

In a 2010 interview with an NBC affiliate in Georgia—just one year before she took the job at Komen—Handel bloated about supporting Georgia’s constitutional amendment against gay marriage.

“I’ve been very clear. And you know, as a Christian, marriage is between a man and a woman,” she said in the interview with Atlanta’s WXIA-TV.

“And it’s something that I supported wholeheartedly,” she said. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/776427/turns_out_komen_vice_pres._karen_handel_is_anti-gay_everything/

[KamaAina]

1. Sadly, no question mark

I guess only hetero women get breast cancer.

[racaulk]

2. This is no surprise to those of us from Georgia.

Karen Handel ran for Governor here in 2010, and the GOP primary became a contest as to which of the nominees could be the most anti-gay. Unfortunately, that sort of thing plays very well with the GOP base in this state.

The eventual primary winner and our current Governor Nathan Deal is certainly no peach (no pun intended), but Karen Handel is simply FOUL!!! I am so thankful that she did not win the Governorship and that she is out of public office. Although, it is shameful to see the damage that she is trying to do with her Christianist views in the private sector.

I hope Komen can dump her quickly, though it does concern me that she was ever selected to be a VP there in the first place.

[gopiscrap]

10. Well said!!!!

[EFerrari]

3. It's funny, I tweeted this but it doesn't show up in the counter. n/t

[librechik]

4. yes, perhaps, but also a former member of Log Cabin Republicans. Seems she had a change of

does a woman like this have a heart?

http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2010/jun/16/karen-handel/did-handel-ever-joing-log-cabin-republicans/

[racaulk]

5. She loudly and publicly denied her membership with the LCR while running for Governor.

That was clearly a lie, as membership rolls show her as a member. Handel just strikes me as an opportunist who will do whatever it takes to gain power for herself. The LCR fools were only pawns to her as she was running for local office. But winning a GOP nomination for statewide office here in Georgia requires the candidate to be vociferously anti-gay, and that's what she became.

Being a gay man living in Georgia, it was painful to watch.

[JHB]

8. "tactics" is the word you're looking for...

"change of tactics".

[Quantess]

6. Awful.

She's honest about her views, though.

[MattBaggins]

7. "Handel bloated"?

That's a funny spelling mistake.

[SomethingFishy]

9. ""as a Christian,

marriage is between a man and a woman,”

And for those of us who are not "Christian"?

Sorry, you want to follow the rules in some 2000 year old book that has been translated 200 times? Be my guest. I should not have to follow those rules as I am not "one of you".

[Honeycombe8]

11. Wow. She's really out there on the right, more so even than rightwingers. At least she answered...

when asked. She could've chosen not to answer and hide her views.

[WillyT]

12. She's Definitely A Teabagger...

Sarah Palin endorses Karen Handel in GOP race for governor
Jim Galloway - AJC
1:04 pm July 12, 2010

<snip>

We have a game-changer in the Republican contest for governor.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin today endorsed former secretary of state Karen Handel and her “underdog” bid for the GOP nomination.

The Handel endorsement appeared on Palin’s Facebook page – the same manner in which she endorsed GOP candidate for governor Mary Fallin of Oklahoma last month.

Palin’s endorsement of Nikki Haley in the Republican race for governor of South Carolina was deemed crucial to Haley’s surge last month.

<snip>

Link: http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2010/07/12/sarah-palin-endorses-karen-handel-in-gop-race-for-governor/

[librechik]

14. UPDATE: Handel resigns!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101446081

[uponit7771]

15. Why would they hire such a jerk?

[sarcasmo]

16. From those quotes, it sure sounds like she is a homophobe.