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RandySF

(59,279 posts)
Sun Jan 12, 2014, 07:40 PM Jan 2014

Michigan GOPer: Russian anti-gay propaganda law is 'common sense'

GRANDVILLE, MI — Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law is “common sense” according to a Facebook posting by Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema.

Agema, known for making inflammatory statements about gay people, reportedly endorsed the Russian law that makes it illegal to discuss LGBT issues in front of children.

According to the Washington Blade, a news site that covers LGBT issues, Agema’s post was screen-captured on Jan. 7 by Republican Party members with access to the former Grandville state representative's Facebook news feed.

According to the Blade, Agema posted a link to an Illinois Family Institute blog post by Laurie Higgins titled “Russia’s Anti-Propaganda Law Riles Pro-Homosexuality Crowd.”

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/dave_agema_russian_anti-gay_pr.html

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Michigan GOPer: Russian anti-gay propaganda law is 'common sense' (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2014 OP
I'm always puzzled by ostensibly straight people who are obsessed over gays and gay sex MrScorpio Jan 2014 #1
Big time. xfundy Jan 2014 #2
They always have the most lurid imaginations, don't they? QC Jan 2014 #3
Another case in point flying rabbit Jan 2014 #6
Dave Agema is an ass and an embarrassment to all of us. I live about 10 miles from catbyte Jan 2014 #4
He can move to Russia if he likes the country's law so much nt alp227 Jan 2014 #5

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
1. I'm always puzzled by ostensibly straight people who are obsessed over gays and gay sex
Sun Jan 12, 2014, 08:00 PM
Jan 2014

I'm not puzzled that most of these people are Republicans, however.

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
2. Big time.
Sun Jan 12, 2014, 08:17 PM
Jan 2014

And not just the idea of gay sex, but intricacies of what they seem to think all gays "do." They imagine these acts apparently whenever they think about gays, which is constantly.

flying rabbit

(4,644 posts)
6. Another case in point
Mon Jan 13, 2014, 10:53 PM
Jan 2014

A guy at work tells me he likes Elton John's songs, but he can't hear them without thinking about Elton having *graphic* sex with another man.
I say" That's one difference between you and me, I don't think about gay sex when I hear his music"
He shut up when he realized how his position might be construed.

catbyte

(34,458 posts)
4. Dave Agema is an ass and an embarrassment to all of us. I live about 10 miles from
Sun Jan 12, 2014, 08:25 PM
Jan 2014

Grandville and he's been spewing ignorant shit like this locally for way too long. I am so sick and tired of these Neanderthal bastards. We have got to jettison these cretins in November.

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