Gay Republicans Slam Romney For Speaking At Liberty

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Gay Republicans Slam Romney For Speaking At Liberty

LYNCHBURG, VA – The gay consevative group GOProud is not happy Mitt Romney chose to speak at Liberty University Saturday.

A statement from GOProud co-founder Jimmy LaSalvia was sent to reporters as Romney delivered his address:

Today, Governor Mitt Romney spoke at Liberty University. Liberty was founded by the late Jerry Falwell, who in 2007 said, “AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it would be like an Israelite jumping in the Red Sea to save one of Pharaoh’s charioteers … AIDS is not just God’s punishment for homosexuals; it is God’s punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.”

The speech at Liberty comes just days after top Romney adviser Ed Gillespie said that Governor Romney would campaign on the issue of marriage. In response, JimmyLaSalvia, Executive Director and Co-Founder of GOProud – a national organization of gay and straight Americans seeking to promote freedom by supporting free markets, limited government, and a respect for individual rights, issued the following statement:

“The father of the modern conservative movement, former US Senator Barry Goldwater, once said of Jerry Falwell that he needed a kick in the ass. With his speech at Falwell’s Liberty University, it is clear that Governor Romney’s message to Goldwater conservatives is: drop dead.

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“These concerns aren’t just concerns of our organization, these are concerns shared by many limited government conservatives. If Governor Romney hopes he can alleviate these concerns and unite the conservative movement by grossly engaging in the culture wars, as he did today at Liberty University, he is sadly mistaken.

“We have said since our founding in 2009, that we are committed to defeating Barack Obama. We remain committed to Obama’s defeat. However, if Governor Romney expects to be the candidate who can beat Obama in November then he needs to embrace a strategy that makes victory possible – falling into the culture war trap laid by Obama is a guaranteed electoral loser.

“It is not too late. If Governor Romney wants to unite conservatives and motivate Tea Party voters then he needs to embrace bolder positions on taxes, entitlement reform, healthcare and spending, not pander to big government theocrats.”

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What a confused bunch!

[DearAbby]

1. GOP party isn't all that into you

Squirm all you want. Doesn't change the fact, the GOP as a party aren't into you. To them you are sub human, second class. Get back into that closet.

[steve2470]

2. Gay Republicans = Cows for McDonalds nt

[TlalocW]

3. These people are some of the stupidest people ever

Do they actually think Tea Party voters would go along with Romney if he suddenly started embracing gay rights? Yeah, they pretended to be mainly about economic issues at the beginning, but they're just as anti-gay as the religious nutjob wing of the party.

TlalocW

[sarcasmo]

4. My brain can't understand Gay Republicans.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. I thought they weren't single-issue voters.

Take a little homophobia for the team, gay Republicans!

[JoePhilly]

6. Is their moto ... "We're here! We're Queer! You can persecute us if we get lower taxes!."??

Doesn't seem to flow.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. Romney's appearance seems like an intentional slap in the face to the gay community

Not only did Falwell blame 9/11 on gay people, but Liberty University canceled its appearance at CPAC last year because they found out the Republican gay organization GOProud would be there. Liberty doesn't accept openly gay students and hosts ex-gay conferences on the campus. Romney surely knew all this before he decided to speak there. Romney's biggest applause came when he said that marriage is between one man and one woman. To further rub it in, Romney praised the anti-gay founder of Cjick-A-fil in his speech, with whom he shared the same stage. This was clearly a political message being sent by Romney.

[hifiguy]

8. Gay Republicans are the equivalent of

African Americans who want to enlist in the Klan. In other words, Uncle Ruckus from The Boondocks.

[MrSlayer]

9. Gay Republicans need to have their heads examined.

These people take self-hatred to a new level. Either that or they're just greedy assholes like the rest of them. Money trumps everything.

[ingac70]

11. From what I have seen most gay Republicans have or come from money....

And like making fun of people they view to be "less" than them. Money is what trumps everything for them.

[nanabugg]

10. They will still vote for him. nt

[cr8tvlde]

12. Seems an inadvertent but likely truly an Obama Trap...it's a no-win for them

The Republican Party is no longer conservative. It is reactionary Christian fundamentalist TPers forcing Mitt, from a Blue State into an extreme Red State mentality, which is out of the range of the very important voting block of moderate undecided I suspect he is very uncomfortable getting his marching papers from the Jerry Fallwells of the extreme right.

I predict there will be some years of wandering in the desert before they rejoin the 21st century.