Colorado Senate Debate: Ken Buck Compares Being Gay To Alcoholism

[kpete]

Source: Huffington Post

On Sunday, Buck made clear that he believes being gay is a choice, although he said that birth may have some "influence" over it -- such as with alcoholism:

GREGORY: Do you believe that being gay is a choice?


BUCK: I do.

GREGORY: Based on what?

BUCK: Based on what? I guess you can choose who your partner is.

GREGORY: You don't think it's something that's determined at birth?

BUCK: I think that birth has an influence over it, like alcoholism and some other things, but I think that basically, you have a choice.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/17/colorado-senate-debate-ken-buck-gay-alcoholism_n_765670.html

[saltpoint]

1. I guess you can choose who your U.S. Senator is, too,

and I hope Coloradans choose Mr. Buck's opponent.

The upper chamber has enough clueless bigots in it already.

[Hawkeye-X]

12. It's Bennet, and I'm leaning towards to voting for him

instead of withholding my vote.

Wife's ballot came in, we'll fill it and then have it sent.

I'll vote November 2nd.

[donheld]

18. Withholding your vote is a vote for Buck.

You should know that.

[RKP5637]

2. Yet another bigot speaks seeking more and more power. n/t

[msongs]

3. speaking of gays and equality, DADT is still the law. nt

[lunatica]

4. The Earth is also flat and Dinosaurs were killed out by man

What he beliefs is worth shit, and people will CHOOSE to vote for him based on that shit. That's what choice is.

[Maine-ah]

5. should have asked him

"when did you decide to be straight?"

[Downwinder]

7. He does sound ambivalent.

[vduhr]

13. He should watch this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJtjqLUHYoY

[Stevenmarc]

6. Hmmmm so that's why I always scored well at straight bars

[customerserviceguy]

8. I saw that too

and was a bit surprised that he was so open about his bigotry. That really is what explains reich wing opposition to equal rights for gay people, they believe that it is a choice. A choice that society can either allow or discourage.

That's the attitude we need to combat before we can make more true progress on this issue.

[Stumbler]

9. You can't pick your sexuality but you can choose to be honest with who you are & come out

When will these people realize this? The only "choice" involved with sexuality is whether you choose to admit who you are and what/who you like.

[iamjoy]

10. Well, He's Right

You do choose your partner.

That being said, you can choose a partner to whom you are genuinely attracted, and have fondness, affection and yet, lust for - that is, a partner with whom you have mutual pleasure. ON the other hand, you can choose a partner solely for practical reasons.

Let us say that the bible didn't tell us that homosexuality is a sin, or that we decided not to follow that part of the bible, as we have decided not to follow many others (eating shellfish, slavery, stoning adulterers, etc) Could Buck take a male sexual partner and enjoy it?

[madamesilverspurs]

11. But Buck likes women. Right?

(inspired by a comment posted to the debate thread on Colorado Pols)


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[Xipe Totec]

14. Being celibate is a choice

and look how well priests manage to keep that vow.

[joshcryer]

15. His goddamn ads play every 5 minutes here.

[Demeter]

16. That Is So Ignorant, It Is Unbelievable

The only conclusion one can draw is that Ken Buck is an alcoholic and probably in the closet, too.

[KurtNYC]

17. so is he in the closet ? did he just "choose" a female partner

because he is in politics and needs to make the right choices ?

He compares it to alcoholism so perhaps he only "drinks" once in a while, wink, wink. Say no more, Know what I mean?

[L.Torsalo]

19. Some men, especially those who are closeted Republickers,

feel the need to have a beard. And a dozen martinis.

[okieinpain]

20. and yet there are gay republicans that are going to vote for him,

and dem voters that are not going to vote because they want to teach president obama a lesson.

[mikeSchmuckabee]

21. Cut him some slack, he only has experience with homosexuality

when he's drunk.

[alp227]

22. Why's there a gay rights movement if homosexuality were really a choice

and gays could be easily cured, then? :shrug:

[pipoman]

23. This is the kind of guy who ultimately gets busted giving handys'

in the park...