Thomas Roberts: Michele Bachmann Would 'Extinguish' Gay People

[Tx4obama]

Run time: 01:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTN3azTAjmg   Posted on YouTube: July 22, 2011 By YouTube Member: DailyCallerMedia Views on YouTube: 3433   Posted on DU: July 23, 2011 By DU Member: Tx4obama Views on DU: 2021

 

Openly gay MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts had some very harsh words for Michele Bachmann and the GOP on Friday.

Roberts was speaking to Jimmy DeSalvia, the head of GOProud, a gay Republican organization, about Bachmann. DeSalvia said it was important to "replace" a "failed president," and that his organization had reached out to all the GOP presidential candidates. (Bachmann is known for her ferocious opposition to gay rights, and video footage has shown that a clinic she co-owns practices so-called "conversion therapy" on gay people.)

"You will replace Obama with a person who would extinguish you," Roberts said to DeSalvia. He adding that Bachmann is someone who "doesn't believe that you have a right in this country to get married, that believes you don't even have a right in this country to be gay because she co-owns a clinic that will convert you."

Roberts has proved to be a tough questioner when it comes to gay issues. In June, he had a feisty conversation with the head of the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes gay marriage. He's also scrutinized Bachmann's record on gay rights before.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/22/thomas-roberts-michele-bachmann_n_907262.html


Note: I posted this elsewhere on DU before I realized that the video was on YouTube and could be posted in this forum (duh), sorry for the double posting.

[LAGC]

1. Any LGBT who votes for Bachmann should have their head examined.

Stupid hypocrites.

GOProud: they care more about their pocket-books than they do their very livelihood.

SOME THINGS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN MONEY PEOPLE!!!

[Tx4obama]

self-delete, something goofy happened with this comment. n/t

Run time: 01:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTN3azTAjmg   Posted on YouTube: July 22, 2011 By YouTube Member: DailyCallerMedia Views on YouTube: 3433   Posted on DU: July 23, 2011 By DU Member: Tx4obama Views on DU: 2021

 

[Capitalocracy]

6. I think you got a YouTube video in your comment there

now that's goofy! weird.

[Tx4obama]

2. I am totally puzzled how ...

ANY LGBTer, African-American, Hispanic, or WOMAN could ever vote for a Republican.

I actually do NOT have any close family members or friends that are republicans, so there is no one around me available in order to pick their brains so that I could try to figure out what their reasons are.
I think that is why THIS confuses me so much ---> http://twitter.com/ltdanchoi/status/94126671665446912

[Divine Discontent]

5. disturbing how he just glosses over the fact from the host about Bachmann's clinic!

[Veracious]

3. This guys needs to drink a cup of STFU

ANY LGBT who thinks they have ANYTHING in common with the rightwing is WRONG period.

[Divine Discontent]

4. an old friend from a store I worked at was closeted, and he was a hardcore GOPer because of his

parents, who were GOPers. I believe hate seeped into his brain through their teachings, and I think that's what helped in keeping him ashamed and closeted.

[JAnthony]

7. Unfortunately there are morally and ethically bankrupt gay people just as....

there are straight people who are Republicans.

It's very unfortunate, but true!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. How do you extinguish people, do you make them extinct like a species of animal or

do you wave a magic wand or give them nervous pills in order to "cure" them?

[Frisbee]

9. Given her way...

Bachmann would most likely choose the former, given the ability to do so. She must know from her clinic that you can't cure "the gay" any easier than you can cure "the black".