Grover Norquist: "We don't have annual parades for gun owners..

[dave29]

"we don't have annual parades for gun owners so everyone can appreciate that gun ownership is an alternative lifestyle and look at how great we are." He also allegedly quipped that liberals "don't want you" -- meaning the mostly male audience -- "to date girls." Hostile references to gays were reportedly uttered at the same event by conservative pollster Kellyanne Conway and a commentator named Debbie Schlussel, who derided lesbian talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell, an outspoken NRA critic, as a "freak."

Norquist denies making the statements attributed to him: "I recognize each as a bizarre paraphrase of something yanked out of context. The quotes are not accurate and the implication is not accurate. I did not make any anti-gay remarks." He went on to say, "I am disappointed that the author missed the point of my comments -- that all members of the leave-us-alone coalition share a common wish to be left alone by the government. That certainly includes gun owners, taxpayers, property owners, home-schoolers, people of faith and libertarian gays. Left-wing gays who want the state to tell others who they can hire, et cetera, are more comfortable in the statist party."

Among his various pet projects is the Islamic Institute, a Washington group that propagandizes Muslims for the GOP, and which the Protestant Norquist serves as both lobbyist and founding director. On its Web site, the Islamic Institute quite forthrightly declares an anti-gay position as the only political outlook compatible with its members' faith. "Since Islam condemns any practice that contradicts the principles that ensure a prosperous, happy family and community, it requires a high level of moral discipline," the Web site explains. "In this regard, homosexuality, or any other form of sexual behavior that does not support the traditional family unit, is forbidden."

Norquist has also worked closely for many years with the Christian Coalition, which never hesitates to manipulate and exploit the anti-gay prejudices of its voting base.

Several years ago, for example, Norquist appeared in a hysterical anti-gay video produced by Jeremiah Films -- makers of the notorious "Clinton Chronicles" videos -- titled "Gay Rights, Special Rights: Inside the Homosexual Agenda." Warning that gays are "targeting our youth by preying on their vulnerability" and "redefining the family to include all forms of sexual preference and perversion," the Jeremiah video predicted that under gay rights legislation, "your church, business and school will be forced to employ homosexuals, bisexuals, transgenders, or those who practice pedophilia."

http://archive.salon.com/news/col/cona/2002/05/13/gays/

[LastNaturalist]

1. Why did they have to use the great name "Jeremiah?"

Fuckers....

:)

[Ken Burch]

2. Damn straight. That bullfrog was a GOOD friend of mine.

n/t.

[boppers]

3. Was he attacking the "Irish agenda"?

People have parades, and others freak out... hmm...

[brooklynite]

4. Someone should propose to Grover...

Get behind full constitutional rights for Gays, and they'll stop having parades. That's a fair trade, isn't it?

[xchrom]

6. No we won't why would you say that?

Even joking?

[chill_wind]

5. Norquist is unquestionably beyond disgusting. So are the John Birchers.

But if bizarre and unlikely political alliances on select issues give you the vapors or make your eyes bleed, then you probably shouldn't look, either, for example, at these partnerings all on the same page on the current Paul- Grayson Audit The Fed coalition.


TEOTWAWKI!

http://www.auditthefed.com/view-the-coalition/

[dave29]

7. I look forward to the TV ads:

"Hi, I am racist homophobe that believes the Democratic Party should be destroyed and the Government should be reduced to rubble. I'm standing here with my friend x who thinks the opposite. We stand United in our belief that the Government has gone too far, and must be investigated for it's role in the Financial collapse, because we lost a lot of freaking money. When I get that money back, I'm gonna make sure my friend here's son is thrown in jail for being a perversion against nature, and his daughter is arrested for killing her unborn child. But until then, we stand united."

[chill_wind]

8. Oh he is a very ugly destructive force

and don't mistake my point as any remote acceptance of him whatsoever. Just pointing out some lesser noticed additional political realities.

[dave29]

10. nod.

I have been a member of the not a Grover Norquist fan club since I can remember

[Zoeisright]

9. Oh Grover Grover, just come out and be done with it.

This thinly veiled hatred for yourself is just sad.