Group That Blamed Gays for Penn State Scandal Sponsoring GOP Debate Tonight

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http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/11/group-blamed-gays-penn-state-sponsoring-gop-debate

Group That Blamed Gays for Penn State Scandal Sponsoring GOP Debate

—By Tim Murphy

| Fri Nov. 18, 2011 12:37 PM PST

On Saturday, the GOP presidential field—sans Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman—will gather at the First Federated Church in Des Moines for what's being billed as the "first of its kind" Thanksgiving Family Forum. It's a chance for the candidates to make their pitch to the state's social conservative caucus voters. Frank Luntz, the pollster and Fox News personality who's moderating the event, promises there will be "no gotcha questions by the panel. No spin by the politicians. Just an authentic discussion among the people who seek to lead this great nation." Well, he's probably right about the gotcha questions.

The absence of Romney and Huntsman is notable because they are both Mormon—a serious issue at the most recent social conservative confab. But in light of recent events, perhaps the bigger story is this: The event is being co-sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM!), which just this week promoted an op-ed arguing that gays were responsible for the Penn State sexual abuse scandal.

Per Equality Matters, NOM's site excerpted a piece from anti-gay activist Michael Brown. The column went after Rush Limbaugh, of all people, for not having the courage to publicly link what happened at Penn State to the gay agenda:

[madrchsod]

1. there`s some people over there that are dumber than cornstalks....

to bad the nation is subjected to them.

[sellitman]

2. Like I needed another reason not to watch?

Ok

[underpants]

3. Well well well lookee who (sort of) bowed down to their pressure

Limbaugh: Nobody Is Mentioning That Sandusky Is "A Gay Guy"
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201111180018?frontpage

Rush Limbaugh said today that the media are refusing to identify former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, who has been charged with child molestation, as gay, due to the influence of a powerful "gay lobby." Last week, Limbaugh said discussing this "elephant in the room" would "end my career."

A caller asked Limbaugh today about the "elephant in the room" that he had mentioned. The caller said that "we're always told that homosexuals are not pedophiles, but in this case, he sure was. And the same thing with Michael Jackson." Limbaugh replied, "Nah, not pedophiles, but I do think it's the elephant in the room that is never -- it's not called a homosexual problem or scandal or -- see there -- and the reason, there's a very powerful political gay movement, and it's oriented towards supporting the Democrat Party."

Limbaugh also said he didn't "want to be misunderstood." He explained:

LIMBAUGH: Sandusky does not represent all of homosexuality, just like the priests in the Catholic Church don't represent all of homosexuality, just like the aberrant criminals in heterosexual society don't represent all heterosexuals. But because the gay lobby is very powerful, people don't go there. People don't address it, they don't talk about it, and as such, an element of the problem never gets dealt with.