Saturday, October 28, 2006
Times editorial page on the GOP's broken record
It's an odd place to be one of the few people of my political beliefs to be reaching out to traditional conservative leaders on the issue of hypocrisy in the government. As I do my outreach across the political spectrum each day, I am amazed at how few of the nation's mega-church leaders had any suspicions about Ken Mehlman. They are finding the video clip interesting. That, coupled with my presentation of evidence about Larry Craig, is enlightening A LOT of folks from all over the political spectrum.
An editorial in the New York Times slams the Republicans and Bush over their homophobia and hypocrisy:
An editorial in the New York Times slams the Republicans and Bush over their homophobia and hypocrisy:
All this is, as everyone knows, just a show for rousing the base. If the last month has taught us anything about the Republican Party, it is that homophobia is campaign strategy, not conviction. Congressmen who trust their careers to gay staffers vote for laws to enshrine second-class citizenship for gays in the Constitution. Gay appointees and their partners are treated as married people at official ceremonies and social gatherings. Then whenever an election rolls around, the whole team pretends it’s on a mission to save America from gay marriage.
Mr. Bush and his faithful acolytes seem perfectly willing to stoke fears that create division and sorrow in a country that doesn’t need any more of either. The president has just a little more than two years left in office. You’d think that for once he’d want to consider devoting his time to making things better instead of worse.
By: Michael Rogers
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