"Senator DeMint won't hire homosexual teachers and troubled by the thought of a gay president"

[TomCADem]

It is so sad that Republicans are going to win back Congress in 2010 and claim a mandate for their social agenda.

http://www.examiner.com/x-5445-Politics-in-Education-Examiner~y2009m12d14-Senator-DeMint-troubled-by-the-thought-of-a-gay-president

During an interview with Bloomberg's Al Hunt, South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint said he would find it troublesome if the country elected an openly gay president.

"It would be bothersome to me personally because I consider it immoral," DeMint said during the interview. When the issue of gay marriage came up, DeMint did not hold back from denouncing the notion.

"Marriage is a religious institution. The federal government has no business redefining what it is. Governments should not be in the business of promoting a behavior that's proven to be destructive to our society."

These comments are not surprising coming from a man who is described as the face of the Republican purity movement. His socially conservative stances were highlighted during a 2004 interview with Meet The Press. The Senator had expressed dismay toward hiring openly gay teachers in his state's public schools.

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DeMint also resorts to the classic Republican move by spreading anti-gay propaganda with absolutely no legitimacy or fact. "Governments should not be in the business of promoting a behavior that's proven to be destructive to our society." WHAT? Can he please share a single shred of unbiased "proof" to back this claim up?

[Union Yes]

1. I'm troubled by the fact that FASCIST bigots run our representative democracy. knr nt

[Deja Q]

2. what social agenda? The only difference between a republican and an anarchist is

the anarchist is honest upfront about his intentions.

[msongs]

3. haaven't you heard, we must be bipartisan and work together...with our repub amigos nt

[Initech]

4. I'm so tired of these Christian bigots who somehow manage to keep getting elected.

[Jamastiene]

5. God is in the mix.

We still have DADT and DOMA and we still do not have full equality here in America. Nothing is changing that, no matter how much you try to "frighten" us. Same difference.

Or were you expecting some major pearl clutching? Fail.

[northzax]

6. I agree totally

Marriage s a religious institution. And the government should have nothing to do with it. Works for me.

[Bitwit1234]

7. I'd rather have a gay president than a republican president who is an

A**HOLE LIKE DEMINT.