"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/