By John Jalsevac
August 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last night’s falsely advertised gay “debate,” broadcast on LOGO, was an opportunity to answer the question about the various Democratic presidential hopefuls: “Who is the gayest of them all?” The day after the event, however, and the question appears to have no real answer, since all of the candidates that accepted the invitation to participate in the all-gay-issue forum seemed intent on outdoing each other in toeing the line of total homosexual orthodoxy, with the minor exception of the gay doctrine of same-sex “marriage”.
Last night six of the major Democratic presidential hopefuls each appeared before a panel of well-known pro-homosexual inquisitors, who grilled the candidates on their support for the various tenets of the gay agenda.
As Matt Barber, the Policy Director for Cultural Issues at Concerned Women for America pointed out today, there were few surprises.
“All of the candidates expressed their support for the homosexual lobby’s fundamental legislative wish,” observed Barber. “Each endorsed the repeal of Bill Clinton’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, which would allow open homosexuals in the military. Each supported granting homosexuals and cross-dressers specially protected minority status relative to employment…and each backed some form of legal marital recognition (‘civil unions’) for homosexual relationships.”
However, there were some tense moments during last night’s forum, when certain candidates refused to explicitly support one or another aspect of the complete pro-gay agenda. In what is being called one of the more “shocking” moments of the evening – or, as PinkNews referred to it, a “jaw-dropping” moment – New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson made the mistake of answering a question about whether homosexuality is a choice or an inborn condition, by saying, quite firmly, “It’s a choice.”
Richardson, however, quickly realized his mistake after the studio audience began mumbling their disapproval. As the pro-gay news source PinkNews observed in their analysis of the Democratic gay-forum, questioner singer Melissa Etheridge attempted to steer Richardson towards the “right” answer. “With her gestures, facial expressions, and laughter, Etheridge was essentially guiding Richardson to the right answer, but still Richardson could not see it,” wrote PinkNews analyst Lisa Keen.
“I don’t think you understand the question,” said Etheridge helpfully after Richardson gave his heretical answer. “Do you think a homosexual is born that way, or do you think around seventh grade we think, ‘Oooo, I wanna be gay?”
An evidently flustered Richardson, however, didn’t take the hint, and instead fumbled around for several minutes, finally pointing out that this particular matter was an issue for scientists, and not for him. “You know, I’m not a scientist,” he said.
Following the debate, however, Richardson’s campaign quickly corrected his mistake and issued a statement on his behalf saying, “Let me be clear – I do not believe that sexual orientation or gender identity happen by choice. But I’m not a scientist, and the point I was trying to make is that no matter how it happens, we are all equal and should be treated that way under the law.”
Only two of the six candidates, however – former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel and Rep. Denis Kucinich of Ohio – said that they were willing to endorse homosexual “marriage”. The remaining candidates stuck by their support for so-called same-sex “civil unions,” that would afford homosexual couples all the rights and privileges of marriage, except under a different name.
The panel of inquisitors, however, expressed their dissatisfaction with the candidates for not endorsing same-sex “marriage.”
“It seems like religion owns the word marriage” said the forum moderator, columnist Margaret Carlson, to Barack Obama at one point after he demurred from advocating for same-sex “marriage.” “You’re letting religion have marriage and then civilly you get civil unions.”
Hillary Clinton was also pressured by the panel to explain why she is opposed to same-sex “marriage.” While Clinton maintained her position, indicating that she personally supported “full equality” in the form of “civil unions”, she also said she supported the pro-homosexual movement in their efforts to obtain same-sex “marriage.”
The pro-homosexual movement is doing, “exactly what you need to do,” said Clinton about their efforts to legalize homosexual “marriage.” She added vaguely, “But this has not been a long-term struggle yet.”
While little was learned from last night’s exercise, Matt Barber of CWA summed up the true significance of the event, saying “The fact that this debate even took place is a sad commentary of the moral state of our union. It’s shameful that our nation’s moral standards have nose-dived to the point that it’s now considered good and ‘tolerant’ to hold a debate organized entirely around the promotion of sexual morality.”
“What’s next?” he asked. “Are presidential candidates going to be asked to participate in a debate on how to garner widespread acceptance of adultery or incest?”
A glaring void in last night’s forum, concluded Barber, was a discussion on some of the facts that have come to light recently about the serious dangers of the homosexual lifestyle, dangers documented by the U.S. Government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC, points out Barber, “recently revealed that 71 percent of all males living with deadly HIV/AIDS were infected with the disease through homosexual behaviors. That’s up 11 percent from 2001. Furthermore, the CDC has determined that homosexuals – especially males – are by far at greatest risk for nearly all forms of sexually transmitted disease as well as other lifestyle related injuries. This, in spite of – if not due to – so-called ‘comprehensive,’ condom-based ‘safe-sex’ education.”