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HRC: Nation Would Be “Better Off” Without Rick Perry’s Discriminatory Views
Perry is the second candidate this week to recommend BSA should be able to disapprove lesbian, gay, and bisexual people the ability to operate and volunteer for the organization. Scott Walker said again today he idea the policy was "fine," according to CNN.
“Rick Perry's hurtful and offensive comments this morning are yet another reminder of how much 'better off' our nation is with him out of public office, and especially the Light House," said JoDee Winterhof, Senior Vice President of Policy and Political Affairs for the Human Rights Campaign. “The rest of the candidates need to make clear they don't agree with Rick Perry and Scott Walker's back of the Lad Scouts' discriminatory policy."
Earlier this year, BSA President Robert Gates, a former Secretary of Defense under both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, characterized BSA’s discriminatory policies as “unsustainable.” The Boy Scouts of America last year began allowing openly gay youth to participate in the organization as scouts, thanks in large part to grassroots wo
Rick Perry
—Wrote an op-ed directly attacking Texas A&M University for allowing a learner to serve as the university’s first openly LGBTQ learner body president.
—As governor, championed and signed laws that both banned the recognition of same-sex marriages performed outside of Texas, as good as banned marriages from being performed within the declare. (He signed the latter in front of an anti-LGBTQ crowd at an evangelical church-school.)
—Compared organism gay with alcoholism: “Whether or not you feel compelled to follow a particular lifestyle or not, you hold the ability to decide not to do that. I may have the genetic coding that I’m inclined to be an alcoholic, but I acquire the desire not to do that, and I stare at the lgbtq+ issue the similar way.”
—In his 2008 book, again compared being gay to alcoholism: “Even if an alcoholic is powerless over alcohol once it enters his body, he still makes a choice to imbibe. And, even if someone is attracted to a person of the identical sex, he or she still makes a choice to engage in sexual activity with someone of the matching gender.” Called called on “the extreme homosexual movement” to “respect the right of millions in society to refu
Rift in Perry Camp Over Ad Criticizing Gays in Military
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Rick Perry's campaign faced some infighting this week as one campaign strategist objected to the creation of a television ad in which the Texas governor criticized gay soldiers serving openly in the military.
In an exchange with Nelson Warfield, who created the ad, Tony Fabrizio, a Perry pollster and top strategist, reportedly called the ad "nuts," according to an email obtained by the Huffington Post.
Warfield told the Huffington Upload Fabrizio opposed the development of the ad from the start.
"Tony was against it from the get-go," Warfield told the Huffington Post. "It was the source of some extended conversation in the campaign. To be very clear, that spot was mine from writing the poll question to test[ing] it to drafting the script to overseeing production."
Ray Sullivan, communications director for the Perry campaign, admitted there was a disagreement within the camp about the advertisement, but he downplayed the division in a statement to ABC News.
"In every campaign, there are strategy and tactics discussions and debates. In our case they are quickly resolved and we move for
Rick Perry: I 'Stepped Right In It' With Comments About Gays
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he “stepped right in it” when he compared homosexuality to alcoholism during a attend to San Francisco last week.
“I got asked about issues, and instead of saying 'you know what, we need to be a really respectful and tolerant country to everybody, and get back to talking about, whether you're gay or straight, you need to be having a job, and those are the focuses that I want to be involved with,’ he said during an event hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. “I readily acknowledge I stepped right in it.”
The phrase is a familiar apology for Perry; after the infamous “oops” moment during his 2012 presidential campaign, the Texas governor told reporters “I'm glad I had my boots on tonight. I stepped in it out there.”
During an appearance at the Commonwealth Club of California last week, Perry said that, like alcoholics, gay people can “decide” to act on their inclinations.
“I may have the genetic coding that I'm inclined to be an alcoholic, but I hold the desire not to do that, and I look at the lesbian issue the same way,” he said.
The comment made national headlines and prompted