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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com February 10, 2011
GOProud Slams Pawlenty Over DADT
The head of the conservative gay rights group attacks former governor Tim
Pawlenty for his support of defunding DADT repeal.
By Advocate.com Editors
GOProud chairman Chris Barron is blasting former Minnesota governor and
possible GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty (pictured) for his public
comments calling for a reversal of the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.
” Barron says Pawlenty is grasping at straws to find distinction among a
potential group of much better-known likely candidates including Sarah Palin
and Newt Gingrich.
Via AmericaBlog, the leader of the conseravtive gay rights group said in a
statement, “I understand that Pawlenty is trying hard to get people to pay
attention to his campaign. It’s certainly a challenge for someone with such
little stature in the conservative movement to compete with high profile
conservative leaders like, Herman Cain, etc. Unfortunately for Pawlenty,
comments like this simply show how totally out-of-touch he is with the
issues that rank and file conservatives care about. If he wants to show he
is a committed social conservative he would be much better served talking
about the need to defund Planned Parenthood, end federal funding for
abortion, reign [sic] in an out of control judiciary and support for a
parents rigths [sic] amendment to protect home-schoolers.”
Pawlenty said Monday that he would support the stripping away the Department
of Defense funds required to implement the DADT repeal. Both Barron and
Pawlenty are expected to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference
this week.
While GOProud is going on the offensive against Pawlenty, it finds itself
the subject of an attack by the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins. Joe.
My.God blog reports this statement from Perkins, who refers to the DADT
repeal and the fight for marriage equality:
"The demand by GOProud and other homosexual activists to legalize homosexual
marriage undermines the institution of marriage, in that it insists that
consent and affection are the only two criteria for marriage. In doing so,
GOProud joins with its liberal homosexual allies in opening the door for all
manner of unions (polyamory and polygamy, for example) premised on the same
criteria, and calls on conservatives to accept a definition of marriage
that is intrinsically illogical and defiant of rudimentary biology. ... Any
group that purports to be conservative should not attempt to destroy the
foundations of conservatism itself, and we will not aid and abet such groups
by partnering with them. Attacking both marriage and the military is a
blunt-edged assault on the two institutions that, with churches and
synagogues, compose the superstructure of our national life. On them hang
the future of our children, our economy, and our security. On these things,
true conservatives must never waver nor compromise." |
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