Why Rick Perry Should Worry About Equating Homosexuality to Alcoholism

[William769]

Rick Perry's comparison of homosexuality to alcoholism could hurt his campaign if a recent example from Colorado of a similar misstep is a harbinger of things to come.

The aspiring Republican presidential nominee wrote in his 2008 book, On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For, that, "Even if an alcoholic is powerless over alcohol once it enters his body, he still makes a choice to drink. And, even if someone is attracted to a person of the same sex, he or she still makes a choice to engage in sexual activity with someone of the same gender."

Those comments sound eerily similar to the ones made by former Republican candidate Ken Buck, who lost his U.S. Senate bid in 2010 despite a wave election for the GOP.

"I think that birth has an influence ... like alcoholism and some other things, but I think that basically, you have a choice," Buck said of sexual orientation during a debate on Meet the Press. Washington, D.C., politics site The Hotline named the gaffe to its list of "Moments That Made the Midterms" because Buck's entry into social issues seemed to diminish the Tea Party candidate's standing with centrists.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/08/25/Why_Rick_Perry_Should_Worry_About_Equating_Homosexuality_to_Alcoholism/

[orpupilofnature57]

1. From the man that worsened the drought with prayer.

[dtexdem]

2. And it won't help him with a major portion of his base: homophobic alcoholics.

AKA Texas rednecks. ;-)

[BR_Parkway]

3. so he thinks we're all disabled? Does that mean we all start getting our

gov't checks now? And finally protection from being discriminated against? That would be Fabulous!!

I still say we should have organized and declared LGBT a religion years ago