Group That Blamed Gays for Penn State Scandal Sponsoring GOP Debate

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Fri Nov. 18, 2011

On Saturday, the GOP presidential field—sans Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman—will gather at the First Federated Church in Des Moines for what's being billed as the "first of its kind" Thanksgiving Family Forum. It's a chance for the candidates to make their pitch to the state's social conservative caucus voters. Frank Luntz, the pollster and Fox News personality who's moderating the event, promises there will be "no gotcha questions by the panel. No spin by the politicians. Just an authentic discussion among the people who seek to lead this great nation." Well, he's probably right about the gotcha questions.

The absence of Romney and Huntsman is notable because they are both Mormon—a serious issue at the most recent social conservative confab. But in light of recent events, perhaps the bigger story is this: The event is being co-sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM!), which just this week promoted an op-ed arguing that gays were responsible for the Penn State sexual abuse scandal.

Per Equality Matters, NOM's site excerpted a piece from anti-gay activist Michael Brown. The column went after Rush Limbaugh, of all people, for not having the courage to publicly link what happened at Penn State to the gay agenda . . .


read more: http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/11/group-blamed-gays-penn-state-sponsoring-gop-debate

[Turbineguy]

1. Seems reasonable

in Crazyland.

[Aerows]

2. These people are crazy

Pedophilia is pedophilia. It's not like Sandusky would have gone after a grown man - if he would have gotten involved with a grown man, no one would have cared (well, except these homophobic whack jobs). He went after kids because he's a pedophile. He'd still be a pedophile if it had been little girls he was after, and would have had nothing to do with heterosexuality or homosexuality - it's about depravity.

[hifiguy]

3. Black is white,

up is down,
the sun rises in the west,
The Flintstones is a documentary,
and the moon is made of green cheese.

It all makes perfect sense in fundymentalpatientland. :crazy: :hurts:

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. The GOP contenders need to be publically challenged on this

Get them on camera. If they disavow this asinine group and their beliefs we can do much to bury this slur. If they don't they'll be buried in the polls, which is almost the same thing in the long run.