Yet Another Anti-Gay Figure Backing Barack
As I return home from a wonderful weekend in the Bay Area celebrating the wedding of my sister to an amazingly decent man whom I’m honored to call my brother-in-law, I peruse the blogs to discover what I missed when I was busy with family, book stores and travel.
While taking a break from emptying my overflowing e-mail box, I was checking my favorite blogs when I found reference on Hugh Hewitt’s to yet another anti-gay advisor to the Democratic presidential frontrunner, Barack Obama. Apparently, the Illinois Senator seeks “spiritual counsel” from the Reverend James Meeks, slated to serve as an Obama delegate at the Democratic National Convention this summer.
Hugh links a piece by Duane Wells on gaywired.com who reports that Meeks has “been listed on the Obama’s campaign website as one of the senator’s ‘influential black supporters’.” The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reports that he has used “has used his House of Hope mega-church to launch petition drives for the Illinois Family Institute (IFI),” a group allied with such social conservative organizations as “Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council and the Alliance Defense Fund.”
Now, it seems my critics never fail to e-mail me (or berate me in the comments section) when they learn that some minister or activist who has said or done something anti-gay in the past has come out for my man McCain (See, e.g., this comment). If it’s a problem when the presumptive Republican nominee lists a man who has made anti-gay statements as a supporter, shouldn’t it be a problem when a leading Democratic presidential candidate does the same?
Don’t hold your breath. Being a Democrat and a favorite of the far left gives you a free pass when it comes to having anti-gay backers.
Maybe Andrew Sullivan can distinguish between Barack’s garnering the support of an anti-gay preacher and John McCain doing the same. Such intellectual gymnastics are beyond me.
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shouldn’t it be a problem when a leading Democratic presidential candidate does the same?
Nope. Apparently nobody’s supposed to expect better from liberals. When they act like stupid 4 year olds and squeal that "Republicans are worse", you can bet anything you won’t get a shred of responsibility from liberals.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 2, 2008 @ 3:16 am - April 2, 2008
You would think Rev. Jackson, Bob Beckell etc. would be more adult than that. Guess not.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 2, 2008 @ 3:17 am - April 2, 2008
It don’t matta if Barama has gay-bashers on his campaign, fool. Â He’s black, so he’s a minority. Â You all being racist.
Comment by Mitchell Blatt (Links to Another Obama Bashing Piece) — April 2, 2008 @ 8:39 am - April 2, 2008
Few paying much attention will be surprised. Of course black separatist liberation theology is always and militantly anti-gay. Those destined to be shocked are the waifs that have actually swallowed the Dem line on themselves and their hellish opposition. The Dem press may hold it’s ears and perhaps even McNasty himself will refrain from exposing folks to this stuff but out here in the fields it will be a different story. Also look for a Rev Cone in the attic who explicitly enlists the aid of the Almighty in the enterprise of eradicating whitey. That’s literal. Check it.
Comment by megapotamus — April 3, 2008 @ 2:00 pm - April 3, 2008
They’ve taken the gay voters for as much as they think is there. Obama wants to be a celebrated minority on one hand and wants to corral black conservatives.
Many gays will feel the slight, the rest won’t see themselves as no longer "politically chic" and will follow because they think the must.
Comment by Shawmut — April 3, 2008 @ 10:22 pm - April 3, 2008