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Given Tea Party focus on economic issues, no wonder gays have infiltrated movement

May 12, 2010 by B. Daniel Blatt

In  his reflection on the Maine GOP’s decision to adopt a new Tea Party-flavored platform at its convention this past weekend, James Taranto offers a great insight into social conservatives and Tea Parties:

In truth, most of the religious right is part of the spectrum of respectable political opinion in America. While everybody deplores racism, opposition to abortion and to same-sex marriage are mainstream positions to everyone except extremists on the other side. To call the tea-party movement socially conservative or “religious right,” then, does not have the same sting as calling it racist or violent.

Yet it does seem to be almost as inaccurate. An April New York Times poll found that while tea-party sympathizers were more conservative than average on social issues, by 78% to 14% they said economic issues are more important–nearly identical to the response from non-tea participants. While tea-party sympathizers were less pro-abortion than others, 40% said Roe v. Wade was “a good thing.”

One can see why liberals and Democrats would be eager to pigeonhole the tea-party movement as socially conservative. A substantial number of voters are put off by the religious right, either because their views are more liberal or because, even if not, they find its preoccupation with matters like abortion or gays creepy or beside the point.

Emphasis added.

Given this focus on economic issues, it’s no wonder Tea Party participants have not been averse to the homosexual infiltration we’ve detected.  Now, we wonder how those social conservatives would react if the media reported on gay participation in the movement which, by our observation, far exceeds that of extremists hoisting racist signs or spouting hateful racial epithets.  (Indeed, by our estimate, there have been more gay men and lesbians at Tea Parties in the Los Angeles area alone than racist epithets hurled by Tea Party participants at protests across the country!)

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Comments

  1. Leah says

    May 12, 2010 at 9:17 am - May 12, 2010

    Count me in! My partner and I are part of the “Tea Movement”. We may not be able to get out to any rallys, but fly our Gadsen and American flags proudly on our front lawn.

    Proud Tea Baggers from Stony Brook, Long Island!

  2. TnnsNE1 says

    May 12, 2010 at 9:26 am - May 12, 2010

    My partner and I attend and we fly our Gadsen and American flags.

    Very small town, Southern Maine.

  3. heliotrope says

    May 12, 2010 at 9:44 am - May 12, 2010

    Leah and TnnsNE1,

    Do either of you have any desire or hope of getting the TEA Party movement to incorporate the gay “agenda?”

    Or, are you supporting the TEA Party agenda over and above any other issues?

    And, do you feel like you are “infiltrating” or joining openly and enthusiastically with like minded people. Furthermore, do you think if you were known to be gay that the TEA Party people would even care?

  4. Brian Reno says

    May 12, 2010 at 11:29 am - May 12, 2010

    Dude. Infiltrated? I just showed up at our local rallies, EVERYBODY knows I’m gay – NOBODY cares. I get TONS more hate at the (gay) bar cos I don’t like ol’ Bammy….

  5. B. Daniel Blatt says

    May 12, 2010 at 11:38 am - May 12, 2010

    Leah, can you make our NY dinner on May 23?

    Brian, thanks for this additional evidence, wonder if MSM will report this narrative.

  6. Leah says

    May 12, 2010 at 1:38 pm - May 12, 2010

    B. Daniel Blatt… I wish that I could go. But I have to work. And when it comes to the Tea party movement wanting them to incorporate the “gay agenda” Well, the “gay agenda” is not my “agenda”. I am a lesbian who converted to conservatism in 2008. Yep, I was a big Hillary supporter. And I had done a lot of research on Obama at that time. And I knew that he would be very bad for America. I wasn’t keen on McCain, but when Hillary lost the nom, and McCain introduced Palin… I flipped big time. I think that I kind of woke up from a deep sleep. And I believe that the speach that Obama made in Berlin, really woke me up to the path that this man would take this country. And NO, it was and is not about race! For me it’s all about losing our freedoms. I believe in less Goverment, less taxes and I believe that the POTUS should be proud of this country and not bow and not apologize to other countries. Now, that’s my “agenda”… ” Don’t tread on me!”

  7. RJLigier says

    May 12, 2010 at 4:25 pm - May 12, 2010

    If your progressive/libertarian views are subordinate to federalism, social conservatives have no problem with LGBT constituents. Equal justice, not social justice.

  8. Seerak says

    May 12, 2010 at 6:26 pm - May 12, 2010

    If your progressive/libertarian views are subordinate to federalism, social conservatives have no problem with LGBT constituents.

    If you understand that federalism is merely a side show in the fundamental conflict between individual rights and state power, advocates of liberty have no problem with LGBT constituents either.

  9. John in Dublin CA says

    May 12, 2010 at 10:27 pm - May 12, 2010

    I have been to 4 Tea Party events now, and I’ve never seen a single instance of anti-gay bias. And I’m working full time for one of the most conservative congressional candidates ever, he couldn’t care less.

    My freedom as an American comes first. And most Tea Party people agree.

  10. rodney says

    May 12, 2010 at 11:54 pm - May 12, 2010

    Here’s a wonderful conservative woman who I believe also couldn’t care less about someone being gay….

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=867_1273703860

  11. Mark in Kansas says

    May 13, 2010 at 12:19 am - May 13, 2010

    Because the Tea Party isn’t about any particular social issues but rather is about the ever-growing Federal Government and the subsequent loss of individual rights, it looks like a natural fit for everyone who values individual liberty. Sexual orientation really isn’t an issue with the Movement. It’s probably even likely that were a candidate for office to be anti-gay with the intent to create legislation taking away more liberties from gay people that candidate would be considered to be unfavorable to the Movement.

  12. ThatGayConservative says

    May 13, 2010 at 11:03 am - May 13, 2010

    So how are TEA Partiers “racist” if we’re perfectly willing to toss out white, Republican incumbents?

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