Barney Frank let his claws out last night!
During a debate at Wellesley College, Frank, a gay Congressman from Massachusetts, took on political opponent Earl Sholley’s offensive take on gay marriage. When asked where he stands on the issue, Sholley, a Republican, made no effort to hide his disdain, saying:
I believe having gay marriage diminishes the value of the institution of marriage. I believe it’s a sacred pact between a man and a woman and it is so ordained by God.
This isn’t a civil rights issue. This I has nothing to do with environment. This has nothing to do with genes. There is no gay gene. This has to do with choice. In fact, there is a lot of evidence to indicate…I believe that it’s obsessive compulsive behavior it’s been estimated that 80 percent of homosexuals were sexually abused as children. I think we should be helping these people.
Frank was not amused, obviously, and shot back:
I hope it won’t be ungracious to reject Mr. Sholley’s offer to help me overcome the nonexistent child abuse. Same-sex marriage is of no concern to anyone who does not choose to enter into one. The notion that it weakens the institution of marriage is nonsense. We’ve had same-sex marriage in Massachusetts for four years; there has been no negative effect.
Indeed. And, frankly, we’re shocked Sholley thinks his right-wing rhetoric will win him votes.
andy_d
As long as there are people who CHOOSE to remain ignorant, Mr. Sholley will, unfortunately, have supporters.
Jaroslaw
If this is called “Barney letting his claws out” what would it be called if we said “straight people who don’t pay their child support demean marriage.”???
greybat
I don’t know, Jaroslaw. But there’s an easy way to find out!
Jeff
So, Earl Sholley is ignorant just because he does not believe in gay marriage. Thats really an invalid argument. Do you believe that the moon is made of cheese? I do, so if you don’t believe what I believe – then you must be ignorant.Get the point? We cannot go around tagging people as ignorant just because they hold different views – that in itself is ignorance. If you wanted to have a legit discussion of the two candidates – lets look at the fact that Barney Frank is responsible for the financial collapse of this nation. Do some research and you will see that Barney has been a bad bad boy and he should not have your support just because he is gay.