Joe the Plumber, who became the face of the Republican party during the presidential election of 2008, is opening that cesspool of a mouth of his - again. This time, Joe the Plumber is resorting to gay bashing to appeal to the nuts on the far right of the political spectrum. During an interview with Christianity Today, he said the following:
JOE THE PLUMBER: At a state level, it’s up to them. I don’t want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it’s wrong. People don’t understand the dictionary—it’s called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It’s not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. You know, God is pretty explicit in what we’re supposed to do—what man and woman are for. Now, at the same time, we’re supposed to love everybody and accept people, and preach against the sins. I’ve had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn’t have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they’re people, and they’re going to do their thing.
How disgusting is it for this man to come out and say something like that against gay people? That speaks volumes about how he is raising his kids. What if one of his kids happened to be gay? How much damage might he be doing by exposing his children to this brand of homophobia? Based on statements like this, and others made by this man since he popped onto the national scene, I imagine a lot of people would not want Joe the Plumber around them or their kids … and it has nothing to do with his sexual orientation. It does, however, have plenty to do with his hateful mindset.
Think Progress:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/04/jtp-gay-friends/
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