Readers who recall 2010’s lowlights will enjoy this Q&A from LGBT advocate One Colorado:
During his time running Ken Buck’s campaign against U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, John Swartout watched as one Sunday morning on Meet the Press, Buck explained his opposition to equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, claiming that being gay is a choice and comparing being gay to alcoholism.
Now, less than two years after Buck uttered those words heard round the LGBT world, John Swartout is parting from his former candidate’s positions and voicing his support for civil unions in Colorado. His voice is one of a growing number of Republicans calling for the passage of the Colorado Civil Union Act…
Question: As a Republican – why do you support civil unions?
Answer: Supporting civil unions is about freedom. Individuals should be free to pursue a life of meaning and purpose as they define it. Government should not treat gay couples differently than it does straight couples…
Question: What can people be doing to increase support for civil unions within Republican circles?
Answer: It is important to stay positive about the issue. I have always taken my lead from Martin Luther King, Jr. It is more effective to be defined by what you stand for rather than by what you are against.
Perhaps he’ll do better imparting that wisdom in the next Ken Buck.
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Saw several at a recent young-ish Dems event. I give a lot of credit to those who have the courage to stand up to their party and tell them they’re wrong, too. Equality is non-partisan.
I don’t care what your politics are, don’t throw your former boss under the wheels. You’ll have trouble finding a new boss that way. I don’t see that he did yet, but if you want to support the gay agenda, remember the 13th Commandment while you do.
I’ve been giving Coloradans for Freedom the same courtesy.
Was your post a threat or just pointless concern trolling?
yes.
He can’t keep his commandments straight.
Damn that public education!
Are you for real? That’s funny.
How about the equality agenda, the American agenda?
What a twerp you are.
You don’t want to know what he says when he’s not out in public.
Any ‘pub still talking this line in 2012 is like a Klansman in the 70s. Only the hardcore haters still feel this way.
Young GOP toady willing to sacrifice all principles and do just about any shitbaggy thing under the sun to win. Seeking well monied angry OBN GOP’er who needs dirty work done. Practical experience in sbutle vilifying gays and minority groups through dog whistling. Not lots of experience or education, but plenty good with chapping lips on GOP ass.
You’ve got a future at Bushwood ArapaGOP. Do I get a referral fee for this ?
Thanks for clarifying that — as well as for clarifying that you do in fact come from the neanderthal homophobe wing of the party to which Mitt 2.0 is pandering, not the moderate wing of the party that included Mitt 1.0.
That does it for me, folks, . . . I’m no longer an agnostic — there is no god.
doesn’t mean there’s no hell.