Rick Perry never says anything bad about gays. He points out that the country is now open with peoples sexualities. They are able to be ‘out’ and serve in the military. He uses this giant step forward in thinking as a comparison to how people view Christians. Kids are judged when they openly pray in school. But all religions have been taken out of the equation(for fear of offending someone).I feel like there was a lot of focus on this mans usage of the word ‘gay’. and not on his campaign.

Nothing in Perry’s statements during this campaign or in the past would indicate that he is anything but anti-gay.

I’m very disturbed by the huge number of apologists that are saying this ad is being misinterpreted or that he was somehow lauding the end of DADT as progress. Perry’s rhetorical trick of linking the end of DADT to false statements about kids not being about to celebrate Christmas or pray in school is disingenuous at best and inviting a surge of anti-gay sentiment in this election (like those in the past) to distract voters from real issues.

A few of his anti-gay highlights below.

2003: Perry advocates for and signs into law a Texas DOMA claiming it to be part of his “ongoing efforts to prevent aggressive attempts to redefine marriage”

From Office of Governor website “Gov. Perry believes in the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman, regarding it as the linchpin of the family unit and, thus, society as a whole. In 2003, as part of his ongoing effort to prevent aggressive attempts to redefine marriage, Gov. Perry signed Senate Bill 6, the Defense of Marriage Act, specifying that Texas does not legally recognize a same-sex marriage or civil union. Two years later, Gov. Perry supported strengthening the law with a constitutional amendment, the Texas Marriage Amendment, defining marriage as the “union of one man and one woman.” (source)

July 2011: States outright that marriage equality is not ok.  He does seem to say that if a state passes a law that is their call, but then reverses that a few months later when advocating for other states to repeal equality laws.

“It’s fine with me that a state is using their sovereign rights to decide an issue. Obviously gay marriage is not fine with me. My stance hasn’t changed.” (source)

August 2011: Signs the National Organization for Marriage pledge that states that, if elected, Perry will send a Constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman to the states for ratification, and appoint U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges who will “reject the idea our Founding Fathers inserted a right to gay marriage into our Constitution.” (source)

October 2011: Perry advocated for the repeal of New Hampshire’s marriage equality, praising those in the state that were working towards repeal.

“As conservatives we believe in the sanctity of life. We believe in the sanctity of traditional marriage,” Perry said at the annual banquet for Cornerstone Action, a conservative advocacy group. “And I applaud those legislators in New Hampshire who are working to defend marriage as an institution between one man and one woman, realizing that children need to be raised in a loving home by a mother and a father.”  (source)

Additional items at Top 5 Examples of Perry’s Anti-Gay Agenda

And if that is not enough from his own 2012 campaign website

“Perry strongly supports traditional marriage. He signed the state Defense of Marriage Act and supported a marriage amendment to the state constitution, and he would do the same as president.”

so how is it that he has said nothing against gays again?

Small side note: I received 30+ messages from people expressing the same sentiments as tommygun13.  I’m actually shocked by that number and the 100s of similar messages that I have seen on reblogs. Instead of responding to all of them I have chosen to respond to this one message.  Why? Because tommygun13 did not write anonymously, something I really respect.  Any other apologists that want to write me feel free, but please read this in advance because I will likely just send you the permalink to this post with the understanding that if you do not agree with me we can be happy in the knowledge that we just regard this issue differently.

9 December 14 thom13

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