Posted by
Husker Jeff on Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:17:30 AM
Senator Larry Craig is under fire for a horrible crime. It seems that while in the bathroom, he tapped his foot and moved it sideways. He also reached down. This means he is gay. Errrr, sorry, but I guess I am gay because I am sure I have done all of those things at one time or another. I just didn’t know it. I think that this is a true crock. Unless someone touches another person or propositions them, I see no issue and no truth of any rumor.
But he may be gay. That is true. Can a person be gay and a Republican? I personally see no reason why not. In my perspective, there are 3 general areas of conservative thought. These are primarily fiscal responsibility, second libertarian freedom, and third Christian morality. There tends to be strong overlap in the conservative base, but you can easily be an atheist conservative. We can see from George Bush and much of the republican Congress that you don’t have to be fiscally responsible and in many cases not libertarian to call yourselves Republicans, though I tend to say those are the RINOs and certainly not conservatives. I would say that a gay person who believes in fiscal responsibility and freedom is more valued as a conservative as a strong Christian who spends like a drunken sailor.
Lets take the most conservative person. One with strong Christian beliefs as well as the other two sets. Can this person be gay? I have a surprise to many of you, conservative people, gay people, black people, white people…. are people. G*d did not tell man that if he believed in him that they would be without sin or unable to sin. He simply said that he would be forgiven his sins if he asked for forgiveness. If a conservative becomes an alcoholic, a drug abuser, or a gambler, is he now a hypocrite because he speaks against those things? No, he is simply a human being who has failed the test of his beliefs. Similarly if a person believes that the gay lifestyle is wrong finds that they are gay, is this a contradiction? No, once again it is a failure to obey their beliefs, but also an understandably human failure.
In conclusion, I would urge my fellow Republicans and conservatives to fire Larry Craig if he is a big spending, big government activist. However, if his only sin is being gay, get over it and move on with your life and let him live his. That is, unless you have never sinned and know you will never sin again.