cruz meet sparks apology

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Danzig

He stressed the Cruz meeting wasn’t a fund-raiser, and “I never would have, I never will” support Cruz, who opposes same-sex marriage.

Reisner said he and Weiderpass “have been passionate and devoted supporters of gay rights,” and “the only way we make progress is to engage with our opponents. I don’t need to sit with Hillary Clinton and talk about gay marriage, they’re with us. We have to work with the difficult ones and show them we don’t have horns.”

They (the LGBT community) don't care about that. They just want to write him hate mail, give him death threats, and boycott his company. They are such tolerant people. The LGBT community is very open-minded and tolerant. They are very respectful of people with different views. LOL.

I think Bill Maher had it right when he talked about the "gay mafia". Maher's exact quote was "I think there is a gay mafia," Maher said. "I think if you cross them, you do get whacked. I really do."

"Maher didn't elaborate on what he considers to be the "gay mafia," but the comment suggested he believes that there is a group of powerful gay people, or activists, who go after companies that disagree with their political views."

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.1747421

How is this any less reprehensible than if conservatives started a boycott and made death threats to gay business owners? I think that behavior from either side is disgraceful. But there is a huge double-standard. If conservatives engaged in the type of behavior (boycotts, hate-mail, and death threats) that the LGBT and liberals engage in, you would probably have the Justice Department doing an investigation and looking to prosecute them for a hate crime. But when the LGBT does it, they are just exercising their right to spend their consumer dollars the way they want.

If you read some of the comments from the articles, it is clear that many gay people (and plenty of straight liberals) believe that if you think that the definition of marriage is the union between a man and a woman, then you are a really bad, intolerant, hateful person. So then they are justified in their own hate for conservatives.

Let me be clear on my position. I am against anyone (regardless of sexual orientation or political affiliation) threatening, bullying, trying to intimidate, sending hate mail, or boycotting people's businesses simply because they disagree with a person on an issue. It would be one thing if the person was a murderer. For example, if OJ Simpson had a business and people boycotted it, I wouldn't have a problem with that. But to threaten someone, bully someone, or boycott someone's business simply because they have a different lifestyle or belief is totally wrong IMO.