Joe the Plumber calls gays 'queer'
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| Thu, 05-07-2009 - 12:54pm |
http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1110ap_us_joe_the_plumber.html
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FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2008 file photo, Samuel "Joe The Plumber" Wurzelbacher speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. at a Town Square Stop in Washington Park in Sandusky, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
NEW YORK -- Samuel Wurzelbacher, the Ohio man hailed as "Joe the Plumber" by Republican John McCain's presidential campaign last year, said he believes gays are "queer" and said he won't allow them near his children.
Nevertheless, Wurzelbacher said the decision about whether to allow same-sex couples to marry should be left to states.
"People don't understand the dictionary - it's called queer," Wurzelbacher told Christianity Today in an interview published this week. "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."
He added, "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."
Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay rights organization based in Washington, dismissed Wurzelbacher's comments.
"It would matter if Joe the Plumber mattered," Solmonese said. "One thing among many things we learned in the 2008 campaign is that he doesn't." (me: AMEN! Why is anyone even listening to him anymore?)
Remainder of story at link above.








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I don't really...but I do think it's important to know what the extremists are thinking & saying.
edited for brevity's sake :)
You realize that we don't actually vote on the use of "queer" in tv titles, etc., right? ;)
~Again, why is nobody upset with the word until Joe the Plumber says it?~
The link you posted which explained the controversy re: the word was written in 2003.
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Not at all! And your right...I shouldn't have used the word "appears" in appears to be a homophobe. It is crystal clear that he thinks that homosexuality is contagious, hence, keeping his kids away from them.
The title of this thread is"Joe the Plumber calls gays "queer"....If his use of the word queer doesn't bother people but his homophobia...then why not title the thread...Joe the plumber is a homophobe. ?
It's obvious that this guy isn't too smart. He doesn't do the Republican party any favors...he was convenient for them when he got Obama to say that he was going to spread the wealth around...hence the socialism theory.
I just don't understand why the liberals keep him in the news (along with Sarah Palin). Don't people realize that even bad publicity is good?
She was just quoting the title of the news item.
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