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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***Not every gay person embraces the word "queer" and not every African American person embraces the word "n***.
I agree about the b* word, too. And, I don't think that, just because some women/girls choose to use it, it becomes acceptable for a man to call me one and then go on a sexist rant, just because some women do. In that case, it would surprise me, just as in this case, that someone would have more problems with the women using the word, than with the man who used that word and was sexually harassing.
Just to mention, sometimes it's that people don't want their kids "exposed" to us (finding out that exists), rather than that they don't trust us.
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I think you need to go back to the beginning of my posts and re-read them. Never once did I say I was "upset" about anything. I merely questioned why others were upset with the word "queer" and found it offensive when many gays use it to reference themselves. I never once advocated anything that Joe said nor did I ever say I agreed with him. Please don't assume to know what upsets me compared to what upsets others. Please don't twist what I have said to suit your own agenda. It's quite offensive.
"I merely questioned why others were upset with the word "queer" and found it offensive when many gays use it to reference themselves."
"Please don't assume to know what upsets me compared to what upsets others."
You do the same, ok?
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I'll rephrase it and avoid using the word "upset."
~Never once did I say I was "upset" about anything.~
Maybe this is a good time to note that you've consistently been framing the situation re: Joe saying "queer"
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