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June 29, 2015 12:19 PM UTC

Gay bashing filled the halls of the Western Conservative Summit

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  • by: Jason Salzman

(As if they could help themselves – Promoted by Colorado Pols)

Rick Santorum.
Rick Santorum.

Reporters covering the Western Conservative Summit did a good job spotlighting the gay bashing that filled the event over the weekend.

The Denver Post got the money quote for irony from Sen. Bill Armstrong, president of Colorado Christian University, which sponsored the summit through its think tank, the Centennial Institute.

“I do think that the homosexual agenda in part is to shut down further discussion of the [morality of the gay] issue. That will not happen,” Armstrong told The Post.

Who’s shutting down the discussion? Armstrong is the guy who refused to let the Log Cabin Republicans have its own booth at the event to discuss the issue with participants, saying the pro-gay organization doesn’t fit well with his group.

The Post reported that Rick Santorum, who’s again running for President, shared Armstrong’s views during his Summit appearance.

“Why are we losing the public debate? You can’t win an argument you don’t make,” Santorum said. “We have been bullied into silence, in not standing up for the truth and here’s where we are.”

Of course, the anti-gay side of the discussion was well represented at the gathering, with presidential hopefuls slamming last week’s Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.

And, as I reported today for RH Reality Check, the official registration packets for the Summit contained a booklet titled, “Top Ten Myths About Homosexuality,” published by the Family Research Council.

The “myths” included that “homosexual conduct is not harmful to one’s physical health,” “children raised by homosexuals are no different than children raised by heterosexuals, nor do they suffer harm,” “homosexual relationships are just the same as heterosexual ones, except for the gender of the partners,” and, maybe the worst, “Homosexuals are no more likely to molest children than heterosexuals.”

Summit organizers did not shut down the pro-gay side of the debate completely. They allowed the Log Cabin Republicans to share a table with the Colorado GOP, and progressive bloggers covered the event. And The Post reported that younger Republicans at the event supported the Supreme Court’s decision.

Still, if you attended the Summit, and opened your ears, you heard gay bashing.

“I have nothing against gay people,” Ben Carson said at one evening session, adding, “Like everybody else, they don’t get extra rights. And they don’t get to change things for everybody else.”

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10 thoughts on “Gay bashing filled the halls of the Western Conservative Summit

  1. "Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet the Press" that if the Republican party doesn't change its official position on same-sex marriage it will "hurt" the GOP in 2016."

    When Lindsey sounds reasonable, you know it is the Party of Hate®.

    1. Lindsey Graham has gone all RINO on his party. First, he voted for Obama's Supreme Court nominees, then there was immigration reform, last week he was pushing to take down the confederate flag and now this…….

      And to think, he occupies the seat which Strom Thurmond held for the second half of the 20th century. The times they are a changin'.

      1. I've said this before, but Lindsey Graham is a cypher to me. He's often quite reasonable and then as if some hard-right passing angel (or demon) fetches him a whack upside the head, he'll say or do something ultra-right-wing. 

  2. Gay-bashing at a GOP event? That's hardly news anymore. Now if the state party – as opposed to its rogue chairman – voted to recognize the Log Cabin Dwellers as a GOP group or initiative, THAT would be newsworthy.

  3. My goodness Rick (google me) Santorum.  Pray tell how you are so bullied as to be speechless and yet I see and hear your hatred daily?  You are a lower tier ass and deserve your nickname.

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