The Republican Culture of Prejudice
So how many of you all have heard of the so-called “Republican Culture of Corruption?” That is what a lot of Democrats use to describe the current corruption within our nation’s administration and in Congress. The same label has been used by Republicans in North Carolina, labelling the Democratic-controlled state government a “Democratic Culture of Corruption.”
Fec and I, along with others, have started to compile the anti-LGBT langauge of GOP platforms in various states. Fecund Stench has a growing list of the results on his blog and I am going through the platforms highlighting, copying and pasting the nasty parts.
Although I wasn’t surprised to see that such anti-LGBT prejudice exists, I do have to admit I am a bit speechless to some of these things.
Take the Texas GOP Platform for example. On page 13 of the document, the Texas GOP has decided to define the word “family” as those persons being related by blood, heterosexual marriage or adoption.
Also in the document, however, the Texas Republicans have decided (as evidenced by the words “heterosexual marriage”) that same-sex couples can’t get married.
They have also decided that “no homosexual or any individual convicted of child abuse or molestation should have the right to custody or adoption of a child.”
So… It is the belief of the Texas Gay Objectors’ Party (GOP) that gay people just aren’t worthy of having a family:
- No marriage, because that is reserved for straight folk.
- No children, because if you do have one of your own (”related by blood”), you can’t have custody, and…
- If you want to adopt a child, they don’t want to let you do that either.
No partners… No children… No family. What kind of messed up rhetoric is that?
Indeed… The “Culture of Corruption” is a bad thing, but I’m going to go ahead and say that their “Culture of Prejudice” is just as bad, if not worse.
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5 Responses to “The Republican Culture of Prejudice”
I think this is a great idea. Why not call it the “War on Equality” - people seem to like wars these days. If there was ever a Hall of Shame thes guys would all be in it. I’ll be curious to see what happens in November and 2008. But it still boggles the mind how a corrupt, fascist hate group ever came to power in this country, maybe we should ask the Germans.
By Rudicus on Jul 18, 2006
I totally agree with you when you say that there is a “War on Equality,” but be careful how you use the word. “War” sounds too physical and violent. You are right though, the Republicans are fighting tooth and nail (politically and socially) to keep gay people unequal.
And… The Republicans are pretty bad, but I wouldn’t compare them to the Germans. The Republicans, at least, haven’t started systematically killing their own people. The hate and prejudice may be similar, but Thank God, the outcomes haven’t been (so far anyways).
On the flip side though, my friend told me about some radical Christian group which wants to take all the homosexuals in the United States and put them in internment camps. I wonder what will happen when one of their kids turns out to be gay?
By Matt on Jul 18, 2006
I’ll tell you what would happen - remember Zak from last year, he came out and his parents sent him to a re-education camp. I’m not saying we’ve crossed into German territory yet, but we are on a very slippery slope - especially considering how some of these folks seem to be thinking and operating.
By Rudicus on Jul 19, 2006
Yup… I remember Zach Stark. I wrote about him a lot.
By Matt on Jul 19, 2006