Don’t worry Keyes fans, Joseph Farah has your back.
A lot of weak-kneed Republicans are running away from Alan Keyes because of his remarks about homosexuality. Weak-minded “conservative” pundits are making themselves look more “mainstream” by denouncing Keyes. Homosexual activists and their friends in the press have conducted a high-tech lynching of the U.S. candidate from Illinois.
Farah is pretty funny:
Alan Keyes didn’t say all homosexuals were selfish hedonists. Read the quote again: “The essence of … family life remains procreation. If we embrace homosexuality as a proper basis for marriage, we are saying that it’s possible to have a marriage state that in principle excludes procreation and is based simply on the premise of selfish hedonism.”
He said those promoting same-sex marriage are advocating a lifestyle choice based on selfish hedonism. This may seem like splitting hairs to those embracing the same-sex marriage program ? as most of my colleagues in the press do. However, they are two entirely different statements. Every major news organization in the world unfairly accused Alan Keyes of saying something he didn’t say. In other words, they lied. They lied big time. They twisted. They distorted. They even put words in his mouth.
It all depends on what Keyes meant by “Of course she is”
Or we can look back at his later comments:
NEW YORK?Illinois GOP chairwoman Judy Baar Topinka said today that her party?s nominee for the U.S. Senate, Alan Keyes, should apologize for what she called his ?idiotic? statement that vice presidential daughter Mary Cheney and all homosexuals, are ?selfish hedonists.?
But Keyes refused to back down today, saying he was merely stating what he believes is the truth, as he would to his own daughter if she engaged in lesbian acts.
?If my own daughter were a homosexual or lesbian, I would love my daughter, but I would tell her she was in sin,? Keyes said.
Keyes first made the remarks Monday night in his interview with a satellite radio network geared toward gays and lesbians. Keyes emphasized it was a reporter, not he, who brought up the name of Mary Cheney, who the vice president has publicly acknowledged is gay.
?I did not personalize this,? Keyes said, blaming the media for inserting Cheney?s name into his academic discussio
So can someone let me know how this isn’t about Cheney’s daughter and homosexuals in general?
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