Earlier this evening, former Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell walked out of an interview on CNN with Piers Morgan. Morgan was asking her what her stance was on gay marriage and Don't Ask Don't Tell; two topics that are covered in her new book, 'Troublemaker'. She refused to answer the question.
Since she's not running for office, I guess she doesn't have "I am running for President of the United States" as an answer, like Bachmann.
Christine O'Donnell has a history of making ignorant, homophobic claims. In the past, she has said that the government spent too much money on AIDS and that "gays get away with so much". She's blamed many of her early quotes on "youthful excesses". However, in 2006, O'Donnell made perhaps the most anti-gay comment of her political career. In an interview with the Wilmington News Journal, she said the following:
"People are created in God's image. Homosexuality is an identity adopted through societal factors. It's an identity disorder."
Implying that being gay or lesbian is a psychological disorder shows a level of ignorance that hasn't been seen in decades. Until 1973, the American Psychiatric Association considered homosexuality to be a disease. Since then, they have come to the realization that homosexuality is not a disease. In fact, one cannot choose whether they are gay or not.
Comments like this are akin to lumping homosexuality in with pedophilia and bestiality. They are the views of an extremist, and do nothing but alienate people while instigating fear and intolerance.
With all the media attention on Christine O'Donnell, her opponent, Chris Coons, has practically been forgotten about. For those interested, I have posted one of Mr. Coons' TV ads below. Remember to vote and send the extremists home this November.
....Tea Party nutjob and abstinence activist, Christine O'Donnell. O'Donnell won her primary tonight after easily defeating the candidate the GOP really wanted for the job. This is a clip of Christine on MTV, back in '96, peddling her bullshit agenda:
Luckily, the Republican party has decided not to contribute toward her campaign, as she is, at last count 27 points behind her Democratic rival in the polls. With a Democratic win in Delaware this November, it will be all but impossible for the GOP to attain a 60 seat majority in the Senate.
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I haven't been writing as often as I would like to lately. Trying to catch up on some lost time. Please forgive me.
I'm an anarchist and an atheist. My political views are too far left to even be considered Democrat. I believe that marriage and health care are fundamental human rights. And don't get me started on people calling themselves "pro-life", and denying education and food stamps to children.
