A Gay Event
by S.T. Karnick

The Democrat candidates for the party's presidential nomination just held a debate in which they discussed exclusively issues of interest to homosexuals.

The candidates of the party of homosexual activism got together in Hollywood to tell how each of them is serving the radical homosexual interest groups that provide major amounts of funding for the Democrats.

A moment of discomfort arose when New Mexico Gov. William Richardson, a strong supporter of homosexual activism in the law, answered a question about the causes of homosexuality.

Only two candidates came out explicitly for forcing all of society to recognize homosexual "marriages." Those were the Obscure and Obscurer candidates Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel.

The audience erupted in great cheers when each of the two nitwits made their call for forced legal recognition of homosexual "marriages."

The issue, it is important to remember, is not whether society will allow homosexuals to "marry." They may already do so, in whatever church or other sanctioning body is willing to do the deed. No, what is in contention is whether the government will force everyone to recognize such marriages. It is a governmental intrusion of monumental proportions.

The more prominent candidates kept their heads down and clearly tried to avoid making any big mistakes. They all dutifully promised to scuttle the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, so as to compel the armed forces to allow open homosexuals into the ranks. They also all came out for forcing insurance companies to provide health benefits for same-sex "partners" instead of leaving it up to the companies' discretion.

Sen. John Edwards courageously apologized for once having said that he opposed gay marriage for religious reasons. He said that he wouldn't impose his "faith belief" on the American people. Instead, he heroically promised to impose others' unbelief on the American people.

New Mexico Gov. Richardson agreed with the boilerplate Democrat policies the other prospective candidates called for, but he blundered when asked whether homosexuality was a matter of biology or choice. (The great majority of homosexual activists claim that it is biological, so that they can try to force governments to prosecute as illegal discrimination any private or public actions that treat homosexuals differently from others.)

When asked whether homosexual behavior is a biological imperative or a choice, Richardson said, "It's a choice." Some people in the audience gasped audibly.

His campaign organization then issued a denial of what he said in the debate, quoting him as saying, "I do not believe that sexual orientation or gender identity happen by choice."

This is the party that characterizes itself as championing individual freedom.

S. T. Karnick, The American Culture.