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10/09/2014
Jim Garlow, other Prop 8 figures get out the vote for pro-LGBT Democrat; seriously
In another sign of the deep trouble the GOP is having with its quickly collapsing tent, a group of California conservatives, many of whom were prominent in the Prop 8 battle (Jim Garlow, Chris Clark, Charles LiMandri) have issued an open letter encouraging people to vote for pro-equality Democrat Scott Peters rather than openly gay Republican Carl DeMaio in the race for California's 52nd congressional district. Moreover, this band of anti-LGBT activists is calling on voters in Oregon and Massachussets to follow suit:
Why is Carl DeMaio so damaging as a potential Congressman?
Here are a few reasons:
DeMaio is an avowed LGBTQ activist (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning).
The LGBTQ movement believes in a genderless society, where God's order of male and female is denied. Their goal is much greater than that. It is to impose their views upon us, with the intent of abolishing our rights to freedom of religious conscience, coercing us to affirm homosexual practice and to forever alter the historic, natural definition of marriage. Allow us to be clear, in court cases all over America, it is now overwhelmingly evident that religious liberty and the radical homosexual agenda can not co-exist. Authentic biblical believers are losing their right to the first amendment expression whenever the homosexual agenda gets its way.
DeMaio has made it very clear that if he were elected, he would cater to the LGBTQ activists. Here is a newspaper interview comment from Carl DeMaio: "When I'm elected mayor, I will be one of the highest ranking LGBT officials in the nation. And the highest ranking Republican LGBT official. While my focus will be on fiscal and economic reform in San Diego, I also recognize the opportunity and obligation to serve as a role model for the LGBT community. We are currently evaluating several organizations and efforts to define the best way for me to serve as a role model." Gay San Diego, Sept 7, 2012
Carl DeMaio is young, with a charismatic personality. If Carl DeMaio were elected to congress, those within the GOP who desire to destroy historic one-man, one-woman marriage, and those who desire to destroy life in the womb, would likely attempt to increase DeMaio's influence and stature within the Republican Party - becoming the poster child for the emerging left wing of the GOP. And as an incumbent, he would be virtually impossible to defeat.
But perhaps of greater danger is the fact that his rise in the Party would contribute greatly to a seismic shift: a loss of basic moral and family values in the Republican Party platform. DeMaio will actively advocate a platform where foundational moral and family issues would essentially be removed from discussion, looking virtually identical to those planks in the Democrat platform.
...As a side note, we would urge fellow Republicans and Independents in Massachusetts and Oregon to vote for the Democrat opponents of the two Republican candidates, who likewise oppose the Republican Platform. They are: Democrat Seth Moulton, rather than Republican Richard Tisei, (MA 6); and Democrat Jeff Merkley of Oregon, rather than US Senate Republican candidate Monica Wehby.
FULL: Defensive Tactical Voting: Which candidate will do the least harm? [Republicans and Independents for Scott Peters]
You know, I've had a lot of things to say to Jim Garlow over the years. But now I need to say something I'm pretty sure I've never said to him before: Thanks!
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