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Giglio, Anti-gay Hate, and DUers that defend it [View all]
Pretty shocking to see DU'ers defend the selection of Giglio (or refuse to criticize the selection), even after his anti-gay TERRORIST speeches were brought to light.
It is good to see that the percentage of DUer's defending this action is much less than in 2009, when the anit-gay terrorist Rick Warren was honored by Obama.
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I don't look at it as "defending," I look at it as throwing the wingnut dogs a bone.
MADem
Jan 2013
#1
Not nonsense--they were looking for someone who appealed to the conservative evangelical crowd, and
MADem
Jan 2013
#12
Clearly, they didn't realize he was a homophobic bigot--they just thought he was a right leaning
MADem
Jan 2013
#10
I think sometimes people make mistakes. The Inaugural Commission erred, and they fixed the mistake
MADem
Jan 2013
#16
I invite you to review the poster's comments about this subject in a variety of forums.
MADem
Jan 2013
#23
You keep claiming Giglio is all anti slavery, but he claims to believe every word of a Pro Slavery
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#36
Exactly - after the Rick Warren affair if they didn't know already, they should have looked into it
Maven
Jan 2013
#17
With Hagel on the line, they found themselves with too many homophobic plates spinning.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#5
So according to you, everything Osama bin laden said about killing the infidels
joeybee12
Jan 2013
#38