Who want their kids to be in the Page Program in D.C. if more GOP admit that they are closet gay?
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It's not the fact that these men are gay that make it not safe. Gay has nothing to do with it. \n\nIt is the fact that they are preying on young kids. They are pedophiles. I am sure there are straight men preying on underage female pages there as well, it's just not as newsworthy. \n\nTeach your kids that this kind of thing isn't okay and tell them to talk to someone or report it. A 17 year old should know that it's not cool and to tell someone. I would have gone to the police. It's just not right!
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This would be the best answer to the Republican Party - that way they would quit being shameless liars and saying that they spoke to "GOD" and "God told them to do this or that"\n\nThough there is SUPPOSED to be a seperation of Church and State, they never seem to abide by that rule either
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Hmmmm...doesn't this qualify \nthe Republicans as \nFLIP FLOPPERS?\n\nThey're against gay marriages \n\nBut for it \nif its Cheney's daughter\nbut against it \nif its YOUR daughter...\n\nYup...it sure sounds like a \nREPUG FLIP FLOP TO ME!
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What are you talking about the scandals, the pedophile in the Administration (Brian j. Doyle) or all the gay Republicans in office?\n\nJack Abramoff, Scooter Libby, Tom Delay, Carr, Dick Cheney or just Bush? 'OH" I forgot about "Your doing a heckava job Brownie," now clean your desk out!
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They will focus almost entirely on making voters happy so they can get re-elected, giving them time to make real changes.  The words, "...and/or sexual orientation" will be added to all legislature which addresses the subject of discrimination.  [No, I am not gay, but I am left-handed and fear that we lefties might be the next minority to be impacted by legislation that DOES establish the govenment as a religious apparatus privileging a particular set of religious beliefs with the net impact of discriminating against a minority.]  I guess I should say that just because someone is a minority doesn't mean we should make laws that discriminate against them.\nDemocrat leadership says they will NOT impeach Bush.  That is a comfort, as I believe that however sloppily he has done it, he is working in the role of a Washington outsider with the best of intentions, and I'm sorry he doesn't have the support of more people.  I can't wait until his term expires, but I don't tend to doubt he THINKS he's doing the right thing.  I have a tendency to tie intent with culpability.  Little character flaw of mine.\nMostly, I believe there won't be many changes.  I would guess we will try to withdraw some assets from Iraq and try to spend some money on education that was tied up elsewhere.  I would like to talk to any policy maker who regards the failure of our government to place a high priority on education as a "good" thing.  Just to ask why.  Maybe they could explain to me, "The new feudalism is good because: ..."  Mmm... Lobby regulation!  I just made that up.  I'm sure the Democrats haven't thought of that.  I'm going to go tell one NOW!
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And ALL republicans are above reproach right??????\nSorry individuals do not represent a party.........or do they?\nyou decide......\n\nRepublican County Board Candidate Brent Schepp was charged with molesting a 14-year old girl and killed himself three days later. \nRepublican Congressman Mark Foley abruptly resigned from Congress after "sexually explicit" emails surfaced showing him flirting with a 16-year old boy. \nRepublican executive Randall Casseday of the conservative Washington Times newspaper was arrested for soliciting sex from a 13-year old girl on the internet. \nRepublican chairman of the Oregon Christian Coalition Lou Beres confessed to molesting a 13-year old girl. \nRepublican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable. \nRepublican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation. \nRepublican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy. \nRepublican petition drive manager Tom Randall pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 14, one of them the daughter of an associate in the petition business. \nRepublican County Chairman Armando Tebano was arrested for sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl. \nRepublican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls. \nRepublican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester. \nRepublican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls. \nRepublican Mayor Tom Adams was arrested for distributing child pornography over the internet. \nRepublican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls. \n=============================================================================================================================================\n\n10. Sen. Daniel Inouye. The 82-year-old Hawaii Democrat was accused in the 1990s by numerous women of sexual harassment. Democrats cast doubt on the allegations and the Senate Ethics Committee dropped its investigation. \n\n9. Former Rep. Gus Savage. The Illinois Democrat was accused of fondling a Peace Corps volunteer in 1989 while on a trip to Africa. The House Ethics Committee decided against disciplinary action in 1990.\n\n8. Rep. Barney Frank. The outspoken Massachusetts Democrat hired a male prostitute who ran a prostitution service from Frank’s residence in the 1980s. Only two Democrats in the House of Representatives voted to censure him in 1990.\n\n7. Former Sen. Brock Adams. The late Washington Democrat was forced to stop campaigning after numerous accusations of drugging, assault and rape, the first surfacing in 1988.\n\n6. Former Rep. Fred Richmond. This New York Democrat was arrested in 1978 for soliciting sex from a 16-year-old. He remained in Congress and won re-election—before eventually resigning in 1982 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and drug possession.\n\n5. Former Rep. John Young. The late Texas Democrat increased the salary of a staffer after she gave in to his sexual advances. The congressman won re-election in 1976 but lost two years later. \n\n4. Former Rep. Wayne Hays. The late Ohio Democrat hired an unqualified secretary reportedly for sexual acts. Although he resigned from Congress, the Democratic House leadership stalled in removing him from the Administration Committee in 1976. \n\n3. Former Rep. Gerry Studds. He was censured for sexual relationship with underage male page in 1983. Massachusetts voters returned him to office for six more terms.\n\n2. Former Rep. Mel Reynolds. The Illinois Democrat was convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault with a 16-year-old. President Bill Clinton pardoned him before leaving office.\n\n1. Sen. Teddy Kennedy. The liberal Massachusetts sen
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I would hope that any parent would treat their gay child with the same respect and compassion that they would show a heterosexual child. I love all of my children and I show them all love and respect because that's what I get from them.
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Your question is flawed, you see, conservatives never grow up, they are still whiney, fantasy filled children.
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There are gays in both parties, Barney Franks being the most prominent of the Dems, he's been "out" for a long time.  Most gays probably feel they have to hide it or not get elected - there are way too many people around who would still consider that disqualifying.\n\nPeople need to distinguish between someone being gay and being a pedophile.  Pedophiles can be gay or straight - and most gays, like most straights, do NOT molest children.
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I am not liberal or a conservative, but I do think that it is wrong to teach children that there is a difference in peoples sexual preferences.  Children at that age should not know anything about what adults do.  I know it is hard to keep them from hearing everything, but there is no reason to put it right in front of them.  The schools should teach acceptance of all people despite race, gender, etc.  I think that in this day and age it is hard for us to protect our children from all the harsh realities of life.  Your son will be exposed to this at some point in the future but it is up to you to teach him what you want him to know.  And, you have to be ready for your child to make his own decision on how he feels when he is older.  His best friend may end up being gay or something you don't like.  I think that you have every right to raise your son how you want to, but you need to be ready for him to rebel in some way, or to just not have the same convictions as you.  I know that my parents are proud of me even though I don't have the same beliefs as they do.  My parents never tried to force their beliefs on me, but they did try to influence my decision by telling me what they thought was right.  \n \nDon't try to understand the agends of the political world.  The basic thing is to make the other guy look bad so you will always look good.  It is all a bunch of crap anyway.  Go with your feelings and forget the rest of the junk.\n\n\nI would also like to ask a question:  Why does being gay have to be an issue?  Is a gay person not still a person just because he is gay?  Why do we have to fight over gay rights?  I thought that as a person we already had all the rights we needed to be allowed to live.  " the right to life, liberty, and the persute of happiness"  How does being gay change those rights?  If being gay is what makes a person happy then they have the right to be gay without being treated differently.
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Who cares. Alot of people are against who they are so who knows.\n\nThats all the republicans want to do. they worry about all the wrong things.
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No. Politicians tend to parrot what the media feeds them and they ignore the facts in the study from the US Department of Justice, that state the recidivism rate for former sex offenders for another sex crime is around 3.5%. Out of approximately 600,000 registered sex offenders in this country, that comes to about 21000 that are likely to re-offend with another sex crime. I realize that even one sex crime against a child is one too many, however, most child sex offenses occur within the child's home by someone who is related to them or someone who is considered a close family friend. The "Stranger Danger" spouted by the media and politicians is a scare tactic to keep the public terrified of going out their front door. The registry does little to protect anyone. The death penalty has never deterred a murder from happening and I would dare say that the sex offender registries will never save anyone from a  sex crime. If the government were to banish all 600,000 Registered Sex Offenders to an island in the middle of the ocean, within 24 hours there would be just as many arrests in the country for sex offenses as there are now. Politicians want votes and the sex offender band wagon gets votes. Most Reformed Offenders just want to get on with their lives. They have family, wives, children, and friends that are affected daily by the stigma placed on them. If a Reformed Sex Offender ends up back in jail, it is usually for another type of crime because the laws are restricting where they can live, where they can work. The system sets a person up to fail and then the recidivism rates increase. It is a shame that a Reformed Sex Offender can perform a heroic act in saving someone from a burning building, but the first thing the media publishes is the fact that he/she was a registered sex offender. No one reads any further than that label. Politicians lie and the media feeds them the lies that they tell.
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I consider myself republican and I believe it is but a blatant lie to say that the republican party denies basic rights to gays. They just dont support liberal issues such as same-sex marriage because conservative republicans think that it is immoral and wrong. But that is politics - the interplay of power.
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Ok first off, being a pedophile has nothing to do with being gay. \n\nI honestly can't answer this question... I don't know why they choose to defy themself. My only answer, being an ex-Republican, is that they choose to deny themselves for other reasons of their party.
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I think it is because Gay people have their own preferences just like straight people do....just because someone is gay doesnt mean they have to jump the bandwagon and become a Dem....Im Dem and I wouldnt want them to join the Dem party just because Dems are in support of gay rights and Reps are not......maybe the other issues Reps bring to the table outweighs that one issue of gay rights.....however, I do see where you're coming from though......you'd think they would favor the party that makes things easier for them...go figure
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Just look at the headlines today. Makes me laugh so hard I might pee my pants. Almost every person mentioned has a tie to the republicans and they are either having gay sex and taking drugs or stealing from the country.
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Of course they are. Do you have any idea of the Lesbian, cookie eating Republicans that want to rewrite English. They call it Bi-sexual, Ha Ha Ha, it's still being a Homosexual in all the books. Pat Robinson and Jerry Falwell call them an abomination, yet they vote them into office.