BEYOND SHAMEFUL
By Betsy Woodruff 06.13.16 1:00 AM ET
GOP Homophobes Suddenly Find a Use for Gays
After years of supporting some of the most discriminatory and hateful legislation aimed at the LGBT community, some top Republicans finally found a way to exploit the community as it grieved the Orlando shootings.
Anti-gay politicians change their tones right quick when they can use LGBT rights to tout their version of the War on Terror.
Some of the politicians most opposed to gay civil rights found the attacks on the Pulse nightclub the perfect opportunity to trot out their favorite talking points—even when those causes had literally nothing to do with the the attacks that left at least 49 people dead.
Ted Cruz, for instance, issued a lengthy statement connecting the attacks to, um, Iran.
“For all the Democrats who are loud champions of the gay and lesbian community whenever there is a culture battle waging, now is the opportunity to speak out against an ideology that calls for the murder of gays and lesbians,” he preached. “ISIS and the theocracy in Iran (supported with American taxpayer dollars) regularly murder homosexuals, throwing them from buildings and burying them under rocks. This is wrong, it is evil, and we must all stand against it.”
The alleged shooter, Omar Mateen, was known to the FBI and called 911 during the attacks to swear his allegiance to ISIS. But there’s no evidence that he coordinated with Islamic State fighters in the Middle East, or even that he communicated with them before the attack. And there’s absolutely nothing to indicate that Iran’s government was even remotely involved in the attacks.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/13/gop-homophobes-suddenly-find-a-use-for-gays.html?via=newsletter&source=DDAfternoon
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