RI-Sen: Chafee GOP opponent wrote anti-gay columns in college
The Providence Journal is reporting today that GOP Republican primary challenger Stephen Laffey, who is running against incumbent Lincoln Chafee, penned several anti-gay columns during his college years, 1983 and 1984. Excerpts:
“I have never once seen a happy homosexual. This is not to say there aren’t any; I simply haven’t seen one in my lifetime. Maybe they are all in the closet. All the homosexuals I’ve seen are sickly and decrepit, their eyes devoid of life.”
and
“Why is the pop music of today so bad? Because it is communist to the very core. It’s turning the children of America into sissies and preying on the minds of every American, making them weaker and weaker.
“And how about this humanoid (I’d hesitate to say person, and I would never use the word MAN) Boy George. It wears girl’s clothes and puts on makeup. When I hear it sing, ‘Do you really want to hurt me, do you really want to make me cry,’ I say to myself, YES, I want to punch your lights out, pal, and break your ribs.”
Confronted with the comments, Laffey had this to say–asked if the columns reflected his views, he said:
“No. Not now, nor then, or ever . . . Do I regret writing some of these things? Sure. But at the time, we were just having fun. We thought it was funny.”
So Laffey thought that advocating violence towards a gay singer was “funny.” Mind you, this came at a time when gay men were being decimated by a mysterious new disease that ended up killing hundreds of thousands….and this pathetic excuse of a politician saw fit to find amusement in holding gays up to scorn and ridicule. Is this the kind of person Rhode Island wants representing the state in the US Senate?
I hope Chafee knocks him on his ass the way he deserves in the upcoming primary.
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Because there are so many happy straight people… with perfect iives and no divorce. God knows every woman I’ve ever dated has just been a walk in the park, what else would you expect, I’m straight life is good… idiot.
I will say though, that the commie music comment is funny. And I too would like to punch Boy George when I hear that song… not because of his clothes or because he’s gay, but because he’s just annoying. I’d spare his ribs though…
I won’t be pouring a 40 out when Whitehouse defeats whoever wins that primary.
yea its true the commie comment was funny, lol. And true BG is annoying and isn’t good for much these days besides picking up trash for community service after coking it up..but he WAS pretty good in his heyday.