There was an excellent article in today’s News Journal by reporter Ginger Gibson on the campaign of Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell.
O’Donnell founded a group, The Saviors Alliance For Lifting The Truth (SALT) that had an “ex-gay” ministry run by Wade Richards, who has since come out of the closet and renounces such “pray away the gay” groups.
Interestingly, Christine O’Donnell has a lesbian sister, Jenny, who lives in California. Many of us were wondering how she felt about her rabidly anti-gay sister’s campaign. Well, we got the nauseating answer in the News Journal article:
“A lesbian, liberal Democrat for Christine, right here,” Jenny O’Donnell shouted.
Huh? So, Jenny, you have such low self-esteem that you would help elect your sister, who would work to take away your most basic and fundamental rights?
I do understand that it is important to stand by family. But, in her entire public career, when did Christine ever stand up and support Jenny? It is quite clear that family values in the O’Donnell household is a one way street. Jenny is a dupe and a sucker to not recognize that she is being used by her sister to help moderate her extremist image. Shame on Jenny for leaving the LGBT community high and dry, so she can help her sister get elected to pass hateful anti-gay legislation.
Moving along, in the News-Journal article, I had a few choice words to say about O’Donnell:
Besen, who debated O’Donnell in the 1990s, said her attempts to ignore past statements don’t add up.
“I’m not buying it,” Besen said. “This is someone who was a radical.”
Besen said when he and O’Donnell were facing off, it wasn’t in their youths, but when they were adults with formulated opinions.
“I don’t disavow anything I said,” Besen said.
Besen said he wasn’t shocked that O’Donnell’s message has remained consistent, but broadened to capitalize on a fiscal conservative movement.
“I think Christine is being politically opportunistic,” Besen said.
I also talked about the fact she was a “true believing” zealot, that had real trouble with reality.
The founder of Truth Wins Out, a group that works to discredit programs that claim to cure homosexuals, Besen said her views were radical for conservative thinking at the time.”She really struck me as someone who didn’t just drink the Kool-Aid,” Besen said. “But was standing with the Kool-Aid guy stirring the pitcher.”
I think O’Donnell is nuts. But, she is not nearly as loopy as voters in Delaware if they elect her to the Senate, knowing full well her bizarre past, extreme positions and poor management of money.
Okay… so it’s genetic.
What can we expect from gay republicans? They have the Log Cabin group that year-in, year-out consistently supports the GOP financially and votes for a party that doesn’t want us to have any semblance of equality. Not one of them voted for repeal of DADT, they don’t support ENDA and they want DOMA to remain in place. In their delusion, they believe they can change their party from within. Well now, which bills have their party introduced favoring equality issues? Next time they have a convention, look to see if the Log Cabiners leader addresses the crowd. So much for the party of exclusion.
The problem with Gay etc. politics is not in it’s promoting tolerance but in its attempts to reorganize the age-old concepts of family. The Women’s movement has backtracked on its destruction of the nuclear family with more appreciation of the traditional role of the stay at home mom. The homosexual community should back off of their insistence of ‘Sally has two mommies or two daddies’. ‘Perversion’ of child-rearing should not be related to the fact or fiction of being born homosexual or developing that affinity at some later date.
Judging from Chris Barron’s tweets it looks like GOProud is supporting O’Donnell. That’s far worse, in a way, because they have no family obligations.
This shouldn’t surprise anyone. GOProud identifies themselves as part of the Tea Party yet hasn’t come to terms with the FACT that EVERY TP candidate is an anti-gay Christianist crackpot.
hollywoodbig–the nuts are crawling out of their trees. The family is already redefined–not by political movements but just by the facts of life. Most women can’t afford to stay home anymore and gay people will not be going back into the closets and hiding in shme. hollywoodbig–I know it’s hard, but you’re a dinosaur. Luckily things are changing and those who think like you are dying out. I know, hard to hear, but it’s true.
“the age-old concepts of family.”
You mean the one where the husband is in his forties and the wife is twelve? The one where the husband has multiple wives and a handful of concubines? The one where the husband and wife are also cousins? The one where it was forbidden if it was interfaith or interracial?
“The Women’s movement has backtracked on its destruction of the nuclear family”
Oh, you’re talking about the one from the 1950′s. Too bad, boyo. Catholics can marry protestants and blacks can marry whites, now. You’ll just have to get used to it.
hollywoodbig,
“Leave It to Beaver” was a TV show. People never really lived like that.
Her sister should be ashamed of herself. Wayne, you are correct as always; her sister must be a self-hating individual in order to support the candidacy of her sister, a candidacy which is steeped in homophobia.
Excuse me, but how in the world can a lesbian support this (or any other, for that matter) campaign, regardless of the fact that it’s her sister?
I can only guess that Christine O’Donnell may have told her sister something to the effect of, “You know I have to assert these anti-gay positions, but you know I love you.” Just incredible.
Wayne, Jenny O’Donnell probably sees a bigger picture than this election, like her influence on her sister over the long term as well as family ties. Besides, the context of the quote was her defending her sister to a protester who may have been hostile. It doesn’t mean she agrees with her sisters positions. It probably does mean that she thinks highly of her sister’s character even as she disagrees with her.
Bob, seems like you’re telling Jenny O’Donnell what she thinks. Didn’t know she was such a great friend that you have great insight into her motivations.
Maybe it seems that to you but I am just offering an alternative possibility to Wayne’s statement that Jenny O’Donnell has “low self-esteem”.
Obviously David’s comment should have an addendum that says [sic, throughout].
I had no idea articles could be “abominations,” either. Wayne, your article is so bad it’s like SHELLFISH!
I don’t know what, about Christine O’Donnell’s character Jenny could think highly of. Homophobia aside, she’s dishonest and stupid. And a bit touched in the head.
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