# Republican Platform: "Kill The Gays" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 11, 2015, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277 "2015-11-11T11:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/101 "2015-11-13T15:01:27Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Characterizing it as _Republican Platform: “Kill the Gays”_ is just stupid histrionics of the kind that when I see it on Facebook from a progressive I otherwise esteem makes me think: _“Clickbait. Hard pass.”_ > > Hyperbole has its place, but the OP overshot the sweet spot by about a mile or two. Yeah, at least add a question mark so you have some wiggle room: \*Republican Platform: “Kill the Gays” ? \* ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/102 "2015-11-13T15:44:30Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Yeah, at least add a question mark so you have some wiggle room: > \*Republican Platform: “Kill the Gays” ? \* I mean, [“Just Asking Questions,”](http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/JAQ) y’know? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/103 "2015-11-13T21:13:15Z")
You libtards are such hypocrites. You say you’re for minority rights, but you want to deny a voice to the manure-covered. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/104 "2015-11-13T23:48:06Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > You libtards are such hypocrites. You say you’re for minority rights, but you want to deny a voice to the manure-covered. 😕 But, aren’t they the majority – i.e., everyone but kings? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/105 "2015-11-14T01:19:27Z")
Its not the shit scattered about on their person, that’s _extra-cranial_ shit, and its not so big a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/106 "2015-11-15T20:17:21Z")
The REAL victims are those who are singled out with hyperbolic thread titles on messageboards. ---
**Author:** ![Raining\_Facts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Raining\_Facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raining_Facts)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/107 "2015-11-16T01:27:46Z")
I just meant the two of them look alike. ---
**Author:** ![Raining\_Facts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Raining\_Facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raining_Facts)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/108 "2015-11-16T01:29:50Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Camping didn’t advocate killing anyone. He was actually quite mild, for a lunatic Biblical literalist. He was always careful to keep his Biblical Q&A program free from partisan politics. > > He was as nutty as a Payday bar, but he actually was a bit of a gentleman. I just meant they look alike ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/109 "2015-11-16T02:14:56Z")
> [@Raining\_Facts](#): > > I just meant they look alike Oh, well… Jesse Helms looked a bit like Walt Kelly… (I look very much like Steven King… Wish I had his sales figures!) ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/110 "2015-12-02T23:19:08Z")
So why, exactly, does Swanson think Dumbledore is gay? Is there anything at all in the books or movies to suggest it, other than that he doesn’t go to monster truck shows or something? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/111 "2015-12-02T23:43:17Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > So why, exactly, does Swanson think Dumbledore is gay? Is there anything at all in the books or movies to suggest it, other than that he doesn’t go to monster truck shows or something? The author said so. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/112 "2015-12-03T14:15:32Z")
Quite [literally](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7053982.stm). It was very weird. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/113 "2015-12-03T14:17:07Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > “Kill the gays” is a mainstream political position to have now in Republican politics. And if you are either a Christian or a Republican, you’ll evidently have to learn to live with it. That’s total bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/114 "2015-12-03T21:26:21Z")
…I dood it! > [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > So why, exactly, does Swanson think Dumbledore is gay? Is there anything at all in the books or movies to suggest it, other than that he doesn’t go to monster truck shows or something? > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The author said so. > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Quite [literally](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7053982.stm). It was very weird. Of COURSE he was gay! How could it not be obvious? Uhh, HELLO? British? Connect the dots, people! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/115 "2015-12-03T23:13:17Z")
I’m not really surprised to learn that all British men are gay. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/116 "2015-12-04T19:26:20Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Quite [literally](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7053982.stm). It was very weird. Well I always knew you’re supposed to become best friends after you fight, but as good friends as this? Seriously, it all seems completely irrelevant to the characterizations and plot arcs in the books. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/117 "2015-12-04T20:03:00Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Seriously, it all seems completely irrelevant to the characterizations and plot arcs in the books. Which is why it was never mentioned in the books. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/118 "2015-12-04T23:41:08Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Well I always knew you’re supposed to become best friends after you fight, but as good friends as this? > > Seriously, it all seems completely irrelevant to the characterizations and plot arcs in the books. Just speaking as a writer, there are a shit ton of things that the audience never learns about characters. It’s actually kind of strange. I recently cut a minor character from my book, and it’s not like that character ceases to exist in my mind. He’s wandering around that fictional city somewhere as a fully formed individual… he just doesn’t happen to ever interact with my characters. Likewise I know all kinds of shit about my characters’ backstories that the readers never will. One of the hardest things about writing is figuring out which of the facts are relevant and which are not. I’m just saying, that Dumbledore is gay, even though that was never mentioned in the books, doesn’t seem weird to me. It just seems like the author wanted to spill more of that backstory that never made the final cut. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277/119 "2015-12-05T11:09:50Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > Again, yes: Swanson’s rant is amazingly wignut _“Stop drawing smiley faces on puss-filled sores!”_, and these candidates are fuckwads for sharing the stage with him. But let’s not exaggerate. With this clown-car crop of candidates, there’s just no need. Oddsmakers rate Cruz as 3rd-most-likely to take the GOP crown, behind only the callow liar Rubio, and Donald Trump. I suppose at this point, Rubio is the mainstream moderate Republican who’ll “save us” from the fringe candidates? :smack: Ugh! > [@Raining\_Facts](#): > > And don’t get me going on homosexuality and all the superstition and nonsense regarding sex from the bible. It’s too much to go into. But a tid-bit for those of you that don’t know: According to the bible the fallen angels had sex with human women and that’s why the flood happened. True story. True story it’s in the bible that is. To be fair, those were heterosexual male angels, toting guns and waving American flags. The multi-ethnic lesbian succubi promising single-payer healthcare and sodomy are from another chapter. > [@TonySinclair](#): > > Outside the teachings of Paul, possibly, but that’s another debate. But there is no question that Jesus himself endorsed every iota of the Mosaic Law, which clearly states that gay sex is an abomination (thereby justifying hate), and that anyone caught having it is to be executed. From Pastor Tubbs: > [@](#): > > The Mosaic Law [also] prescribed the death penalty for … adultery (Leviticus 20:10), prostitution and rape (Deuteronomy 22:24), out-of-control teen rebellion (Deuteronomy 21:18-21), witchcraft (Leviticus 20:27), and more. The list goes on. > [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Other than the difference between sitting in an audience versus being listed on the bill, specifically introduced, and handed a mike to speak, your comparison is a good one. > > Perhaps you can remind everyone what Barack Obama’s reaction was. Hint - it was to categorically reject the position taken by Wright and to give a pretty compelling speech on the subject. Forget it, Hentor. It’s Brickertown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277.md?page=5)