Republican Congressman Links Baltimore Riots To Gay Marriage
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It had to happen. Because it’s always the fault of the gays. At least this week, as the Supreme Court hears arguments for marriage equality.
Yesterday on “Washington Watch,” Family Research Council President Tony Perkins hosted Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, to discuss the anti-marriage-equality rally outside of the Supreme Court that both had attended that morning.
During the interview, Flores bizarrely suggested that gay marriage will somehow lead to a breakdown of the family model and an increased number of single-parent-led households, contributing to poverty and the conditions which led to the Baltimore riots:
…Look at what is going on in Baltimore today, you see the issues that are raised there. Healthy marriages are the ones between a man and a woman because they can have a healthy family and they can raise children in a way that’s best for their future, not only socially but psychologically, economically, from a health perspective. There is nothing like traditional marriage that does that for a child. Each of us have a mother and a father and there is no way to get around that.
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tracey marie April 29th, 2015 at 12:30 pm
single parent homes are to blame for all the evils in the world, yet a two parent home with 2 fathers or two mothers would make the evils grow? These types need to shut up
Bunya April 29th, 2015 at 2:08 pm
It just stands to reason. I mean, since the gays are being blamed for 911, tsunamis, tornadoes, earthquakes, beastiality, pedophilia, polygamy and basically everything bad that’s ever happened in the world, why wouldn’t they be blamed for riots caused by cops detaining and killing blacks?
Roctuna April 29th, 2015 at 4:24 pm
Makes you wonder how many of those trigger-happy cops grew up in gay parent households. I mean why else would they be so disgruntled, angry and impatient. What I don’t understand is up until the last 25 years or so, when gays had to be in the closet at risk of death, who caused all the problems in the world?
illinoisboy1977 April 29th, 2015 at 7:05 pm
You forgot “bad hair days”. When I wake up and my hair is a mess, I always say “those damn gays!” 😉
Bunya April 29th, 2015 at 10:14 pm
I know, right? Today I left the windows in my car open. Of course the gays made it rain and my seats got soaked. Those damn gays!!
Obewon April 29th, 2015 at 10:42 pm
Don’t forget those gay asteroids on a collision course with our LGBT Earth! http://www.alan.com/2015/04/15/asteroid-on-collision-course-with-earth/
frambley1 April 29th, 2015 at 9:51 pm
Hmm, a prominent right wing religious wingnut blaming a tragedy on homosexuals. It must be Wednesday.
majii April 29th, 2015 at 10:12 pm
Stupid man. After my ex and I divorced when our daughter was five, I raised her to adulthood. She graduated from high school and college with honors. According to Flores and those who think like him, this would be a miracle because I am a black female. What helped me was listening to my parents when they insisted I educate myself . They explained the advantages of a good education beyond high school, and I listened. In Flores World, it’s only possible for any female to raise successful kids if they have a husband. What they forget is the willingness of a single parent to be a good parent and make good decisions for themselves and their kids. There were times that I went without things I wanted, but I always focused on doing what was right for my child. We had a house we owned, food on the table, cars to go wherever we wanted, our bills were paid, and we had love and understanding. When she was very young, I laid out the rules, told her what her and my responsibilities were, told her what I expected of her and stuck to the plan. Today, she’s a wonderful young woman with a good job and no kids, and she’s planning her wedding for 2016. I am an example of the American Dream, but not to Flores et. al because I ended up raising my child by myself. This is why when I hear someone say that it takes a husband and wife to raise successful kids, I roll my eyes, look at my kid and immediately dismiss anything else they have to say.
bpollen April 30th, 2015 at 3:00 am
Having one person always in your corner is worth their weight in gold. I have a friend whose mother raised 17 kids on her own when her husband hightailed it. One parent can do amazing things.
tracey marie April 30th, 2015 at 12:07 am
Gay marriage, that means two adults(parents) in a household.
bpollen April 30th, 2015 at 2:55 am
OMG! Gayz caused the Baltimore riots AND Katrina? And numerous other hurricanes, tornadoes, and all kinda mean nasty ugly disasters on the bench there…
liberalMD April 30th, 2015 at 3:40 am
Poor guy…..he doesn’t realize that gay marriage doesn’t cause single parent families…..it’s divorce and death due to accidents and disease. If “real marriage” were all that wonderful, why do over half of them end in divorce?
Greebo April 30th, 2015 at 10:25 am
Why does the GOP show no hesitance to send mothers and fathers into foreign wars from which they often return covered by flags? Why do they allow parents to serve as police(wo)men, fire(wo)men, etc.?
rg9rts April 30th, 2015 at 5:03 am
Why is everything reduced to sex by the gopee???
Greebo April 30th, 2015 at 10:19 am
Maybe their own sex life is so depressing?
rg9rts April 30th, 2015 at 12:19 pm
Maybe they don’t have one??
Larry Schmitt April 30th, 2015 at 7:33 am
You know what? I want to blame the Washington Nationals’ recent six game losing streak on gay marriage. Either that or on Obama. It makes exactly as much sense as what this fool is saying.
Greebo April 30th, 2015 at 10:22 am
In Douglas Adam’s “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” a supercomputer called “Deep Thought” was able to determine the link between strawberry ice cream and income tax which is clearly less far fetched.