A Stitch in Haste

Yes it's necessary to ridicule gay Republicans...

...among others:

In a Christian Broadcasting News segment aired today on The 700 Club concerning how Democrats are reaching out to evangelicals, Howard Dean, chair of the Democratic National Party, said, "The Democratic Party platform from 2004 says that marriage is between a man and a woman. That's what it says."

Now, for what it's worth, Dean is flat-out wrong:

In fact, the DNC 2004 platform says, "We support full inclusion of gay and lesbian families in the life of our nation and seek equal responsibilities, benefits, and protections for these families. In our country, marriage has been defined at the state level for 200 years, and we believe it should continue to be defined there. We repudiate President Bush's divisive effort to politicize the Constitution by pursuing a 'Federal Marriage Amendment.' Our goal is to bring Americans together, not drive them apart."

The more important observation is, however, not what the Democratic platform says but what the Democratic politicians say. Democratic politicians like Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, and now Howard Dean, who have a near-perfect track record of selling out gays whenever it was politically expedient for them to do so.

And the only reason they do so is because gay Democrats let them get away with it.

There is no excuse for any self-respecting gay to be affiliated with either major party. A pox on both their houses.

(Via Good As You.)