One steadfast rule that you quickly learn when you start monitoring the Right Wing Movement is that when a Republican politician or candidate says something absurd about gays that sets off any level of controversy, it is only a matter of time before Religious Right activists come rushing to their defense.
Over the weekend, Colorado Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck declared on "Meet the Press" that he believes some people are predisposed by birth to being gay but just like "birth has an influence on it like alcoholism ... I think that basically you have a choice."
And so, of course, Focus on the Family is defending Buck, saying he is absolutely right:
Comments on homosexuality by Colorado Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck have received some harsh criticism, including from state Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet.
Bennet said on “Meet the Press” Sunday that Buck saying homosexuality is a choice and his drawing an analogy between it and the disease of alcoholism are “outside the mainstream of views on this.”
But Buck’s views are closer to the mainstream in Colorado Springs. For years conservative Springs ministry leaders have compared alcoholism to homosexuality.
Jeff Johnston, Focus on the Family social policy analyst, said Monday, “Alcohol affects your whole body, and so does sexual behavior. The highly addictive (aspect of both) is an apt comparison.”
