John Fugelsang on Friday's edition of
The Stephanie Miller Show stated that Mitt Romney was
pandering to social conservatives on gay rights.
Matthew Breen, the editor-in-chief of
gay glossy The Advocate, appeared on the show to discuss his
magazine's endorsement of President Barack Obama.
An image of the Lincoln Memorial's
bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln seated in contemplation
doctored to replace Lincoln with Obama under the headline “IN OBAMA
WE TRUST” graces the current issue of America's leading publication
of gay interests, now 45 years old. At the bottom of the monument,
the publication added: “President Obama's declared support for the
right of same-sex couples to marry caused a seismic shift in American
politics. Never again will the country be the same.”
On the program, Breen said of Obama's
endorsement: “When the most visible head of state on the globe
talks about this as a civil rights issue, people who are interested
in civil rights who may not have paid attention to this before go,
'Oh yeah, this is about equality. This is about civil rights. It
doesn't belong to some, it belongs to all.'”
Miller said that Romney's distaste for
gay people has been at times “palpable.”
“I don't believe Mitt Romney is a
homophobe,” Fugelsang said. “I think that he's something worse
than a bigot. I think he's someone who uses the bigotry of others to
get votes. He pretends to be a bigot to appeal to bigots. And
that's a lot worse that being a mere ignorant hater.” (The video
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