Christian conservative Linda Harvey has
rejected the advice of young voters calling on the Republican Party
to soften its anti-gay rhetoric.
Harvey, the founder of the Columbus,
Ohio-based Mission America and a frequent contributor to the
conservative website WND.com, said on her radio program that “these
young voters don't know what they're talking about.”
Harvey was referring to a report
compiled by the College Republican National Committee (CRNC) which
notes that “there is hardly an appetite from this generation to see
the GOP crusade against same-sex marriage.”
The CRNC stopped well short of
recommending that candidates endorse marriage equality; instead it
advised the party “promote the diversity of opinion on the issue
within its ranks.”
Harvey responded to the report's
acknowledgment that the anti-gay stances of the GOP were alienating
young voters by accusing the young Republicans of “ignoring all the
evidence” about the supposed harms of homosexuality.
“This report recommends that the GOP
ignore truth and mold itself to the current perceived needs and
misinformation of a certain segment of younger voters,” Harvey
said. “These researchers are foolish enough to believe the GOP
can appear to be divided and that will win votes. And also ignoring
all the evidence that there's nothing wrong with homosexual behavior
so candidates should never stand up to the militant gay lobby. Even
on religious principle. Even if these behaviors are being packaged
and sold to vulnerable children without their parent's consent. Even
if these behaviors will never be marriage in reality, no matter how
many people in surveys believe otherwise.”