WorldNetDaily.com's Joseph Farah has
compared gay Republican group GOProud to “swinging adulterers.”
GOProud's participation in the annual
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) convention two years
in a row has rankled social conservatives. At
least three groups have decided to pass on this year's three-day
event to be held next month in Washington, D.C.
In an op-ed published on Wednesday,
Farah suggested that CPAC had been infiltrated by “swinging
adulterers.”
“Let's pretend that some
free-market-loving adulterers got together and formed an organization
called 'Swing Right,'” Farah wrote. “This group says it supports
a strong U.S. defense, but that the military should have no rules
against promiscuous sex inside the ranks. The group says it supports
free enterprise, but that tax policy should be revamped to create
equity for those in the 'swinging' lifestyle. The group says it
supports limited government, but it approves of the intervention of
federal judges in state referenda in which citizens approve of
marriage as an institution between one man and one woman. The group
also calls for special protections of the 'swinging' community that
will ensure adulterers will not be fired by their bosses because of
their behavior and applauds hate-crimes laws to punish those who
don't approve of their lifestyle.”
“Would it be appropriate for
conservatives, who are supposed to be about conserving the vital
institutions of self-government, to validate such a group's claims
being part of the movement?” he added.
Farah's
comments appeared after GOProud's Christopher Barron insisted
conservatives accept gay Republicans.
Sex advice columnist and gay rights
activist Dan Savage also recently
chided the group, calling it a “little gay window dressing.”