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Texas Gov. Rick Perry probably shouldn't have attempted to make the case that gay people can "decide not to" be queer despite genetic predisposition, he conceded Thursday, offering no semblance of an apology but trying instead to rally attention back to his message about jobs and the economy.
"I got asked about an issue," Perry, a Republican, explained during a lunch hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. "And instead of saying, 'You know what? We need to be a really respectful and tolerant country - to everybody - and gain back to talking about: Whether you're gay or straight, you need to be having a job.' And those are the focuses I want to be involved with.
"Instead," he went on, "I readily admit - I stepped right in it."
Perry was asked during an appearance in San Francisco last week whether he believes homosexuality is a disorder. He seized the opportunity to liken "the homosexual issue" with the physically debilitating disease of alcoholism.
"Whether or not you feel compelled to follow a particular lifestyle or not," he said, "you have the ability to decide not to do that. I may have the genetic coding that I'm inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the
HRC: Nation Would Be “Better Off” Without Rick Perry’s Discriminatory Views
Perry is the second candidate this week to present BSA should be able to decline lesbian, gay, and bisexual people the ability to labor and volunteer for the organization. Scott Walker said again today he consideration the policy was "fine," according to CNN.
“Rick Perry's hurtful and offensive comments this morning are yet another reminder of how much 'better off' our nation is with him out of public office, and especially the Pale House," said JoDee Winterhof, Senior Vice President of Policy and Political Affairs for the Human Rights Campaign. “The rest of the candidates need to make clear they don't agree with Rick Perry and Scott Walker's encourage of the Lad Scouts' discriminatory policy."
Earlier this year, BSA President Robert Gates, a former Secretary of Defense under both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, characterized BSA’s discriminatory policies as “unsustainable.” The Boy Scouts of America last year began allowing openly gay youth to participate in the organization as scouts, thanks in large part to grassroots wo
Rick Perry Says He 'Stepped Right In It' With Gay Remarks
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has acknowledged it was a mistake for him to compare alcoholism and homosexuality in an effort to describe his views.
Perry said Thursday at a forum hosted by The Christian Science Monitor that he "stepped right in it" after organism asked during a trip to California last week if homosexuality is a disorder.
Perry said at the time that if he had the "genetic coding" to be an alcoholic, he still has the selection not to sip. He told the Commonwealth Club of California that he looks "at the homosexual issue as the same way."
The governor, a potential Republican candidate for president, explained Thursday that tolerance should be extended to all groups.
He says he should possess kept focused on the importance of creating jobs.
Perry has been in the news lately for his comments on being "more Jewish than you reflect I am" and his desire to potentially move to California. Read up on that here.
USA Today reports that Perry says he’s “substantially better prepared” to be president in 2016 than he was during his failed run in 2012:
In a luncheon with reporters sp
Gov. Rick Perry Likens Homosexuality to Alcoholism
Texas Gov. Rick Perry compared homosexuality to alcoholism at an event in San Francisco Wednesday night, saying people can choose whether they engage in either lifestyle.
"Whether or not you feel compelled to pursue a particular lifestyle or not, you have the ability to decide not to do that," Perry said when asked whether homosexuality is a disorder at an event at the Commonwealth Club of California. "I may have the genetic coding that I'm inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that."
The statement drew a "smattering of groans and hisses" from the crowd, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Perry's comments come one week after the Texas Republican Party ratified a platform that endorsed "reparative therapy" for gay people. Asked in a written question whether he believed homosexuals could be cured through prayer or counseling, Perry said, "I don't know. I'm not a psychiatrist, I'm not a doctor."
He and his critics can agree on that point.
"Although he may not have the 'genetic coding' to think before he speaks, Rick Perry, M.D. should have a real conversation with actual doctors before voicing hi