Opn: Joe Walsh Go From “Gay Friendly” to Gay-Bag Republin – NBC Chigo

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• OPN: JOE WALSH GO FROM “GAY FRIENDLY” TO GAY-BAG REPUBLIN
• EX-REP. JOE WALSH TWEETS GAY SLUR, LISTS SLURS HE'D NEVER E
• JOE WALSH CALLS LGBT COMMUNY 'CONSTUTNAL TERRORISTS' AMID ARIZONA ANTI-GAY BILL PROTTS
• JOE WALSH: GAY MARRIAGE IS A 'SOCENOMIC ISSUE'

OPN: JOE WALSH GO FROM “GAY FRIENDLY” TO GAY-BAG REPUBLIN

What’s not nsistent is Walsh’s claim that he’s an ally of the gay muny. Concerng gay issu, Walsh sisted he’s not only liberal, but out ont. “If there’s a more gay-iendly Republin around, I’d like to meet them, ” he said.

Walsh said he would support the Employment Non-Discrimatn Act, vote to elimate the ary ban on gay and lbian service personnel, enact domtic partnership benefs for same-sex upl and assume a learship role advotg for gay issu.

EX-REP. JOE WALSH TWEETS GAY SLUR, LISTS SLURS HE'D NEVER E

In the fal weeks before the electn, Walsh tends to wheel his bike around some of the district’s ubiquo gay bars and prs some gay flh.

In the terveng -and-a-half, Walsh has pleted a transformatn om gay-flh-prsg liberal Republin to fire-and-brimstone Tea Party homophobe.

Walsh received a 0 ratg om the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights lobbyg group.

JOE WALSH CALLS LGBT COMMUNY 'CONSTUTNAL TERRORISTS' AMID ARIZONA ANTI-GAY BILL PROTTS

Walsh also lled gay marriage a “socenomic” issue, sayg that male-female, two parents hoeholds produce children who do better school, stay away om dgs and are ls likely to be poor. And I n’t say he was created as an opponent of gay rights, eher, bee he certaly didn’t start out that way.

“Anybody who n qualify to serve the ary — gay, straight or transgenr — should be able to serve, ” Walsh said. What about gay rights, same-sex marriage? Gay rights, same-sex marriage, this is an admistratn that has taken steps to, many ways, crack down on and rce benefs for people who are — or jt allow some discrimatn agast people who happen to be gay.

So we all accept to gay rights — and this admistratn has been very tough on transgenrs and gays servg the media — exce me — the ary. Absolutely, anybody who n qualify to serve the ary, gay, straight or transgenr, should be able to serve. On Wednday, was a "joke" meant to draw on the dispary between the punishments meted out by the Oakland A's to outfielr Matt Joyce for g the gay slur to a fan, and by MLB to umpire Joe Wt for llg Adrian Beltre the league's "biggt plaer.

JOE WALSH: GAY MARRIAGE IS A 'SOCENOMIC ISSUE'

" and that Wt would unfairly have been more harshly punished if he had also ed the gay slur — was not shaken by the fact that Joyce served a shorter spensn (two days) than did Wt (three days). "If an umpire said (the gay slur) they'd be spend for a lot longer, " he said.

Skip to Ma ContentAmid wispread backlash agast the Arizona anti-gay bill that was ultimately vetoed by Arizona Gov. " His tweets on the issue started up aga Wednday night, after Brewer's sayg she vetoed an "anti-gay bill. #tt— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) Febary 27, 2014Of urse, Walsh wasn't the only nservative displeased by Brewer's veto of the ntent You GoOutrageo Homophobic StatementsPopular the CommunyYou May Like.