Joe the Quote Machine:
Joe The Plumber Slurs Gay People: I Would Never Let "Queers" Near My Children
Quote:
Christianity Today: In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level?
Wurzelbacher: At a state level, it's up to them. I don't want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it's wrong. People don't understand the dictionary--it's called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It's not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. You know, God is pretty explicit in what we're supposed to do--what man and woman are for. Now, at the same time, we're supposed to love everybody and accept people, and preach against the sins. I've had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they're people, and they're going to do their thing.
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A fake plumber with aspirations to record a country album is pretty strange and unusual. Can we start calling him Joe the Queer?
I've had some friends that are actually homosexual?! The only way that could've sounded more disingenuous is if he had used the phrase "happen(s) to be".
I guess only in the age of Myspace and Facebook can you show such contempt for certain people and still call them "friends". Just shows you what that notion is worth now.