Rick Perry Comes Out Swinging Against Gay Rights, Non-Christians in New YouTube Spot “Strong”
Texas Governor Rick Perry isn’t afraid to take a stand on intolerance, except like, coming down hard on the side of being intolerant, openly.
Perry released the campaign spot below, titled “Strong,” on December 6th, and the clip has gone viral in the past few hours. When it first began circulating on Facebook at around 6PM EST, it had just over 500 views, but that’s growing. And thankfully, so are the downvotes- Rick Perry’s “Strong” clip currently has a 97% thumbs-down rate on YouTube, and you should go over and voice your dissatisfaction as well.
It seems Perry is relying largely on a core block of voters- voters who happen to be straight, white and Christian. In the clip, he manages to take down gay people and non-Christians in the first sentence, making a string of points that can best be described as incoherent. Perry says:
“I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian. But you don’t need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there’s something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. As president, I’ll end Obama’s war on religion. And I’ll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage. Faith made America strong. It can make her strong again.”
As the Washington Post points out, Perry’s characterization of the President, a Christian, as complicit in the abolishment of prayer in schools is not only offensive, it’s “factually wrong.” And while the GOP contender doesn’t outright say anything specifically anti-gay, the implication is pretty strong when he says there’s something “wrong” about gay servicemen openly serving while church and state remain separate. Do you think Perry torpedoed his chances with the intolerant spot?
Tags : gop, homophobia, Rick Perry, rick perry strong, rick perry strong video, sad
Posted: December 7, 2011
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Dec 8, 2011
Rick says "there’s something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military."
I would call that explicitly anti-gay.
Dec 8, 2011
Can't say it didn't feel good to watch this moron blow his entire campaign.
Dec 8, 2011
What a fucking dick! How fucking IGNORANT can you be?
Dec 8, 2011
I would rather have a Fed Govt as economically strong as TX.
Dec 8, 2011
To posters: Name-calling gets nowhere. Give me an ethical argument.
Dec 8, 2011
Sides must be taken!
Dec 8, 2011
Doing so in no way nullifies love.
Dec 8, 2011
Not that being a dumb ass won’t keep Rick Perry from getting into the White House, but this lovely advertisement that he has running in Iowa to appeal to the craziest people on Earth will surely alienate him once and for all. http://bit.ly/rOBf9o
Dec 8, 2011
I'm goint to try to explain Perry's logic: he declares war on Gingrich by declaring war on gays. Nope, I can't explain that kind of stupid.
http://brettcottrell.blogspot.com/2011/12/rick-perry-declares-war-on-gingrich-by.html
Dec 8, 2011
Because, you know, Perry is totally responsible for Texas' relative economic success.
Dec 9, 2011
Who is this man? He is not a leader of a free social structure. What year is this? It is time to take our heads out of our asses, and think about the future! People have got to live togeather and stand as one. I as a person in socitey do not press my personal convicetion on to a nother there for no one that is running for gouverment should do the same (bias). To each his or her own. Do you support bulling? The Australian Gouverement is to have a vote on this matter, I do not support the ways of the Prime Ministers way of life why should she judge me. I would think that I was free, I was burthed to this earth as me. Sociology of race must comply with all persons of this earth, we are all the same. You would not get my vote, self centered people do not work in a social time frame! Gouvertment could be made easy with a simple out look on life, we are all equal; what makes you better than me or another person we all came into this world the same way and at the end of the day we will depart!
Dec 11, 2011
I wonder if Perry knows that the music in his ad was written by a gay Jewish guy?
Dec 21, 2011
What works for Texas may not work for the whole country.