“Values voters” get their values challenged at D.C. summit

[Kadie]

September 15, 2012 at 7:15 AM

“Values voters” get their values challenged at D.C. summit
Posted by Will Mari

Washington, D.C. — In the still-mild twilight of a September evening, Felipe Matos and about a half-dozen gay and lesbian activists from around the country held up a large brown-paper sign. It read “Your ‘values’ are killing us.”

They carried large poster-pictures of young people they say have committed suicide in response to bullying stemming from their sexual orientation.

Chants of, “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Republicans have got to go!” echoed along the busy road.

Passersby, some of them from the Values Voter Summit being held across the street, wore looks that alternated between deep, angry frowns and slight smiles. Some shouted snarky comments at the protesters, who responded in kind. The occasional car honked a horn, but the mood was somewhere between ambivalent and tense.

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GetEQUAL protesters chant outside of the Values Voter Summit in Wash., D.C., on Friday evening, Sept. 14, 2012 (Will Mari / UW Election Eye)


Felipe Matos, 26, holds up a picture of a young man he says committed suicide as a result of anti-gay bullying outside of the Values Voters Summit in Wash., D.C. on Friday evening, Sept. 14, 2012 (Will Mari / UW Election Eye).


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GOP touts opposition to marriage equality at anti-gay summit
September 15, 2012
By Chris Johnson on September 15, 2012




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Outside the hotel after the first day of conference, a group of LGBT protesters affiliated with the group GetEQUAL demonstrated against the conference over its anti-gay message.

In addition to a banner reading, “Your Values Are Killing Us,” protesters held up photos of gay youths who died in recent years in incidents related to their sexual orientation: Lawrence King, a gay California who was shot at age 15; Justin Aaberg, a gay Minnesota youth who killed himself at age 15; and Seth Walsh, a gay California youth who killed himself at age 13.

Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez, a gay Tampa, Fla., resident and national field director for GetEQUAL, said protesters intended to demonstrates that the “values” espoused at the conference are responsible for the death of gay youths across the country.

“We’re opposed to all of the anti-LGBT equality beliefs that they have, including that in therapy and other things that not only hurt us, but really drive our youth to suicide,” Sousa-Rodriguez said.

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/09/15/gop-touts-opposition-to-marriage-equality-at-anti-gay-summit/

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[Bluzmann57]

2. I'm tired of these "Values" voters telling me what I should think

I am middle aged, have made many mistakes in my life and will likely make some more. I have done and seen things that would make these "values" voters shit their drawers. And yet, I try to be a nice guy, try to allow live and let live. I don't hate any group of people simply because they are gay, or because they may worship a different deity than I do.
Not only that, I give food to local shelters to help out the needy, I help out elderly people in the neighborhood, I tried to teach my kids right from wrong, i.e. don't hate, be courteous and helpful, no lying, cheating, or stealing, and above all else, harming another person because they are different from you is just plain wrong.
Guess my values don't match up with theirs. I'm just one of them thar godless commies.

[kolayamilya]

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