Komen VP is an anti-gay bigot.

[RandySF]

Below is a 2010 interview with former Georgia politician and Komen VP Karen Handel, which focuses on then-candidate Handel’s positions on gay rights, gay adoption, and gay marriage, just one year prior to her joining Komen in 2011. Almost amusingly, Handel in the beginning of the video attempts to minimalize her association with the Georgia chapter of the L0g Cabin Republicans, the gay Republican group of which she was a dues-paying member, and which actually endorsed her two years running.


Q: You have said that you are — you’re against gay marriage, right?

A: Mm hm. Absolutely. Marriage is between one man and one woman. And I’ve been very very clear about that. And the record is clear about any of the other issues like domestic partner benefits or anything like that. In fact in Fulton, I voted no on domestic partner benefits.

Q: Are you against civil unions for gays?

A: Yes. I think that’s not an issue that has come forward in Georgia. We have the constitutional amendment against gay marriage, and I don’t want to see any taxpayer funding going toward benefits etcetera for a couple that is not married. In our state and for me, marriage is for one man and one woman.

Q: Why is that?

A: Why is marriage between one man and one woman? (Laughs). Are you serious?

Q: Yes. Well why — do you view committed gay relationships as being less legitimate than committed heterosexual relationships?

A: As a Christian, I view relationships and marriage as being between a man and a woman.

Q: But what about the legitimacy of the relationship? Do you have any gay friends? Do you know gay couples?

A: Of course I do. Are we going to spend our whole day talking on this issue?

Q: I want to know how you feel about this.

A: I’ve been very clear. And you know, as a Christian, marriage is between a man and a woman. I do not think that gay relationships are — they are not what God intended. And that’s just my viewpoint on it. Others might disagree with that. But I would also hope that if you look at what is happening in our state, we’ve got issues we need to be focused on in Georgia. We have a constitutional amendment against gay marriage. And it’s something that I supported wholeheartedly. We have that, and let’s get dealing with the other issues that we also need to deal with in Georgia. And the press can help with that. (Laughs).



http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/komen-the-extreme-anti-gay-views-of-their-vp-who-dumped-planned-parenthood/politics/2012/02/03/34109

[gopiscrap]

1. She needs to get the hell the out of there

I just signed a petition for her to resign!

[bullwinkle428]

2. Wow...she comes across as more offensive than most REPUBLICAN politicians on this issue!

[cthulu2016]

14. (she is a republican)

[City Lights]

3. She needs to go!

Pronto!

[bluecoat_fan]

5. What a freak!

[Justice wanted]

6. She doesn't have gay Friends. Anyone with gay friends would not talk that way. She has destroyed

that charity for me. Will never trust it again.

[glowing]

7. How can any of these people actually have gay friends?

Would anybody be friends with someone who thinks that there is something wrong with you? Would anyone actually be friends with someone so offensive and disgusting? Honestly, I would love to know some of the names of these idiotic people's "gay friends". AND then I would ask any of these "gay friends" why in the world would they be "friends" with this tool?

They don't even make any sense anymore. I have gay friends. My gay friends in a committed, loving relationship can't be allowed to marry because I'm a Christian and God say's that marriage is between 1 man and 1 woman. But what about the men in the bible who have multiple wives? Is that ok? Should we allow for multiple people to marry? (like Mormons... Mitt's family running to Mexico to have multiple married wives...LOL). And how is it that this "Christian" thought of 1 man/ 1 woman apply in the constitution? We have a separation between religion and state... So, why should one's religion define the legalities of two people who are in love, deciding to marry one another and enjoy the legal protections that "married" persons do under the law? The marriage recognized under the law is only one of legal recognition, it does not have anything to do with the manner in which one is joined, or are you saying that a marriage between two Jewish persons, 2 hindu's, or 2 atheists, should not be married because they are not "Christian"?

Its such a stupid argument. If you can sit in an interview and say you have gay friends and that their relationships between one another are legitimate, then how in the world can you deny that they can be allowed to have equal rights and "marry" one another in a legalized process that is recognized by the NON-RELIGIOUS government? Its much harder to process this crazy spin, than it is to just give up on the whole gay is bad issue altogether.

It is politically incorrect for these tools to say gay's are bad now. Most of them claim to have "gay friends". Most recognize that there are gay people and that teh gay is not catching. So, they recognize that gay people exist, that there is nothing "wrong" with them, that they do have friends they know who are in loving, committed relationships, yet, they cannot marry because they are Christian and somehow God has told them that marriage is between only 1 man and 1 woman, although their is evidence in their book, called a bible, of many men who had multiple wives. Our laws do not allow for men to marry multiple women now, they must be divorced like Newt Gingrich to move onto a new marriage. The law doesn't allow for religion to dictate laws in the United States (otherwise we would be more like Middle Eastern countries who do operate under a religious/ law type of government... like Sharia Law that these asshats all worry about becoming the "laws" in the US). So, exactly, why shouldn't the government acknowledge a marriage contract between 2 consenting adults to join their assets and liabilities together? It doesn't make a lick of sense. Unless you are like Michelle Bachman (in denial of her hubby) or Rick Santorum (crazy beans) and continue to run around saying that gays are wrong and evil and need to be fixed.

[justiceischeap]

12. Log Cabin Republicans

Those are their gay friends.

[Whisp]

8. what a piece of stinking moronic bigoted shit.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. what a shithead.

[Vanje]

10. K&R. This is not acceptable anymore.

[The Genealogist]

11. At least she doesn't beat about the bush on the issue

I think her views on the issue are utterly repulsive, hateful, shameful, and ill-informed. At least she doesn't try to dodge the issue, or cloak her vile hatred behind a rhetorical smoke screen as some politicians do. She's proud of her bigotry and of her ignorance.

[sarcasmo]

13. Kick!

[HillWilliam]

15. Gotta love how those people know so awfully much about the Mind and intent of G'd

I've always heard that if a person talks to G'd, it's called "praying". When G'd talks to a person, it's called "insanity".

[donheld]

16. That's why she was hired

Do you really think this was a secret the CEO didn't know?

[slay]

17. I don't see how anyone who is not a right wing nutjob can continue to support them while she's there

there are other breast cancer non-profits we can give to. her anti-gay, anti-choice so called "christianity" is pretty horrifying. what a horrible person. Komen is going to regret the day they hired her - if they don't already.