GOP outreach - Michigan Republican Committeeman: Gay Couples Want Health Care Because They Die Early

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I guess that they still have a long way to go when it comes to not saying outrageous things (concerning minorities, women, gay people).


http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/12/10/3042771/michigan-republican-committeeman-gay-couples-want-health-benefits-die-early-aids/

Dave Agema, a former Michigan state representative and current member of the National Republican Committee, told attendees of a holiday party last week that he wants to protect “traditional marriage” so that gay couples don’t abuse the system for health care benefits. When he worked as a pilot for American Airlines, he claims that some gay people pretended to be partnered to get benefits if they had AIDS:

“I stand for traditional marriage, no homosexual ones,” he said. “… The family unit is the basic unit in society. When you tear the family apart, you tear the country apart.”
He has taken flak nationally for his stance against gay marriage, but he said he doesn’t mind because while working at American Airlines, he saw firsthand what happens when benefits are extended to gay people.
He said American Airlines workers would say a person with AIDS was their lover so that person could get medical benefits.
“Folks, they (gay people) want free medical because they’re dying (when they’re) between 30 and 44 years old,” he said. “To me, it’s a moral issue. It’s a Biblical issue. Traditional marriage is where it should be and it’s in our platform. Those in our party who oppose traditional marriage are wrong.”

Such talking points are par for the course for Agema, who believes that homosexuality is an “unhealthy lifestyle” that “usually leads to early death.” In fact, he believe that homosexuality is something that people choose and that schools are actually turning kids gay by teaching them that being gay is an “ok lifestyle.” In 2011, Agema even proposed punishing Michigan state universities that provided domestic partner benefits by cutting 5 percent from those universities’ budgets.

[Ikonoklast]

1. It is a good thing for Mr. Agema that stupidity isn't painful.

He would be in constant agony.