A Lot of My Gay Friends Think SCOTUS Decision Was Bad

[Ichingcarpenter]

Made you look but a GOP senator did say this

guess who?




I'll wait while the ice caps all melt and this snowball


OK....... clue over










GOP Sen. Inhofe: A Lot of My Gay Friends Think SCOTUS Decision Was Bad





In reaction to the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriages across all 50 states, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) pulled the “some of my friends are gay” card, but not in the way you’d normally expect.

“I’ve been disappointed, and I was not surprised. I thought they would rule the way they did,” Inhofe told Tulsa’s CBS-affiliated KOTV. “I know a lot of people, actually a lot of people who are friends of mine in the gay community, who also think it was a bad decision,” he added in the clip first spotted by BuzzFeed News reporter Andrew Kaczynski


http://www.mediaite.com/tv/gop-sen-inhofe-a-lot-of-my-gay-friends-think-scotus-decision-was-bad/



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[MADem]

1. That comment has about as much chance of being true as ....

.... a snowball's chance in hell!!!

[3catwoman3]

10. You beat me...

...to it.

Inhofe is an "in"-becile.

[A Simple Game]

22. You could even leave out the gay part and it still wouldn't be true.

That man doesn't have friends, he has people he uses and people that use him, but no friends.

[Cha]

44. REally.. that was my thought.. "LIAR!" lol

[gollygee]

2. That's about as relevant

as saying "a lot of women I know think . . ." and having those women be Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin.

[Volaris]

14. Exactly, and OF COURSE Lindsey Graham thinks this is a bad decision

I know, I know, I'm not supposed to do that to Lindsey, I said I would stop.

But it's such low-hanging fruit that it
dammit I did it again!!!

[YOHABLO]

3. I question him having any gay friends.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

5. I question him having any gay friends.

Yeah, what you said, plus I question him knowing what the word "friends" means.

[KittyWampus]

9. he may very well have gay friends- who are committed

to staying in the closet.

[Fred Sanders]

34. His one for sure gay friend Lindsay Graham, is who he is referencing.

Inhofe is yet another of Yesterday's Men inhabiting the failed GOP.

[Vattel]

20. I question him havimg any friends.

[tanyev]

4. I'm sure 100% of 'all his gay friends' are RW nut jobs too, so that's not surprising.

[spanone]

6. name one, asshole

[Blue_Adept]

7. Pictures of his gay friends have surfaced apparently that believe this.

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[ctsnowman]

19. I had no idea Wilson was gay

[Quackers]

8. He's an idiot, but

On an unrelated note, one couple I'm friends with are absolutely ecstatic and can't wait to get married, but another couple I'm friends with just split after the SCOTUS ruling. It turns out one wanted more than anything to be married and the other just played along with the idea. Now that it's possible, he told him no. My friend who wanted to get married now feels his ex was using the law as an excuse. Anyways, I hope he finds someone who can appreciate him and respect him enough to be honest and open. I know it had to be horrible waiting for this ruling with so much anticipation and excitement, then to have your world crushed by the one you love the same day.

[Ilsa]

11. At least now he knows and isn't living with a lie.

But I'm sorry he's in pain. Marriage isn't for everyone, straight or gay.

[Quackers]

13. Very true

I just feel so bad for him. A day that should have been filled with nothing but happiness and celebration is now marred for him.

[IronLionZion]

12. But he didn't say why?

There are plenty of straight people who don't like marriage, but that's no reason to outlaw straight marriage. Don't like it, don't have one.

[Indydem]

16. My guess:

In another 10 years, this would have happened on its own. There are already more millennials than baby boomers, and they are more open to freedom.

But, by this ruling "forcing" this on everyone it's going to whip up anti-gay sentiment and make some people less likely to accept the idea.

[Jim Lane]

30. That's plausible. Here's another guess.

The subject of "judicial restraint" represents a long-standing debate in American jurisprudence. Justices of the Supreme Court have differed in how willing they are to overturn democratically enacted legislation on Constitutional grounds. There are probably at least some LGBT people who welcome the practical effects of the decision but who believe, as a matter of legal principle, that the Fourteenth Amendment did not enact same-sex marriage.

Of course, such a principled believer in judicial restraint would apply it across the board. The Obergefell dissenters, by contrast, are the same Justices who merrily overturned democratically enacted legislation about voting rights, campaign finance, gun control, affirmative action, etc. There's a good post about a well-known law professor pointing out their hypocrisy here.

As for Inhofe, I'm sure he does have some friends -- but I join in the general skepticism about his assertion that he has openly gay friends, let alone any who deplore the ruling.

[Sunlei]

36. President Obama said he would start the ship moving for equal rights for 'all' years ago.

And he has done more good than any other president- Military gays, immigrant gays, and Americans... no need to wait 10 years more for something that is hundreds of years overdue in America.

[TBF]

31. "Don't like it, don't have one"

That should be tatooed on many right-winger heads. Seriously, the party of "government shouldn't intrude" sure gets in a frenzy when people aren't doing what THEY want them to do. What a bunch of hypocrites.

[rurallib]

17. Snowball Jim Inhofe! His gay friends must number in the 1s

That would be Lyndsey.

[Snotcicles]

35. Senator Snowball, fits Inhofe like a well tailored suit. nt

[40RatRod]

18. Sure he does- have a lot of gay friends. LOL.

[marble falls]

21. Inhofe's gay freinds have Stockholm Syndrome.

[Omaha Steve]

23. Friends of mine in the gay community?

Is that conservative speak for I'm gay? His parents having kids was a bad idea too.

Sorry for offending anyone in advance.

[Enthusiast]

24. Inhofe is lying. Again.

[madville]

25. There probably are a few out there

There probably are some that had found it convenient to say to a partner "I'd love to marry you but the law just won't allow it". Now they're probably like "uh-oh".

That's the only scenario I could imagine where someone the ruling applies to would not be excited about it, due to their personal relationship situation.

[elehhhhna]

26. the only gay peeps upset by this decision

Are those promising to marry their lovers "when its a legal" when they don't really mean it.

Probably some breakups going on right now.

He's a shit.

[madamesilverspurs]

27. The number of his gay friends

is probably equal to the number of his friends who are climate scientists.

[Thespian2]

28. K & R

Very clever post, thanks...

I still have trouble understanding why anyone with a working brain cell would believe a word that comes from the mouth of James Inhofe...for years, he has proven that he doesn't give a shit about people other than the Filthy Rich who keep the cash flowing into his accounts...

A gay friend? Perhaps one of his owners?

[Downwinder]

29. Had to be a member of The Family.

[suilebhan]

32. Inhofe has imaginary friends.

I knew Inhofe was losing it when he threw a snowball in the Senate chambers. Now there's more proof: he admits to having imaginary friends.

[Agschmid]

40. That snowball was quite ridiculous.

[Sunlei]

33. GOP Sen. Inhofes "gay friends".Why are 'friends' ashamed to stand by his side & speak for themself?

at least GOP Sen. Inhofe uses the word 'gay', instead of the, republican-conservative 1950s word, homosexual.

[Gothmog]

37. Inhofe is an idiot

His gay friends are imaginary just like the scientists who support his claims on global climate change

[Betty Karlson]

38. "some of my friends are gay"

translates as "some gay guy I met more than once through friends of mine who for some reason have relations with homosexuals".

How did Inhofe even have a phone number of that guy, to ask for his opinion?

[SwankyXomb]

39. Now Senator, are these actual friends,

or just "temporary employees"?

[Skittles]

41. the idea that any gay person would be friends with that self-serving repuke asshole

[redstateblues]

42. I wouldn't be surprised

Think Larry Craig, Lindsey Graham

[Solly Mack]

43. His imaginary friends in his imaginary world.

[Initech]

45. Something tells me that Sen. Snowball doesn't have any gay friends.

[catrose]

46. Jim "Snowball" Inhofe

Figures.

I missed the one where he put all those friends on camera so that they could speak for themselves.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

47. I'd like to see proof that he has at least one gay "friend".

[joeybee12]

48. Amazing...he can lie with a straight face...nt

[yellowcanine]

49. He should be required to name one gay friend so that it can be verified.

I am guessing that no gay person will confirm the friendship.