Rubio: I Would Attend "Gay" "Wedding"

by JASmius



Here is how the process works for Republican presidential "hopefuls": They declare their candidacy, as Florida Senator Marco Rubio did this week for whatever reason.  A tentacle of the Hydra-like commumedia complex slaps a persecutory label on them - in Rubio's case, that he's "anti-gay," bent on homosexual genocide, and a snake-charmer for good measure.  Then they sit for a commumedia interview, and right out of the box are asked the inevitable loaded question - in Rubio's case, "Why do you want to 'erase' gay people?"  At that point, there is no "right" answer; if you patiently explain your position on sodomarriage and "gay" rights in general, the press will take that as a confirmation of their smears; if you backtrack and pander, the press will brand you a liar and a hypocrite and you'll piss off your own base.  Which is why the former approach is the best way to go, because it's honest and leaves the interviewer looking like the asshole to - hopefully - most of the viewing audience.

Okay, credit where credit is due, Fusion's Jorge Ramos phrased the question a lot more cleverly:

Although he thinks marriage should be between a man and a woman, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he would attend a same-sex wedding of a family member or friend to show his support for someone he cares about.

Rubio was interviewed Wednesday by Fusion's Jorge Ramos, who asked the Republican presidential candidate whether he would attend the wedding of a gay friend or co-worker if invited.

"If there's somebody that I love that's in my life, I don't necessarily have to agree with their decisions, or the decisions they've made, to continue to love them and participate in important events," Rubio answered.

As I said, clever.  If Rubio replies that he doesn't have any homosexual family or friends, he's a homophobe; if he replies that he does, he's a bigger homophobe for maintaining his anti-sodomarriage stance.  If he says that he wouldn't attend a homosexual "wedding" on the same principle as Christian bakers and photographers and caterers decline to service them - religious objection to participating in what the Bible deems as sinful - he's the biggest homophobe of all.  And if he gives the answer he in fact gave - that sure he'd be in a "gay" "wedding" - then he's, again, a hypocrite and angering his supporters at the same time.

The lesson?  Either stand on your principle, or bypass the question entirely by pointing out that the U.S. Constitution is silent about this issue, it is a State matter, and you're running for president of the United States, so the question is irrelevant.

Senator Rubio did neither, and he'll reap the whirlwind for it.

But it's not like he's got a snowball's chance in any case.