A few days ago, Rick Perry gave a kinda-sorta apology for comparing being gay with alcoholism. Today, he backpedaled even more:
“I got asked about an issue, and instead of saying, ‘You know what, we need to be a really respectful and tolerant country, and get back to talking about, whether you’re gay or straight you need to be having a job, and those are the focuses I want to be involved with,’ instead of getting — which I did, I readily admit, I stepped right in it,” he said.
This is not a sign that Perry is going to “evolve” on gay marriage anytime soon, but it is a sign that you can’t say stupid shit about gay people in politics anymore.
You can bet that anyone who thinks that you can just pray away the gay, or that being gay is some sort of lifestyle choice is only coming to that conclusion because it’s the only perspective they’ve ever known. Meaning, I sure don’t know any heterosexual male who’s ever treated their heterosexuality as a conscious choice.