DeMint: Gay President Would Be "Immoral"

By Julie Bolcer

Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina recently told Bloomberg columnist Albert Hunt that he thinks the idea of a gay president would be “immoral.”

DeMint, a socially conservative Republican, spoke with Hunt in his Senate office, where he was asked about the possibility of an openly gay or lesbian person reaching the highest elected office in the country.

“He cringes at the notion of a gay or lesbian president,” wrote Hunt, who said that DeMint replied, “It would be bothersome to me just personally because I consider it immoral.”

DeMint has been an outspoken opponent of marriage equality, which he and Hunt also discussed during the interview.

“Marriage is a religious institution. The federal government has no business redefining what it is,” DeMint told Hunt, adding that even state governments should not have the right to permit same-sex marriages.

“Governments should not be in the business of promoting a behavior that’s proven to be destructive to our society,” said DeMint.

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Name: Bob
Date posted: 12/24/2009 6:15:03 PM
Hometown: Columbia, SC

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Your an idiot! A complete idiot!
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Name: Dakotahgeo
Date posted: 12/15/2009 12:13:23 PM
Hometown: Kansas City

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Victor, I've said this many times and in many blogs: The state should only issue civil union licences. Then, if the couple, any couple wants to marry, let them choose which setting they prefer. But a justice of the peace should be present to marry any couple immediately, and then the couple could have it sealed by the church if they wish!!! Ohhh! And divorce is not permitted... for anyone... so they had better be committed to each other! Dakotahgeo, M. Div. Pastor/Chaplain
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Name: David N Taiwan
Date posted: 12/15/2009 2:18:09 AM
Hometown: Taichung

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“Governments should not be in the business of promoting a behavior that’s proven to be destructive to our society.” Let's see, what about tobacco production, "a behavior that's DEFINITELY been proven to be destructive to our society"? If I'm not mistaken, South Carolina is one of the top four tobacco producers in the nation and gets a lot of support from the Department of Agriculture, so I guess this is ONE thing we could all agree on - the federal government should not be in the business of helping South Carolina promote this behavior. Now, about the OTHER behavior that's been proven to be destructive... just where is that "proof?" The American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the National Association of Social Workers, pediatricians, etc. all find no such proof, so where is it exactly?
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Name: Davya
Date posted: 12/15/2009 1:43:58 AM
Hometown: Wynnewood, PA

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That's right, wise one, the federal government has no right to redefine marriage- which is why it shouldn't have created DOMA.
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Name: Mark
Date posted: 12/15/2009 12:24:03 AM
Hometown: San Francisco

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If "marriage is a religious institution", then the federal government should immediately stop providing the 1049 benefits to heterosexual married couples and tax them as individuals. I'm sure they'd change their argument as soon as they started having to pay more money every year to Uncle Sam now that he no longer has any business defining or recognizing marriages, since they're just a religious institution and all.
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Name: happykt
Date posted: 12/14/2009 11:18:52 PM
Hometown: austin

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I was living in Spartanburg, South Carolina when I saw DeMint standing on the corner of one of the ctiy's busier intersections. He kept grinning at me like the greasy politician he was but I wouldn't even look at him, knowing he was running on the "I HATE GAYS" ticket of the Republican Party. Thinking back, I wish someone would have mowed him over with their car. It would have been a mercy k*lling.
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Name: Troy
Date posted: 12/14/2009 10:27:06 PM
Hometown: MA

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I think what's even more immoral is to protest against the love of two people
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Name: Chris
Date posted: 12/14/2009 10:15:30 PM
Hometown: San Diego

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If Sen. DeMented has a son, sweet justice would be that he's gay.
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Name: Jerry
Date posted: 12/14/2009 10:06:37 PM
Hometown: Washington DC

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What I consider immoral is that people as stupid as his parents were allowed to breed.

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