A day after
calling gays "the wrong kind of people," Kentucky
state senator Richard Roeding continued his verbal barrage
against gays, calling the Republican political group
Log Cabin Republicans "a bunch of queers." After
learning that the state Log Cabin chapter had called
for his resignation, the northern Kentucky Republican used
the derogatory term to describe the group in an
interview with The Cincinnati Post.
Log Cabin called for Roeding's resignation after
he said that the University of Louisville was wrong to
offer health benefits to gay and lesbian domestic
partners as a way to make the university competitive and
attract talent. "I don't want to entice any of these people
into our state," Roeding told The Louisville
Courier-Journal in a story published Friday. "Those are
the wrong kind of people."
After hearing of Roeding's "queers" remark,
state senate president David Williams called Roeding,
who then apologized to Williams for using the term. No
word on whether he planned to apologize to the Log
Cabin Republicans--or to gay Kentuckians. (Sirius OutQ
News)
