oklahoma republican house rep says gay is a choice, would not support anti-discrimination employment law

GOP Representative James Lankford of Oklahoma is questioned on Capitol Hill whether he would support a bill to ban employment discrimination against gay and lesbians workers.  He states that being gay is different from a race or gender, that it is a "choice issue" and he would not support protection of "behaviors".

Um... are we forgetting that religion IS a choice issue? And it is protected already - you are not born religious, but you are born with a sexual orientation.  He also contradicts himself stating that people have tendencies but simultaneously choose their orientations... which are somehow related to some type of behavior... not sure what that's about.

top GOP documents leaked: demand reversal on gay issues, voters abandoning bigoted ideology in droves

Top Republican strategists advise fast reversal on gay issues in order to obtain relevance. Bigotry as a strategy isn't working anymore. I doubt any of us will ever forget OR forgive that party. Regardless, the panic button has been pressed as each GOP politician has been in a contest to see who is the most anti-gay, the President one-ups them all by coming out in support of same-sex marriage.  Republicans have been pulling democrats and liberals closer to the center for years by running as far to the extreme right as society will allow them.  Last week, Obama essentially said "ENOUGH".  Democrats and Liberal politicians also echoed "Enough!".

In panic mode, top GOP strategists are frantic, reporting "Support for same sex marriage has been growing and in the last few years support has grown at an accelerated rate with no sign of slowing down." Their own polling is showing support for gay rights increasing by 5 percentage points per year, not percent, but percentage points since 2010.  Before then it was only 1 percentage point per year.  Additionally, they advise that Republicans now favor all basic forms of gay equality in the majority.  Americans supporting same-sex marriage now lead opposers by 10% on average. See report below:

 

memo continues...

Minnesota GOP Rep. Zach Wyatt waits until end of term to come out as gay, and stand up for all citizens

GOP state representative Zach Wyatt expresses regret in the following video about choosing to hide his identity and support discriminatory legislation in the past.  At the end of his term, he finally decides to make a statement, although many people are saying "too little too late".  Who knows if this is an effort to ease his conscience to prepare for gay life outside of the legislature or what it is - hopefully he will have an effect on swaying his colleagues, hopefully he is doing this for Minnesota, and not himself. His speech below: