I left this comment at the Monitor, in Andy Birkey’s thread in which he claims that, since there are Republicans who commit domestic abuse or patronize hookers, the party should regarded “with suspicion” on gay marriage:
So Since Perfection Is The Standard…
…you’re set, Andy – because remember, you’re impugning the entire GOP‘s policy on gay marriage, all millions of us, all of the thousands of elected Republican officials, because of the actions of two Minnesota and one national Republicans, let’s hold you, Andy, to the standard you’ve set for us (and, while we’re on the subject, me):Three weeks ago, some of us caught Jeff Fecke committing a slew of, at the very least, ,journalistic gaffes:
He’d seem to be, at the very least, guilty of extremely slipshod basic journalism, and possibly plagiarism.By your own logic, Andy, the reader should regard all of you MNMon reporters with suspicion because of Fecke’s trasgressions. The GOP wants the people to trust them on social policy; the Monitor wants people to trust them on news. The only real difference; about .0001% of Republicans have been accused of domestic abuse or caught with their phone numbers in a hooker’s phone book, behavior that 99.999% of Republicans condemn.
In the meantime, 16% of Minnesota Monitor reporters have been alleged to be slipshod reporters and/or plagiarists. And since the Minnesota Monitor, breaking its own “Code of Ethics”, has neither publcly acknowledge nor corrected these “mistakes”, it implies that 100% of the Monitor approves.
So do you have different moral standards on different issues?
Or do you perhaps see where maybe the point of your article is logically void?
Read both bits. Place your bets.
The people that Andy should really be suspicious of are the ones that accept his support, his campaign contributions, attend GLBT events with smiles on their faces and words of support, but then dump their concerns overboard just as soon as legislation starts hitting a little rough water, or when poll numbers don’t make it prudent to support GLBT issues.
With DFL majorities in both the House and the Senate where is the legislation that legalizes same sex marriage, grants same sex domestic partner benefits to state employees etc?
Andy, the guys that you should be suspicious of are the ones that smile at you and claim they care, but thank God every day that their kids aren’t gay.
The people you mentioned in your post have clearly stated intentions. You know exactly where they stand, even if they don’t meet your level of perfection.