Joe the Plumber: I wouldn’t have gays near my kids
In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level?
At a state level, it’s up to them. I don’t want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it’s wrong. People don’t understand the dictionary—it’s called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It’s not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. You know, God is pretty explicit in what we’re supposed to do—what man and woman are for. Now, at the same time, we’re supposed to love everybody and accept people, and preach against the sins. I’ve had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn’t have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they’re people, and they’re going to do their thing.
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Oh Noes…
ronsfi on May 4, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Oh great
Defector01 on May 4, 2009 at 10:13 PM
ay caramba!
lorien1973 on May 4, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Tough one.
If I had children, I would really want my kids around any adults unless they were teachers or family.
carbon_footprint on May 4, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Oy vey…
Purple Fury on May 4, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Hey — I don’t like the idea of sleeping with another man, but HEY — I have a hard time thinking they will eat my children or something.
Folsom gays are a different story, but I doubt your average, hard working homoman would go and OOOOGIE BOOGIE YOUR CHILLD!!!!
BAAAAH! IM GAAAAAAAY IF I TOUCH YOU, OR BREATHE ON YOU, YOU WILL BE GAY TOO!
blatantblue on May 4, 2009 at 10:17 PM
That’s fine! I suspect most gay folks would not want Joe The plumber around their-adopted-children either. So this all seems fair!
sdavis0830 on May 4, 2009 at 10:18 PM
did it ever cross anyone’s mind he might have meant b/c he did not want the gays to tell his kids it was natural or ok to be gay; maybe he was not stating that gays are pedophiles, which they are not. duh
Ris4victory on May 4, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Im pretty sure thats one of those generational sentiments that’ll pass rather quickly. Think about it, will our grandchildren be saying that when they have kids? That they wouldn’t let any queers near them? Doubt it.
ernesto on May 4, 2009 at 10:18 PM
And the GOP implosion continues. Maybe you can get the 14-year old prodigy to clean up Joe’s mess. That is if mommy will let a gay person near him.
jonknee on May 4, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Miss CA and now “Joe”. One step forward and two steps back! Good ole “Joe”, he’s always hanging around just when it gets a little easier for the GOP. I bet the DNC is funding him to give as many interviews as possible!
dcwvu on May 4, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Did you know every gay man sits in this type of van outside of playgrounds?
http://foocah.com/molester%20van.png
blatantblue on May 4, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Ris4victory on May 4, 2009 at 10:18 PM
I was thinking along those lines.
Daddy, why were those two men kissing?
Um, er, look Obama has a new puppy!
artist on May 4, 2009 at 10:19 PM
I’m sure Allahpundit blasted some lukewarm green tea through his nose whilst clicking ‘submit’ Go walk the cats, brew some fresh hot tea, then come back to survey the damage. Must be more satisfying than playing a real time strategy game. LOL.
daesleeper on May 4, 2009 at 10:19 PM
You all realize this makes us all bigots, right?
/sarc
ThePrez on May 4, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Miss CA and now “Joe”. O
…
Miss Ca. did what wrong?
artist on May 4, 2009 at 10:20 PM
my about me photo on my page is me and JTP
i might have to rethink it, photoshop Miss Cali and Perez in it
blatantblue on May 4, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Perez must’ve asked him a tough question.
Notorious GOP on May 4, 2009 at 10:21 PM
As if parenting ever meant “explain everything to your children.”
“Daddy, why are those men kissing?”
“I have no idea…don’t stare its not polite.”
ernesto on May 4, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Joe’s got the federalism issue correct (better than many pols on the right and all liberals), and he has every right to say what sort of environment his kids grow up in. I can’t see any problem with that.
progressoverpeace on May 4, 2009 at 10:21 PM
ernesto on May 4, 2009 at 10:21 PM
As if parenting ever meant “explain everything to your children.”
……
Daddy, why are you ignoring me?
B/C I don’t have to answer all your questions kid.
artist on May 4, 2009 at 10:23 PM
It just rings of “i wont have any of them thar damn blackies around my kids ya hear???”
ernesto on May 4, 2009 at 10:23 PM
When is Pajamas Media sending Joe back to Gaza?
SnarkVader on May 4, 2009 at 10:23 PM
We are all gay now. Or we are all plumbers now. Or whatever.
Bishop on May 4, 2009 at 10:23 PM
and he has every right to say what sort of environment his kids grow up in. I can’t see any problem with that.
progressoverpeace on May 4, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Yup.
For now anyway.
artist on May 4, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Must be more satisfying than playing a real time strategy game. LOL.
daesleeper on May 4, 2009 at 10:19 PM
LOL im loling quite hard
blatantblue on May 4, 2009 at 10:23 PM
aaaand we’re off and running! I bet 150 comments easy!
Sarjex on May 4, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Lighten up Francis…
Caper29 on May 4, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Daddy, why are you ignoring me?
B/C I don’t have to answer all your questions kid.
artist on May 4, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Think how fun it would be to take your kids to Frisco; explaining two men kissing would the least of the difficult questions you would need to answer.
Bishop on May 4, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Wow. Allah or somebody pulled the Interesting Creature headline. WUWT?
(what’s up with that?)
carbon_footprint on May 4, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Look out kids, there’s a gay coming.
Quick, hide with this priest.
e-pirate on May 4, 2009 at 10:26 PM
There goes the Plumber in the Village People Revival offer.
profitsbeard on May 4, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Yeah, what happened?
Blake on May 4, 2009 at 10:29 PM
To the race-hustlers, everything rings of that. Screw ‘em.
Parents have the right (and bear the responsibility) for raising their own kids.
If people want to see where liberals would take this country with children, take a look at how kids used to be raised on Israeli kibbutzim. It was so insane that even the most brain-dead leftists stopped it – as the unnatural infringement by the left on the parent-child relationship had finally jumped the shark and offended everyone’s sensibilities.
Yeah .. the coming Orwellian hate-crime legislation will put an end to parents deciding what their kids should or shouldn’t know about homosexuality, or anything else.
progressoverpeace on May 4, 2009 at 10:29 PM
OT:
Did we lose a Megs McCain advice column headline just now? It was linked, now it’s gone…
Asher on May 4, 2009 at 10:29 PM
I wonder what Perez will YouTube about him tomorrow. Should be good. I’ll take Joe in a fight, haha!
deidre on May 4, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Joe the Plumber/12 year old kid 2012!!11
radiofreevillage on May 4, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Wasn’t there a headline after The Onion link and before this one? I hope HotAir didn’t just go memory hole on us.
BadgerHawk on May 4, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Oh, please! The Catholic Church has no problem with nonpracticing homosexuals. Consequently, they packed the priesthood. I forgot the name of the seminary outside Chicago but it was gay orgies all the time. And then they ended up with the kid sex scandals.
Blake on May 4, 2009 at 10:31 PM
my kids have openly gay friends and so do I; it is quite inevitable without becoming a hermit – we all know where we stand (gay and straight) but we still get along and interact and have a blast. My one most flaming gay friend is more conservative fiscally and socially than I am, which is really wild. Do i think it is right to practice homosexuality? NO. Will i openly berate my gay friends or try to “convert” them? NEVER. They know what they are doing, as do I. My kids know right from wrong and thank goodness parental supervision was present when needed to explain this whole quagmire of “but why??” I am a hawk, not perfect, but vigilant to a fault.
Ris4victory on May 4, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Still rings of “those damn nips better stay away from my kids…” it has very little to do with “how the liberals would deal with children” and everything to do with, “wow, way to be petty and overreact to gay people.”
ernesto on May 4, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Elitists will look at his comments and think ill of Joe.
But out here in the real world – we just smile – because Joe is right, and that’s how we feel.
And that’s why we like Joe.
And if Allah ever wants to get out of that DC basement he lives in he can come down here to Louisiana and I’ll take him fishing for Redfish and he can talk to the Cajuns who run the marina I launch from. And then I’ll take him the shooting range on the wildlife preserve – if it’s not flooded, and he can talk to the disabled Korean war vets who range master there – and wear their NRA rangemaster shirts with pride – and after that we’ll go shopping at Walmart – and maybe Lowes.
And then Allah will understand people like Joe – and why we like “Joes” … and Allah won’t be so much of an elitist anymore – he might realize he never really was that “elite” in the first place.
HondaV65 on May 4, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Hey Joe, just tell the kid the one in front is sick and the other one is pushing him to the hospital.
viking01 on May 4, 2009 at 10:32 PM
I find it hilarious how he says he has gay friends, but wont allow them near his children?! What self-respecting person would still be friends with him in that situation?? “Would you like to come to dinner tonight, Fred? Don’t come til after 8pm when Johnny is safe in his bed away from your gayish clutches, though”. “Oh, ok Joe..see ya.” I mean, WHAT?!?!
dcwvu on May 4, 2009 at 10:33 PM
SP/JTP 2012.
platypus on May 4, 2009 at 10:33 PM
“Hey son, that man is choking and the other one is giving him the Heimlich maneuver.
carbon_footprint on May 4, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Yeah, Allah! Why don’t you become one of them there “real Americans”?
SnarkVader on May 4, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Joe The Plumber ===> standard issue Palin supporter.
You know, stuuuuuuuuuuuuupid.
The Wall on May 4, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Thread morphs into a Catholic priest bashing sessions in 5…4…3…2…1…
My collie says:
CyberCipher on May 4, 2009 at 10:34 PM
I’ve been saying since this joker showed up he would end up just hurting republicans and they need to distance themselves from him.
I suppose this isn’t the venue for saying I think the same of Palin?
cameo on May 4, 2009 at 10:35 PM
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