Texas Governor Perry Compares Homosexuality to Alcoholism
When viewpoints are totally out of whack and egregiously wrong like Perry’s you have to point out the evil in them. Alcoholism is a disease, and one with a social stigma attached. Homosexuality is just how some people are and unlike alcoholism it can’t be “cured” but most homophobes continue to try to add social stigma to it, sometimes through comparisons like the one Perry just made.
Texas Governor Rick Perry, seen as a potential Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 election, compared homosexuality to alcoholism in remarks in San Francisco.
Perry made the comparison on Wednesday night during an appearance before the Commonwealth Club of California after being asked whether he believes homosexuality was a disorder, according to local media reports.
“I may have the genetic coding that I’m inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that,” Perry said in remarks broadcast on the local CBS affiliate. “And I look at the homosexual issue in the same way.”
A few people in the audience gasped in response, according to the CBS report.
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