GLEN ELLYN, Ill., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Illinois Family Institute
Executive Director Peter LaBarbera said today that GOP Senate candidate Alan
Keyes' willingness to debate conservative ideas is a "breath of fresh air in
an age desensitized to moral truths," and said his comments on Mary Cheney's
homosexuality are far closer to the truth than the views of his politically
correct critics.
"We may not always agree with the way he says things and I think he could
be more gracious, but Keyes' fearlessness in discussing issues is a refreshing
change from cookie-cutter candidates who lack courage or run from their
liberal record every election year," LaBarbera said.
"Alan Keyes is obviously not enslaved to political correctness, unlike the
media lemmings who ridicule him, and unlike so many politicians, Democrat and
Republican, who will do anything to avoid talking about two of the greatest
moral crises of our time -- legal abortion-on-demand and the push to
mainstream homosexuality," he said.
On Monday, Keyes was interviewed by a "gay" radio network and
characterized homosexuality as "selfish hedonism." When asked if that
description applied to Vice President Dick Cheney's openly homosexual daughter
Mary, he said it did.
Those words ignited a media firestorm, and liberal GOP leader Judy Baar
Topinka called them "idiotic." Topinka is a big supporter of homosexual
activism in Illinois, and recently rode a float in the Chicago "gay pride"
parade. The parade featured vulgar Bush-bashing, gyrating male dancers and
contingents of sadomasochists -- and even a Chicago bathhouse (where
homosexual men go for anonymous sex). Attending the parade as an observer,
LaBarbera witnessed two men engaging in a depraved sex act on the street
directly in front of a row of policemen.
"What's truly idiotic is a Republican leader going out of her way to
embrace homosexual activists -- who are crusading for counterfeit
'marriage' -- in an election year when the head of her party, George Bush,
supports the federal marriage amendment," LaBarbera said. "It's obvious that
Illinois-GOP leaders like Topinka are out to get Keyes."
LaBarbera said there is a certainly a selfish component to proud
homosexuality, just as there is to advocacy of any sin. He said it is a
tragedy that Mary Cheney has "bought into the lie of the 'gay' movement that
she is somehow defined by this unnatural inclination. I hope Dick and Lynne
Cheney understand that they can love their daughter without embracing or
defending wrong behavior."
Illinois Family Institute is featuring former homosexual Stephen Bennett
at its banquet in Arlington Heights on September 27.
"Opposition to proud homosexuality and defending traditional marriage is
far more in line with grassroots Illinois citizens than celebrating 'gay
pride,'" said LaBarbera, who accused the media of taking Keyes' statements out
of context to make him look extreme, while ignoring opponent Barack Obama's
very liberal record.
Illinois Family Institute defends marriage, family and the sanctity of
life in Illinois. http://www.illinoisfamily.org . (630)790-8370.
CONTACT: David Smith: 773-858-6602; Peter LaBarbera: 630-546-4439
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