Values Voter Summit Lunacy

The "Voter Values Summit" is a gathering of wingnut kooks that always makes for some great entertainment....

Coburn Aide: If Boys Knew Porn Will Turn Them Gay, They Won't Want Playboy
Eric Kleefeld | September 21, 2009, 11:47AM

In an infamous moment at the Values Voter Summit over the weekend, captured on video by Dave Weigel, Sen. Tom Coburn's (R-OK) chief of staff Michael Schwartz made the case against pornography. "All pornography is homosexual pornography," said Schwartz, quoting an ex-gay friend of his, "because all pornography turns your sexual drive inwards."

Schwartz then explained the side benefit of this finding -- that if boys know pornography will make them gay, they'll never touch it, taking advantage of what Schwartz sees as a natural homophobia. "And if you tell an 11-year-old boy about that, do you think he's going to want to get a copy of Playboy?" he said. "I'm pretty sure he'll lose interest. That's the last thing he wants!"
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/09/coburn-aide-if-boys-knew-porn-will-turn-them-gay-they-wont-want-playboy.php

"Values Voters" Need To Get Their Priorities Straight
by BarbinMD
Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 05:40:05 PM PDT

What are the top three issues among the so-called "values voters" who gathered in Washington D.C. this weekend?

Quote :

Abortion ranked first among issues of concern to straw-poll voters, getting 41 percent of the vote, with protection of religious liberty second with 18 percent.

Opposition to same-sex marriage was third at 7 percent.

Nice values - their top three priorities are to control other people's lives while whining about a non-existent threat to their own.

And what are the top concerns for the rest of the country? The economy, health care, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, education and climate change -- issues that affect the entire country, people's lives and our future. One might describe those as actual values.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/9/21/784783/-Values-Voters-Need-To-Get-Their-Priorities-Straight