Um, remind me again why the Republicans think of themselves as the party of morality? According to this article about a newly published book, Karl Rove has stated that he doesn't identify as Christian, and his own father was gay. This from the man who used gay-baiting to turn out right wing Christians to vote.
In "The Architect: Karl Rove and the Master Plan for Absolute Power" writers James Moore and Wayne Slater reveal that Rove has told insiders he does not consider himself "a Christian", had a father who was gay, and regularly dealt with openly gay Republicans as he worked publicly to have a constitutional amendment passed that would ban same-sex marriage.Rove's father, Louis, left the family and moved to California where he came out. Louis Rove died in Palm Springs as "his son was in the midst of launching the antigay issues campaign that was to lead to the re-election of George W. Bush."
In interviews with friends of Louis Rove the authors detail how the two men remained close right up until Louis' death. Rove keeps a picture of his father on his desk.
But the closeness of father and son, according to the book, is belied by the extraordinary efforts Karl Rove made to use fear of gays a tool to attract religious conservatives.
The book also details well known Republicans - including Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman - who have been rumored to be gay.
Moore and Slater are careful not to draw conclusions - instead allowing the facts and interviews to speak for them. Moore is a former TV news correspondent and Slater is a political writer.
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Sections in the book dealing with Rove's self avowed agnosticism are bound to infuriate conservative Christians already angry with Bush over the failure by Congress to pass the constitutional amendment.Going into mid term elections the timing of the book's release could have a further damaging effect on the GOP already struggling to try to stay afloat.
Ick! When winning an election on the basis of "family values" means that you demonize a group that your own father belongs to, then I think it's pretty much over for claiming any kind of human decency.
What a complete and total creep!
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