{"id":8399,"date":"2014-10-02T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/check-out-this-michigan-candidates-awesome-response-to-anti-gay-bigotry-read\/"},"modified":"2014-10-02T14:00:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T18:00:05","slug":"check-out-this-michigan-candidates-awesome-response-to-anti-gay-bigotry-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/check-out-this-michigan-candidates-awesome-response-to-anti-gay-bigotry-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Out This Michigan Candidates Awesome Response to Anti-gay Bigotry: READ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Check Out This Michigan Candidates Awesome Response to Anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> Bigotry: READ<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d0759a2e970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Josh derke 2\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d0759a2e970c-800wi\" title=\"Josh derke 2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Josh Derke, a Democratic candidate for state representative from Michigan&#8217;s 93rd House District, has made public an awesome pro-LGBT letter he sent to anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> listed hate group <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/04\/judge-issues-split-ruling-in-anti-gay-groups-use-of-gay-couples-photo.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Public Advocate of the United States\">Public Advocate of the United States<\/a> (PAUC) having received a survey from the group, reports <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocate.com\/politics\/2014\/09\/30\/read-mich-democrats-epic-response-antigay-groups-pile-excrement\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Advocate\"><em>The Advocate<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Derke says that when he received <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eclectablog.com\/2014\/09\/dem-candidate-for-michigans-93rd-house-district-sends-epic-response-to-anti-gay-hate-group.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PAUC survey\">the &#8220;2014 Michigan Family Values Survey&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; which he refers to as &ldquo;a pile of excrement&rdquo; &#8211; from the Michigan-based PAUC, his jaw dropped.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The survey demanded that candidates &#8220;pledge to refuse any donation from the Homosexual Lobby or their allies &mdash; especially from Tim Gill or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/08\/pro-gay-republican-super-pac-planning-major-campaign-finance-push-for-midterm-elections.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Paul Singer\">Paul Singer<\/a>&rdquo; or face being accused of supporting the &ldquo;Anti-Family Agenda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/joshderke2014.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/20\/candidate-survey-public-advocate-of-the-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Josh Deke\">Writing on his blog<\/a>, Derke&nbsp;said:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I have received some pretty outrageous letters and surveys before, but I just couldn&rsquo;t be silent about this. I chose not to participate in their survey. I couldn&rsquo;t. &hellip; I elected instead to send a letter. Their survey was hurtful; I have family, and many friends, that are LGBT. They&rsquo;re not immoral, and they&rsquo;re not seeking special privileges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Derke&#8217;s letter, directed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2013\/07\/anti-gay-bigot-eugene-delgaudio-censured-by-his-own-party-for-financial-misuse.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Eugene Delgadio\">PAUC&rsquo;s Eugene Delgaudio &#8211; who was recently censured by the Republican party for misuse of county funds<\/a> &#8211; is one of the best and most entertaining replies to anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bigots that are likely ever to read.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01bb0790f5dc970d-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01bb0790f5dc970d-250wi\" title=\"Photo\"><\/a>Last year,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2012\/09\/gay-couple-sues-virginia-wingnut-lawmaker-eugene-delgaudio-over-stolen-wedding-photo.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Eugene Delgaudio\">Delgaudio&#8217;s group was sued for stealing a New Jersey couple&#8217;s wedding photo &nbsp;for use in an anti-gay political mailing [pictured right].<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apologizing to Delgaudio for his lack of support of the homophobic agenda, Derke says that <em>the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a><\/em> have &ldquo;already dug their fabulously manicured claws into me, and I am afraid to report that I have been brainwashed into mindless support of the Homosexual Agenda.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Worth quoting at length, the letter makes clear to the hate group that the &ldquo;homosexual agenda&rdquo; is &ldquo;a phantom of your own creation&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;Would that it were that your erudite survey had reached my desk earlier, ere I succumbed to their influence, my mind might yet be unshackled from the horrible idea that all people deserve equal treatment and dignity.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;Let me tell you what pro-family is, Eugene. Pro-family is standing by your <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> brother for merely being who he is. Pro-family is accepting your cousins, your friends, and homosexual parents across the globe for who they are. It is recognizing that all credible studies that have explored the issue of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> parents have shown that they raise well-adjusted children who are just as successful as those raised by straight parents. Pro-family means that you&rsquo;re not going to rip established families apart because you can&rsquo;t see through the veil of your own self-defeating prejudices.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;Pro-family is not demonizing and dehumanizing people because they&rsquo;re different than you are. It is not labeling a group of people immoral because you don&rsquo;t understand human sexuality.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I am far from silent on pro-family issues. I am, in fact, vociferous. I imagine that it is a voice you&rsquo;d rather be silent. The truth is that there is no homosexual agenda. There is no homosexual lobby. There are only people &mdash; <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>, transgendered, and others &mdash; who deserve equal treatment under the law, and equal respect in our society. Human beings with dignity, who love and are loved, in return.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;You signed the letter as &ldquo;HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO,&rdquo; but there is nothing honorable about your letter, your survey, or your conduct. You and your group should be ashamed of sending this pile of excrement. And I hope that if there is even a shred of humanity within you that you feel a twinge of guilt and shame for comparing loving <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> and parents to pedophiles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Josh Derke now has a fundraising page up at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/joshderke.ruck.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">JoshDerke.ruck.us<\/a>.&nbsp;Read the cover letter to the survey he received from the PAUC, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/10\/josh-derke-a-democratic-candidate-for-state-representative-from-michigans-93rd-house-district-has-made-public-a-candid-and.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Josh Derke letter\">AFTER THE JUMP<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01bb0790c9f0970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Public_advocate01\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01bb0790c9f0970d-500wi\" title=\"Public_advocate01\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=4L3BA-5aMng:7MGXFPl7kHM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=4L3BA-5aMng:7MGXFPl7kHM:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=4L3BA-5aMng:7MGXFPl7kHM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=4L3BA-5aMng:7MGXFPl7kHM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=4L3BA-5aMng:7MGXFPl7kHM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=4L3BA-5aMng:7MGXFPl7kHM:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=4L3BA-5aMng:7MGXFPl7kHM:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/4L3BA-5aMng\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><br \/>\nJim Redmond<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/10\/derke.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.towleroad.com\/2014\/10\/derke.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check Out This Michigan Candidates Awesome Response to Anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> Bigotry: READ Josh Derke, a Democratic candidate for state representative from Michigan&#8217;s 93rd House District, has made public an awesome pro-LGBT letter he sent to anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> listed hate group Public Advocate of the United States (PAUC) having received a survey from the group, reports The Advocate. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/check-out-this-michigan-candidates-awesome-response-to-anti-gay-bigotry-read\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Check Out This Michigan Candidates Awesome Response to Anti-gay Bigotry: READ<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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