Friday, April 24, 2015

Gay men have dinner with Ted Cruz. Gay community punishes them





◼ Ted Cruz Campaign Battles 'Intolerant' Boycott of Gay Men Who Hosted Him in New York - David Weigel/Bloomberg @daveweigel
Texas Senator Ted Cruz has picked many fights in his short political career, and faced down a multitude of enemies. Yet he has never faced an opponent quite like Broadway Bares Solo Strips.

The producers of the New York City show became the first people to boycott a venue owned by Mati Weiderpass and Ian Reisner, gay entrepreneurs who hosted Cruz for an event this week. As first reported by Maggie Haberman in the New York Times, Cruz held a "fireside chat" with about a dozen interested people at the penthouse owned by Weiderpass and Reisner. The ostensible topic was Israel; Cruz, like many Republicans, is looking for openings with donors who have leaned Democrat may be shopping around for a new party out of a feeling that the Obama administration has slighted the Jewish State. Yet Cruz told attendees that gay marriage was an issue for the states -- though if one of his daughters were gay, he would love them just as much....

In statements to Haberman, Reisner and Weiderpass said that they disagreed with Cruz on gay marriage, and that his appearance "was a step in the right direction toward him having a better understanding" of what they believed.

..."The swarm of locusts we've dubbed 'the Rainbow Jihad' on my show is so out of control, it now threatens it's own benefactors," said Steve Deace, a conservative Des Moines radio host. "If these cultural Marxists won't even tolerate leaders in their own community like Reisner having a peaceful dialogue with the other side, then it's not a movement but an inquisition."

That was the tone Cruz's campaign took when asked about the boycott this afternoon.

"I'm not sure where their intolerance leads," said Cruz campaign spokesman Rick Tyler. "Are they going to boycott TV networks and their advertisers that interview Ted Cruz? Book stores that sell his books? How about the hotels that host his events. Where does it end?"





















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