Americans for Legal Immigration is gay-baiting Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-SC) because of his support for immigration reform. Graham is the senator best known for apologizing to Justice Samuel Alito’s wife for the tough questioning of her husband during his judicial committe hearings and calling Justice Sonia Sotomayer “nasty,” “a terror” and “a bit of a bull” at hers.
On their website ALIPAC, they wrote:
The national border security organization known as Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) is officially calling for US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to make his homosexual lifestyle public knowledge in the interest of political integrity and national security.
William Gheen, president of the group, spoke to a Tea Party rally on Saturday, April 17. He said:
US Senator Lindsey Graham is gay and while many people in South Carolina and Washington DC know that, the general public and Graham’s constituents do not. I personally do not care about Graham’s private life, but in this situation his desire to keep this a secret may explain why he is doing a lot of political dirty work for others who have the power to reveal his secrets. Senator Graham needs to come out of the closet inside that log cabin so the public can rest assured he is not being manipulated with his secret.
Really? You don’t care about his “private sexual life?” But proving he’s gay people explains why he supports reforming the broken immigration laws? Because if he’s gay, he’s automatically in favor of illegal immigration? And just what is a “closet inside that log cabin?” A snotty reference to LGBT Republicans or a skewed view of Abe Lincoln’s luxurious suburban upbringing in a mini-mansion made of logs? Making deals to hide being gay? That’s so 1970s.
On the topic of immigration reform, about the only thing that the LGBT community might agree on is that current laws aren’t working. The solution is something that the LGBT community is as divided on as every other group in the country.
One comment by Gheen we can certainly agree with, however.
“Barney Frank has more integrity and bravery than Senator Lindsey Graham right now,” Gheen said, although I’m sure he didn’t mean it as a compliment to Frank.
Wow, if Lindsey Graham IS gay that would make him yet another odious Republican closet-case who engages in gay-bashing. In other words, what a tool. Graham has been one of the most vociferous of the rightwing reactionaries. He only supports immigration reform because the SC furniture factories need workers. He doesn’t actually have any concern for the workers themselves.
We do need immigration reform. But, sadly, this particular episode by the unfocused and racist “Tea Party” seems to indicate that the bigots are happy to share their bigotry among many targets.
While the means may not justify the ends, the wingnuts do have a point.
I just wanna see those pictures of Miss Graham Cracker in high heels and eyeliner with a big gin and tonic in one hand and some poor page’s manhood in the other!
Lindsey Graham needs to be fired for his ILLEGAL ALIEN ASS KISSING!!!
Lindsey Graham is despicable. I fail to understand why people who deny who they are insist on punishing the people who are not in denial about who they are. I remember McCain and Graham in ’08, on the campaign trail – all that love fest BS. And, oh, he spouts nice and fine about the military, he’s a Judge Advocate, after all. I bet he resigns rather than come out.