David Barton and Jim DeMint on Homosexuality
by Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA I recently had an op-ed article published in the Daily Caller, it was entitled " An Independent Conservative's View of Gay Marriage. " While I am not a proponent of same sex marriage I do hold that same sex unions ought to be recognized and afforded all the same legal considerations as heterosexual unions. My purpose for referencing my Daily Caller article is because the forces of social conservatives are coalescing around politicians like Jim DeMint , and Evangelicals are doing the same around figures like David Barton . This should give independent conservatives, Libertarians, and moderates the shivers. DeMint recently went on record in a speech given at First Baptist North Spartanburg in which he advocated that openly gay individuals should not be teaching in the classroom. He holds the same position with respect to unmarried women who are sleeping with, their boyfriends. I assume he means the same for those who are livin...