‘Homosexual Conduct Should Be Illegal,’ Roy Moore Said in ‘05 Interview

[kevindavis007]

In a newly resurfaced television interview from 2005, U.S. senate candidate Roy Moore, Republican of Alabama, compared gay sex to bestiality and said “homosexual conduct should be illegal."


The interview features Moore, who is currently running to fill the senate seat vacated by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, answering questions on CSPAN-2’s "After Words" program from host Bill Press.


“Do you think that homosexual — homosexuality, or homosexual conduct should be illegal today?,” Press asked in the video, which was unearthed by GLAAD and first reported on by CNN.


“Homosexual conduct should be illegal, yes,” Moore said. “It is immoral, it is defined by the law as detestable, it was against the law in most states until the Supreme Court … said that it wasn’t.”


More: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/homosexual-conduct-should-be-illegal-roy-moore-said-2005-n803646


So I'm assuming that is Conservative position as well.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I just saw an interesting segment on Fox ... interviewing folks in Alabama about today's election.  Independents and Democrats interviewed are praying for a Moore victory today (one woman interviewed--a Hillary supporter--was almost gleeful) because they really believe Moore will lose in the general.

Is this possible in Alabama?

[kevindavis007]

I just saw an interesting segment on Fox ... interviewing folks in Alabama about today's election.  Independents and Democrats interviewed are praying for a Moore victory today (one woman interviewed--a Hillary supporter--was almost gleeful) because they really believe Moore will lose in the general.

Is this possible in Alabama?

Remember those names:

Christine O'Donnell
Sharron Angle
Todd Akin
Richard Mourdock


Those where pure conservatives, however they lost in the general cause they where horrible candidates. As for Moore who knows.  Stranger things have happened.

[mountaineer]

So I'm assuming that is Conservative position as well.

Why?

[kevindavis007]

Why?

I just don't think that the Government should regulate what goes on in the bedroom. Especially between two consenting adults.

[mountaineer]

No, I mean why assume what Moore said is "the conservative position"? We conservatives don't always march in lock step, after all.

[Frank Cannon]

Remember those names:

Christine O'Donnell
Sharron Angle
Todd Akin
Richard Mourdock


Those where pure conservatives, however they lost in the general cause they where horrible candidates. As for Moore who knows.  Stranger things have happened.

Remember those names:

Lindsay Graham
John McCain
Lisa Murkowski
Mark Kirk
Susan Collins

Those are the safe mainstream candidates that you endorse, however they vote and act to the Left of Chuck Schumer. As for Strange who knows.  Moore of the same RINO shit I guess.

[kevindavis007]

No, I mean why assume what Moore said is "the conservative position"? We conservatives don't always march in lock step, after all.

That is true, but the Dems will use this against him.  Also, I was being sarcastic.

[INVAR]

I just don't think that the Government should regulate what goes on in the bedroom. Especially between two consenting adults.

Except that it does.

Not only does it champion deviant sex, it will punish any objection to it - and force you to labor for it.

A little leaven, leavens the entire thing.

[Frank Cannon]

I just don't think that the Government should regulate what goes on in the bedroom. Especially between two consenting adults.

How about shooting heroin?

[kevindavis007]

Remember those names:

Lindsay Graham
John McCain
Lisa Murkowski
Mark Kirk
Susan Collins

Those are the safe mainstream candidates that you endorse, however they vote and act to the Left of Chuck Schumer. As for Strange who knows.  Moore of the same RINO shit I guess.

Those people won... The big mouth schnooks lost. But go ahead and keep on winning by losing.

[mountaineer]

That is true, but the Dems will use this against him.  Also, I was being sarcastic.

Okay, gotcha.

[INVAR]

That is true, but the Dems will use this against him.

So in order to 'win', Conservatives must remove the differences between them and the Democrat?

Be more like the Democrat?

No wonder we have only Leftists loyal to nothing but the Oligarchy in D.C.

[Jazzhead]

So in order to 'win', Conservatives must remove the differences between them and the Democrat?

Be more like the Democrat?

No wonder we have only Leftists loyal to nothing but the Oligarchy in D.C.

Do you think championing putting folks in jail for what they do in the bedroom is an effective Conservative position? 

[Frank Cannon]

Those people won... The big mouth schnooks lost. But go ahead and keep on winning by losing.

So all you care about is that an R is in there. Not that anything worthwhile gets done. Got'cha.

[INVAR]

Do you think championing putting folks in jail for what they do in the bedroom is an effective Conservative position?

Why not?

You champion putting folks in jail and stripping them of wealth and their property for refusing to cater to what homosexuals do.

That said - there is no 'effective Conservative position' in a nation of hedonists.

Only standing up and resisting tyrants like you.

[kevindavis007]

Why not?

You champion putting folks in jail and stripping them of wealth and their property for refusing to cater to what homosexuals do.

That said - there is no 'effective Conservative position' in a nation of hedonists.

Only standing up and resisting tyrants like you.

So basically you don't want a small Government.

[jmyrlefuller]

First off, it was 2005, when social conservatism still had a following.
Second, this is Alabama, where this kind of sentiment isn't fatal. Yet.
Third, pretty much everyone has known that Roy Moore is a socon.
Fourth, it is fully consistent with Moore's views regarding law and the courts. This was shortly after Lawrence v. Texas declared sodomy a constitutional right and struck down an Alabama law making it illegal. Moore has been a consistent critic of that kind of judicial activism.
Fifth, the alphabet soup lobby has overextended itself horribly as of late and to assume they have the empathy they used to have would be a grave error.

This doesn't have to be fatal.

[txradioguy]

Remember those names:

Christine O'Donnell
Sharron Angle
Todd Akin
Richard Mourdock


Those where pure conservatives, however they lost in the general cause they where horrible candidates. As for Moore who knows.  Stranger things have happened.

Only O'Donnell was a horrible candidate...the rest beat the establishment "Friends of Mitch" in primaries IIRC and for their efforts got zero support from the House and Senatorial election committee's.

Reince, Mitch and the RNC hung their own people out to dry.

[jmyrlefuller]

Do you think championing putting folks in jail for what they do in the bedroom is an effective Conservative position?

So if I sell heroin in my bedroom, should that be illegal?

[jmyrlefuller]

Only O'Donnell was a horrible candidate...the rest beat the establishment "Friends of Mitch" in primaries IIRC and for their efforts got zero support from the House and Senatorial election committee's.

Reince, Mitch and the RNC hung their own people out to dry.

I might add that Akin WAS the establishment candidate (a six-term incumbent Congressman) who only won the primary because the Tea Party split their votes between Brunner and Steelman.

[Right_in_Virginia]

First off, it was 2005, when social conservatism still had a following.
Second, this is Alabama, where this kind of sentiment isn't fatal. Yet.
Third, pretty much everyone has known that Roy Moore is a socon.
Fourth, it is fully consistent with Moore's views regarding law and the courts. This was shortly after Lawrence v. Texas declared sodomy a constitutional right and struck down an Alabama law making it illegal. Moore has been a consistent critic of that kind of judicial activism.
Fifth, the alphabet soup lobby has overextended itself horribly as of late and to assume they have the empathy they used to have would be a grave error.

This doesn't have to be fatal.

I don't know anything about Alabama politics ... which is why I'm surprised a Republican could lose.

As to this not being "fatal" .... he'll need to answer whether or not he still believes this during the debate.  Hope he's ready.

[txradioguy]

I might add that Akin WAS the establishment candidate (a six-term incumbent Congressman) who only won the primary because the Tea Party split their votes between Brunner and Steelman.

You're right.  Good catch.

[INVAR]

So basically you don't want a small Government.

I was addressing our resident Leftist and his prescription for 'stopping bigotry'. 

A people who are not self-governed by the Law of God will be ruled by the imposed tyranny of men.

Here we are.

[jpsb]

So basically you don't want a small Government.

We had a small government in the 1800's and sodomy was illegal. Your attempt to make a point is demonstrably false.