Le démocrate Barney Franck a utilisé une étrange référence pour présenter les gais et lesbiennes qui sont membres du parti républicain... Les associer au martyr noir qui est le héros du classique de Harriet Beeche-Stowe publié en 1852? Hummm... L'Oncle Tom du roman est ce "Christ noir", un esclave, qui tend toujours l'autre joue et tente d'améliorer les hommes qui sont ses propriétaires. Le dernier le tuera à la tâche.
"Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), who is openly gay, slammed LGBT Republicans Thursday for standing by their party even as it refuses to budge on gay rights.
Speaking at an LGBT caucus meeting at the Democratic convention Thursday morning, Frank singled out the Log Cabin Republicans in particular for praising Paul Ryan’s selection to the national ticket despite his opposition to marriage rights and his vote against repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
“I’m … inclined to think they’re called the Log Cabin Club because their role model is Uncle Tom,” Frank said to shocked murmurs from the packed crowd.
In a statement responding to a similar comment Frank made in a Huffington Post interview, the group accused Frank of undermining their efforts to remake the GOP.
“Frank calls us ‘Uncle Toms’ and pretends that Log Cabin hasn’t been on the front lines of the fight for equality,” Executive Director R. Clarke Cooper said. “The truth is, by speaking conservative to conservative about gay rights, Log Cabin Republicans are doing some of the hardest work in the movement, work that liberals like Barney are unwilling to do and couldn’t do if they tried.”
Frank is also slated to speak Thursday during the convention’s closing night."
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/barney-frank-likens-gay-republicans-to-uncle-toms.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
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