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September 14, 2004

Brian Howey opines on the Indiana Democratic and Republican Gay Baiting.

Hat Tip: Christian Grantham .

Money quote:

Earlier this week, Republican gubernatorial candidate Mitch Daniels met privately with a group of gay and lesbians in Indianapolis. The juvenile wing of the Indiana Democratic Party sent an e-mail out to reporters and conservative Republicans essentially outing Daniels for having the meeting. The intent was to try and alienate Daniels conservative Christian supporters. “We traced the e-mail back to the Democratic Party’s ISP,” said Daniels campaign manager Bill Oesterle. “It was gay baiting. The Democrats engaged in gay baiting.”

All Daniels was doing was having a dialogue, as he promised he would do with Hoosiers of all races, creeds and stations of life.

And the reaction? Micah Clark of the American Families Association of Indiana told the Indianapolis Star, "The temptation for me was to say, 'Mitch, what in the world are you doing? Why are you meeting with such a small minority that is going to vote Democratic, at the risk of alienating a large portion of your base?'"

Get over it Mr Clark, your candidate LOST the primary to Mitch Daniels.....

Well, Mr. Clark, it’s called statesmanship.

Daniels has been meeting privately with all sorts of groups of people ... teachers, sheriffs, farmers ... and, yes, gays. And it isn’t just Mitch Daniels reaching out to learn a thing or two. Go to the Stonewall Democrats website and you’ll find photos of First Lady Maggie Kernan with (gasp!) gay Hoosiers.

That’s what true statesmen and women do. They reach out to people and they have a dialogue and they learn many things that will help them govern more effectively.

Waterman, Clark and the juvenile wing of the Indiana Democratic Party have conducted themselves in a bigoted, crude manner.

Read the whole column. It's well worth it.