Cute & smart Fox News contributor comes out as gay

[JayQueer]

Guy Benson, a handsome & smart Fox News contributor and the editor of the political conservative website Townhall.com, has come out as a gay man in his book, "End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun)."

www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/a-fox-news-contributor-on-being-gay-the-gop-and-religious-li#



He added a footnote ("I'm Guy Benson. So, I'm gay.") in the chapter titled "Bake me a cake, Bigots", about how liberals are intolerant towards businesses who do not want to serve gay weddings.


Megyn Kelly just interviewed him where he discussed coming out as a gay man. This aired during primetime television.

They were talking about the Left & Democrat party assumes that women and gays must vote how liberals tell them to. I loved his quote, "We didn't get liberated so you could tell us how to think..."

Did I mention he's cute! I have a crush on him

 

[hotatlboi]

"We didn't get liberated so you could tell us how to think..."

Sure, but we were liberated over the overwhelming objections of Republicans. If you want, as a gay man, to support the party that fought tooth and nail to oppose your liberation, and by and large is still very much opposed to your equality then that is your right. Everyone has a right to be stupid and hold nonsensical positions in the USA.

 

[jockofstrap]

How do Gays and Fox mix together?

 

[TX-Beau]

How do Gays and Fox mix together?

Airport restrooms.

 

[Ninja108]

Any LGBT person who belongs to the Republican party as it stands right now is a fool.

 

[T-Rexx]

Guy Benson, a handsome & smart Fox News contributor

Smart? He thinks opposing bigotry is intolerant and he supports a party that wants to make sure he has no rights!

Did I mention he's cute! I have a crush on him

Was it the homophobia or the self-hatred that attracted you?

 

[JayQueer]

Smart? He thinks opposing bigotry is intolerant and he supports a party that wants to make sure he has no rights!

The Democrat party is no "savior" of the gays. It comes down to the money -- wealthy gay bundlers rally money & votes for the Dems, and they pay lip service to gays. The Democrat way is to ensure that gays, women, & minorities stay repressed so that they keep voting Democrat.

Speaking of minorities many (or most) of them do not support gays any more than socially conservative white Republicans do. Actually, they might support gays even less. Why don't all of you ask the Black people protesting & rioting in Baltimore what they think of gays & gay marriage? They all vote Democrat & voted for Obama, but most feel very differently about gays. In California, most Blacks voted for Prop 8. In Baltimore and Prince Georges County (heavily Democrat & Black areas), they voted against gay marriage in Maryland.

Gay people already have the same individual rights and freedoms as everyone else. As for gay marriage, the jury (the supreme court) is still out on that one (literally). But even social conservatives who oppose gay marriage on religious grounds support the right for gay people (or anyone else) to put together contracts with other individuals to protect their property, power of attorney etc.

Was it the homophobia or the self-hatred that attracted you?

Guy seems like a well-adjusted gay man. He was not "outed" in a scandal, he came out on his own terms. He acknowledges being gay, but says that "being gay is only one part of who he is". Did you watch the video? He gives credit to the gay rights movement, he says "I realize I am standing on the shoulders" of the gay rights movement. But just because we are gay, does not mean that we must be liberals. The Democrat party is the party of the Left & the Far Left in this country, and they assume because we are gay we will automatically vote Dem & walk the party line. I, and many others like him, say no.

 

[Telstra]

LOL, jayqueers "potential" husband
Waiting for Rareboy's critic

 

[JayQueer]

LOL, jayqueers "potential" husband

I wish, but Guy is way, way out of my league. Handsome white guys don't go for hairy, fat brown men like me

He'll probably be Shepard Smith's new boyfriend

 

[Telstra]

I wish, but Guy is way, way out of my league. Handsome white guys don't go for hairy, fat brown men like me

He'll probably be Shepard Smith's new boyfriend

Rare would hammer you even harder for this.
Time for you to eat healthy and exercise until you can't move daily.

 

[willie metcaffe]

God almighty that woman is so sugary smarmy and condescending. A safe place? Really? That said, there was discussion on this conservative commentator not wanting his being gay to be (paraphrasing) front and center of who he is or what he stands for. But does he not belong to a party or at least to a mindset that would put and has put his sexuality upfront in negative ways? I dont see, for instance, the current batch of Republican candidates rushing to embrace what a good decision the Supreme Court would be making were it to resolve the gay marriage divide in favor of us. And there is still talk among that group of presidential candidates of such things of constitutional amendments against equality in marriage. If this party is who this man wants to associate with, then fine. But for me this all speaks of disconnect.

As for the religious liberty question, once you open a business or operate a service specifically reliant on the public sector for success, i.e. the exchange of money, public rules apply, meaning you can't discriminate based on sexual orientation or race or other criteria. If such businesses desire to discriminate, then open as a membership club with a big sign on the door saying that is what they are. Like minded people then can come through your door, and I will not, and all will be fine.

Also, I disagree with the notion that debate is somehow shut down, and that the left has all this amazing power to do so. If the left did, then congress would be in the hands of all those left-wing democrats (and the many moderates, I imagine) as well as all the state govts, including my state, which are currently well stocked by the right. Could it be that this gent is merely annoyed that there are people who don't agree with him? He should, by all means, put forth his ideas, but he should have no expectation that his ideas should be embraced with warmth and fuzziness. I'm sure, however, that he can still have "fun" in America even though I would want little to do with a party which would have only some of him as a member. I say to him: have fun in Cleveland. Loosen up. Have a drink. Kiss your boyfriend in public. That'll go over well.

 

[star-warrior]

Butterface

 

[TX-Beau]

He looks like a douchebag. I find guys who say thing like "I'm just a straight guy who happens to be gay sometimes in the dark - don't LOOK AT THE GAY!," amusing.

Mister Sister isn't fooling anyone, squealing piss pig bottom.

 

[TX-Beau]

Gay people already have the same individual rights and freedoms as everyone else...

No Jayqueer, quite literally AND legally, we don't.

You can say thank you to your Republican friends next time they vote to shit on you.

 

[chrisrobin]

THINK: "Don't pay any attention to that man behind the curtain."

OR: the T-shirt which reads: "My boyfriend is gay, but I'm not."

 

[hotatlboi]

No Jayqueer, quite literally AND legally, we don't.

You can say thank you to your Republican friends next time they vote to shit on you.

I assume it helps with the cognitive dissonance of being a gay republican to sincerely believe that we already do.

 

[ChickenGuy]

Hmmmmmm, I have a more nuanced and equivocal opinion than most around here.

If someone wants to be gay and Republican, that it his right. He may choose to do so based on his viewpoints any number of issues, and although I might disagree (especially on economics!!!!) I nevertheless amn't going to attack and insult the man.

Perpetuating a falsehood that ALL Republicans are the devil incarnate and MUST be seen through the prism of gay rights is stupid. I get a bit tired of the shoehorning of so-called 'debate' on CE&P into such narrow terms.

To say that ALL members of a political party have the singular goal of reversing rights is a stretch too far into hyperbole, scaremongering, and generalisation, and it slightly smacks of framing the debate into one of perpetual oppressor and victim.

Having said that, however, peddling a book full of ideological talking points is taking it a bit too far.... BUT if I read this said book, I suspect there'd be SOME of it I agreed with. Maybe 20% to 30%.

I think some of the points being made, but especially what he says from 2:00 to 2:30, is perfectly valid.

There is a tendency amongst the far-left (and I see it here in U.K. all the time) to dictate the terms of debate and free speech and what is deemed 'acceptable opinion' - and if you disagree, you get hounded and attacked. I'm sure it's the same in the United States.

I loved his quote, "We didn't get liberated so you could tell us how to think..."

It's a very good phrase, that really highlights the inherent profound discrepancy of when liberal open-minded progressive political groups then become SO intolerant of difference of opinion, however small. I see this over here in the U.K. too.

I get ever more and more tired and annoyed by it. Any glance at the threads in CE&P betray a shocking groupthink mentality of pre-conceived mindsets.

A safe place? Really?

Yeah I must admit I did find that statement totally bizarre.

 

[vulgar_newcomer]

Did I mention he's cute! I have a crush on him

Damn imagine that, not exactly the big muscle bound beefy Camp Lejune Gi'rine you usually are fantasy lusting after.

 

[vulgar_newcomer]

Gay people already have the same individual rights and freedoms as everyone else. As for gay marriage, the jury (the supreme court) is still out on that one (literally). But even social conservatives who oppose gay marriage on religious grounds support the right for gay people (or anyone else) to put together contracts with other individuals to protect their property, power of attorney etc.

Bullshit you are ignorant because you have never first been in a long term relationship. There is even less of a chance you will ever be in one that results in the death of a partner and family comes into play.

You list a bunch of Christian religious reasons why minorities such as blacks oppose gay marriage. That's personal. The same as if I don't agree with religion but I think that every one should have the same rights as me regardless of their shit LOrD. No more no less.

I can tell you Jay Queer boy that I was fortunate enough to be in a long term relationship that resulted in the death of my partner and we owned real estate. Had his family had money they would have fought the legal binding contracts as not legal and the right to his estate, the real estate market was prime then. Often when this has happened the gay partner loses in court. This is not the case where law is clear with hetro married couples. We paid taxes like everyone else though most real estate taxes go to schools, I have no problem with that tax burden even though I will never be a Parent. It is right and the focus on the future.

I and my partner made valuable contributions to our community and property like gay guys did in many gay ghettos abandoned by whites, only to be priced out after busting ass to rebuild areas like the Castro.

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[TX-Beau]

To say that ALL members of a political party have the singular goal of reversing rights is a stretch too far into hyperbole, scaremongering, and generalisation, and it slightly smacks of framing the debate into one of perpetual oppressor and victim.

Your opinion isn't "nuanced," it's naive. When a political, party has STATED that it intends to deny you equality if it gets it's way, anyone voting to give them power is participating.

Period.

I would love to put you in a room with the 'Pub base and see how "nuanced" you walk out of it.