DALLAS — A GOP candidate running for the U.S. Senate from Texas, told his opponents and the audience during a Republican debate in Dallas Wednesday night that he feels that believes being gay is a choice and gays will have to answer to God.
Former pro football player Craig James, who is seeking the seat currently held by Kay Bailey Hutchison, said “our moral fiber is sliding down a slope” and that he would never participate in a gay pride parade, referring to contender Tom Leppert.
Craig James
Leppert, a former Dallas mayor, marched in Dallas’ gay pride parade in 2007 and 2009, had employed an openly gay chief of staff — Chris Heinbaugh — and repeatedly expressed support for the LGBT community.
James: I think right now in this country, our moral fiber is sliding down a slope that is going to be hard to stop if we don’t stand up with leaders who don’t go ride in gay parades. I can assure you I will never ride in a gay parade. And I hear what you’re saying, Tom, but leaders – our kids out there people need to see examples.
Moderator: Do you think people choose to be gay?
James: I think it’s a choice, I do.
Moderator: It’s not in the genes?
James: I think that you have to make that choice. But in that case right there, they are going to have to answer to the Lord for their actions. We should not give benefits to those civil unions.
LGBTQ rights has become an important test in this primary contest as hardcore Texas Republicans demand candidates take more socially conservative stands.
James, a former professional football player for the New England Patriots, is also a sports commentator for games on the ABC and ESPN television networks.
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Being gay is not a choice.. but being a bigoted, homophobic republican IS… and only your god has the patience enough to possibly forgive that choice
*facepalm* how is it that only the dumbest of shits make it to any position in government?!
What “god”?
He’s gonna have to answer to my foot up his ass for his bigotry. SMH
Will God blame me for loving or you for hating?
So he should mind his own business he’s not God.
I think the good senator will have to answer to God before my BFF does or his partner. We are all called to Love by God.
He’ll have to answer for letting his heart be filled with hate.
Yes I will have to answer to God so the GOP needs to stop acting like God and let me live my damn life the way I see fit!!!!!!!
for the record, i never chose to like anyone. i hate people in general, but someone people from all genders have penetrated my heart.
Eat sh**t…………..
I’m comfy with that, ok, SparklePants. What I have to answer for is NOTHING compared to what you’re going to have to answer for.
This guys a fool…Were all going to have to answer to God…Its universal not gay smg
Yes, gays and everyone else will answer to God for their sins…this includes this idiot GOP candidate…only this idiot will also have to answer for judging another human being.
I didn’t choose to be homosexual. I just got lucky!!!
im gay…AND FROM TEXAS…..this bigot gives us a bad name….jive ass mother fucker
Fine. Whatever. I guess that means that he and likeminded people need to STFU!!!!
We’re all accountable for the lives we lead. When haters are called to account for their lives how will they plead? I’m prepared to answer for my choice to be open about who I am and my efforts to live compassionately without harming others. How many GOP candidates can say the same?
What an ass!!!
only god has the right to pass judgement on mortals anyway, if the homophobic people would realize that the world would be a better place
I don’t care for the opinion of someone who’s wearing a dumb cowboy hat.
I agree with Sarah, but what does this have to do with politics Sir? I mean, why is this even being discussed on the campaign trail right?
what an asshole
why do people suck so bad. Out of all the things ‘god’ has to to you raelly think he cares about (no offence) two homos fucking?
People are bone heads
Answer to God? I’d rather not pick up that phone call.
well, he will answer to God for being a judge. typical dick head
What is it like to have such primitive reasoning??? Not trying to sound pompous, but I seriously just can’t comprehend it…..
He needs to quit his day job because god loves everyone of his kids and will follow by them in what ever choice the make
Dear USSH: Yes, we have to answer to God. Everybody does. But we don’t have to answer to you. ;-{P}
lol What choice?
Well then the good Senator from Texas is admitting that God is not perfect. Cause my God loves me as he made me.
So much ignorance……….
Even if it was a choice, I’d choose to be gay :)
Just when I thought governments couldn’t get any more stupider.. Whoops! I was wrong
Bigoted people like that don’t belong in office.
well obviously being gay is a choice, why else would gay teenagers choose to get beaten and rejected by their parents?
Ok yes I do agree with him, I will personally have to answer to god but def not have to answer to man so I don’t know y they spew stuff off without thinking..
My thinking is he will have to answer to God for judging others.
that’s not what he told me when we were camping on brokeback mountain!
If God has a problem with me being gay we can discuss it when I get there. And I bet all these people saying God is gonna do this and that I have a feeling they will b the ones turned away when they get to wherever it is were all going. I say they all need to mind their own business and if they don’t have any business go get some. If they would leave us alone and put all their feelings into getting our world fixed it might make a difference. We should just be allowed to do whatever everyone else does it should have never even been a question or put to a vote. People are starving. People are dying and homeless and all we want is to declare our love for another person. Get over it people were gonna win its inevitable. So do something that really needs done we aren’t hurting anyone.
Actually, would-be-senator, it is people such as yourself who are going to have to answer to God for the manner in which you have treated God’s gay and lesbian children.
That’s fine. I will answer to God, NOT a politician.
What an idiot.
and who the f_uck think you are???
Craig James just screwed his own homophobic pooch way too go asshole!! Good to see you hillbilly hilljacks are keeping the hate alive.i love how god gets brought into everything.my question is…if being gay is a sin and love is a form of feeling from god,why would we “gays” be capable of loving our same sex partner??chew on that one for a minute,ill wait.
Answer to God?!?…. When & Where?!?…. Do I have to make an appointment to answer to God?!? LOL…
Another ignorant running for the U.S Senate!!.. It never ends!!…
How long before he’s caught in a gay bar?
What’s really bothering you, Craig? Is it the fact that you got turned down at the Round-Up Saloon in Dallas because of that fake-ass cowboy look you’re trying to pull off?
I posted on that but it needs said here too. Craig needs to get the plank out of his eye before bothering with anyone else’s splinters.
Gay people will have to answer to god for being gay ? Doubtful. But I sure as hell refuse to answer to the GOP !
What a stupid hat !
I’d rather “answer to God” than to any stupid full of crap politician!
I’m soooo glad there isn’t a “god” or a “here-after” because I’d really hate to have to sit behind this guy in the movie theater for all eternity…
WTF?!!!
Jesus had to have been gay. The long hair, the robe, the sandals, hanging around a buch of men! e guys I’ve seen in the “gayborhood”
He thinks the brain has a choice,lol
straights like him can answer to satan,lol.
he thinks tht cowboy hat makes him look cool…..hmmmm
Errrrr….WTF?!!!!
You damn f&%@ing right not to you or any other ” Christian Bible thumping biggot, hipocrit….i wont answer to anyone else but him….so keep your believes to yourself because im sure your sorry ass will have to stand in the same line as i will to answer to him…
Its not a choice. It grinds my gears when people say that. Now hate is a choice
I don’t see what the right’s issue is
They’re going to heaven, we’re going to hell, so what’s the problem?
What if im not christian you idgit what then? hmmmmmmmm what a moron why are all the morons running for GOP or is it just me that sees this?
He will have to answer for the lack of the fruit of love of those people since he has judged.
also why the hell are they bringing religion into politics? seriously
Sure, fine. As long as I don’t have to answer to the stupid hat man
Yeah why are they bringing “Religion” into Politics?!? what’s up with “Separation of State & Church”?!?…..
and he’ll have to answer to gay-friendly God who made all life, including thousands of higher species with samesex pairs for millions of years who were never harassed nor bullied and excluded by their species str8s…Funny how these KKKristians are always in league with Hitler and the KKK and the racists and sexists of low IQ, banal values, and greed. Funny that JC had at least 2 male lovers and the real JC never said one word against love of any form, but warned that many would come in his name who really were Satanists, as he called all who worked INIQUITY. Come soon O Lord from the stars, and hold these bully lowlifes to account, these evil ones in suits and fancy shitkicker wear who never had a clue as to biology or evolution or the failing of dogma. For those fake kkkristians it’s not going to be Rapture, But Capture and punishment. Gosh gee so many Fred Phelps types who CHOSE to be vile violent bullies…remember to read only Jesus’ words if you wish to know who’s saved and who’s NOT. Most KKKristians are so full of shite, if all their shite was removed they could all be buried in one matchbox. IMHO hahaha
Look’s like he’s lost in his own mind..what an asshole!
Isn’t that between me and god then? I don’t see why my rights have to be refused based on the fact that I have to answer to god when the only one who knows what he’s going to say will be me, when I’m dead.
Okay. But I DON’T have to answer for you at least. And I believe GOD IS ON MY SIDE BE-OTCH!!! He loves me and I love him. But if you want I will put in a good word for you. After all you are my brother and everyone needs some forgiveness. But just know you will never be better as a person than me haters.
That’s right I do so it no business of yours
Ha wow
I’m sorry, what? I don’t speak ignorant-dumbass -.-
well they said one thing right – God gets the last word!
What a flaming asshole!!
and so will you!!!!!!!!
as soon as HE ask me, i will answer. [ Does God ask him how he knows what HE's thinking? ] LOL
And he’s going to have to answer to God for his Judgment of others!!!
Silly dogmatic nonsense.. ignore.
Okay I don’t think there is a problem there…does one have to believe in “God” to answer to “Him”? I suppose I will find out…or not if I am right and after death we just cease to exist and then find out nothing because we ARE dead.
He’s gay. Gaydar went off with that picture of his.
That big hat, is that to protect what’s left of his brains?
It’s a method to detract from the “real” issues and keep the focus on things that evokes an emotional response so people vote from their emotions not their brain. We need to put them in their place, and then bring the focus back to the issues destroying this country….otherwise we the people remain divided and unguided
And so will the senate “hopeful”…
And you sir will answer to God for judging people…
I sure the skeletons will come out of the closet soon
Bite me.
And my answer is “yes God. Oh yes!Yes! Make me see you.”
the Bible says do not judge, apparently he isn’t educated enough to know what that means
And god look down upon the gay man and said, “Fabulous”
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He needs to decide if he wants to be a senator or a preacher! As for me, I know who I am, and so does GOD!! He made me gay.
Choice hunh. I suppose being straight is a choice too.
He is just mad he didn’t get picked to be on the show The A-List Dallas!
It’s better than answering to the state!
Bring God on!
Allhave sinned and come short of the glory of God.The God I was taught about dosent single Out certain people He loves all walks of life because he created us all.you stupid fool get with the program and your running for Senate your a sinner also all sin is equal in the sight of God.
As will you asshole…..
What a jerk.
im sorry sir,, but if you believe in god nd know how wonderful he is,, Don’t you think that we are answering to God already.. Our test in life is oppening the minds of ignorant people such as yourself..
JUST as the Church will have to answer to GOd for NOT doing what Jesus would do!!!
Why don’t we let God handle his job, and you stop spreading hate… You do not speak for God.
“Dear God, Thanks again for making me this way. I have chosen to be who you made me. Love, Bobby”
…and so will you for your judgments..or did you forget about that part – you jackass!
I wish that facebook had a DON’T LIKE button; or better yet an Agree and Disagree button. The LGBT are not the only ones that are going to be judged by God! So will those that spew Hate.
The Declaration of Independence states:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
This has been called “one of the best-known sentences in the English language”[4], containing “the most potent and consequential words in American history.”[5] The passage came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive. This view was notably promoted by Abraham Lincoln, who considered the Declaration to be the foundation of his political philosophy, and argued that the Declaration is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpreted.
Well perhaps someday we will all have equal rights!
In the parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus, who ended up being shunned? Not the poor guy who sat under the table, eating with the dogs. It was the other guy who treated him like a dog. So again, sir, who will have to answer for his sins? You treat us like dogs, like beings who deserve to be kicked, ignored unless we wag our tails with unabashed loyalty, and discarded if we live out our usefulness. There are going to be a lot more people in heaven than you’d put there; you’re not G-d. “For my ways are not your ways. My thoughts are not your thoughts.”
Yes I will answer to GOD for me being a loving and caring person who views the world differently then this “holier than thou” man and I know that he will look at me and smile and be so proud of me for I have overcome many obsticles in life. So yes sir you are absolutely right and I pray you will have a good life and open your eyes to the absolute truth.
Boy.. somebody’s desprate to win. Use GOD for this, blame GOD for that. How do they know what GOD feels??? Because its in the BIBLE!??? A book that has been picked apart for $church & government$ to control, conform people & their money. The old order is leaving, crawling out the back door kicking & screaming, Hell & damnation, bcause it worked before. Religion sucks anyways. We are starting to choose to be more spiritual rather than being controled by closed minded assholes, $church & government$–THE VERY ONES WHO CONDEMED JESUS!!! The bridge between GOD & Man is not religion, it’s JESUS. AND HE was murdered because HE wanted ALL people to be equal socially. JESUS had alot to say but “interestly” much of HIS writings are “missing.”
No one holds the answer to the question why are some people gay or bisexual. It’s probably genetics, maybe our brains are wired differently but no one knows the real reason! It’s the ignorant who spout off saying it’s a choice because, well, they’re ignorant!
Why won’t these ignorant jerks just shut up already!?!?!?!
I would be happy to answer to tthe creator for being who he made me as . what!! he already knows i am lgbt. no biggy it was his gift to me .
when will these morons learn it is not a CHOICE get it right you idiots and become educated on what being LGBTQ means, all you need to do is to read and learn!!!
and its NOT a choice.
I don’t know who his “god” is but the one I know loves me in spite of my faults
Why do Texans let people like this portray them as dumb-as-dirt rednecks?
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too bad he’s stupid… what a waste, lol
well ignorant perhaps; however from a biblical stand point he’s right we all have freewill we all have judgement if that is your belief…. however its his choice to hold his beliefs, views, and that is fine… why should we put ourselves in a position were we are perpetuation that hate and intolerance.. whether it’s a choice or not we do not know as mere mortals, so he’s only trying to understand this life as we are as much as our mental capacity will let us. . .
More likely he will have to answer to God for his views
I think he’s closet gay and ashamed so “chooses” to be straight. He’ll have to answer to God for his ignorance.
If was choice , we wanted our families kick out thier lives, friends leave us, and if was choice why there a lot gays in world get kicked out and killed, even exale of thier families this senate get their head out thier ass .
If I wanted to hear from an ass hole like this guy….I’d fart!
as the saying goes,will god judge me on loving someone or him for hating
Let me get this straight, I will have to answer to some mythical sky god, for some so called choice that I did not make, for what purpose? The mass delusion continues to persist.
most who believe it’s a choice are gay and are trying to deny themselves of being truly happy. Calling it a choice makes those who are ignorant about it feel that the are right. So Mr. whoever you are just because you may have chosen to be straight doesn’t mean the rest of us should have to live like you live your miserable life.
Asshole!
Another bible thumper!
The catch is, that when we argue that it’s not a choice there can be an implication that it’s not what we wish to be. I’m happy to be a homo, and I’m sure it’s just fine with God. Jesus was bisexual, so I’m sure God understands.
I’d rather be judged as person who love’s.
Than as a person who Hates!
as the saying goes,will god judge me on loving someone or him for hating>>God loves everyone including all LGBTQ, no where in the bible does he put them down. as as far as Jesus, guess who he was hanging out with? yep all us so called “sinners” as you would called us>
Gay’s.. Or as I personally like to call them..PEOPLE.. DON’T have to answer to anything that doesn’t exist. [:
And these people will have to answer to their creator for all of the judgement, bigotry, and mean-spirited actions they have taken. People should certainly vote for fiscally conservative politicians, but it’s time to start seeking out those who are fair-minded about diversity.
God made us… asshole
I answer to God everyday of my life and he blesses me day in and day out. I have been with my wife going on 17 years on the 25th of March. Obviously God blessed me with the right person. So if you are homophobic, keep it to yourself and don’t put God in this, because God created us as humans not determining who we are to fall in love with. We all bleed the same color, so cut the prejudice and live in the real world.
and im a christain lesbian that believes in the bible when it says john 3:16 “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON, THAT WHOSOEVER, BELEAVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PARISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE” HEY ALL STRIGHT AND LGBLQ (ARE WHO SO EVER) AND i BELIEVE IN HIM! GOD SAID IT I BELIEVE, THATS IT PERIOD!
They blame peoples behaviors for the economic ills, not the structural deficiencies in the economy…this is why we can’t solve any real problems…..its very childish is sophmoric if you ask me…
He’s a former New England Patriot. That says it ALL right there!
Go ahead and blame all of the problems on the gays! I’m gay but I pay my taxes just like this corn holer! So he can go have fun with the barnyard animals at his farm ;) and we will win anyways! So many states are now legalizing it. Soon it’ll be so many states vs those states that are opposed to gay rights and we will simply not visit these states. Tourism will go down very quickly then soon enough they will have to conform to the rest of the country… uhhh holla!
How sad!!! I can only hope he does not win…but if he does, Hillary will set him “straight” lol
Answer for what loving another human being…. how does he know it isn’t a choice. he isn’t gay to say that, when did this hick choice to be heterosexual?
I’m ok with that as long as he’s ok with answering for hatefully turning away people created in the image of God.
Unfortunately, none of us will. When you live your life in a fantasy of religion, you can say any goddamn lie you want.
When did Craig James choose to stop sucking cock?
The problem is they do not know the first thing that happens in The Court of God. They seem to think that God looks at the Book of Sin first. God does not.
he looks like he just wandered off Broke Mountain:)
Sorry, Mr. James. But, some people actually belong to other religions and faiths. Me, for example. But, you would never hear me threaten you with my faith. That is so disrespectful and inappropriate in so many ways.
As ” Gay Christian” I know Yes I will have to answer for my choices in life __What he fails to mention “any christian” – gay str8 bi will have to answer for their choices So the question is How is this ground breaking news ?? just saying to anyone that is a christian : We already know that everyone will answer for their coices come judgement day sorry but this is not anything new to us !!!
god? who is she?
Wouldn’t it be more accurate to say “Gays will have to answer to the God of their choice”
Being gay is not a choice. But being an asshole is. You will have to pay for your hatred towards humanity.
And He will say, “thank you for being so tolerant of the unjust ones.” GET A CLUE
The title says it all. “we will have to answer to god” so why should he or anyone else speak of what they don’t know?
They should not!
We answer everyday to God. Don’t you?
Yes we do anwer to God, NOT man!!
Whatever
Texas? Only two things come from Texas…
These Texas boys and their stupid games! I was propositioned by one in a LA hotel about 10 years ago. This guy will get caught with his pants down, lips pressed to a hole between stalls in an airport mens room and swear it was the demon of homosexuality that made him do it! All of his congressional friends will adandon him as they are either the same as he, or have known all along and don’t want to be pulled into his self made snake pit!
Well it looks like your already trying to answer for him. Remember you too will have to answer to God!
And he will have to answer for his judgement of others, and lack of courtesy – part of the list of sins for which Sodom & Gomarrah were destroyed if memory serves – maybe he should read that passage again, with a little more fear in his heart for his own behaviour!
just as long as he or any limp dick gop lackey doesn’t try to play GOD i can live with that
Haha goo luck getting that rhetoric accepted in Dallas. Dallas is an awesome gay friendly city. That’s why our mayor was Tom Leppert, not this homophobic asshole.
I believe in good and bad and for what I have seen in this world, good and bad exists in both the homosexuals and heterosexuals. I myself am a lesbian and am appalled at such ignorance. There are more so called “sins” out there than homosexuality. For instance there is adultry, fornication before marriage, swearing, kids disrespecting their parents, people hating the neighbor, lying, judging, and so on but why does everyone focus on just homosexuality? In my opinion it is because they are trying to take the attention away from all other sins by focusing on homosexuality. It is proven that homosexuality exists in more than over 450 species, how is it unnatural. If “God” is the all mighty creator of this earth and homosexuality is “wrong”, than why does it exist and in over 450 species at that?
P.s. I am from Texas so please do.t stereotype texans as stupid hicks lol
Don’t*
That prick will have to answer to God with regard to that hat.
Good he finally understands
This is our business not his
what a douche
And you will have to answer to God for your hate.
another closeted log cabin asshole !
What an idiot! This candidate will have to answer to God(if he makes it to heaven) for judging!
what the hell is his problem it pisses me off when people like him get up there and say that being gay is a choice. It’s not a choice it’s something that people realize that they discover about themselves and see in the mirror everyday. A conscious feeling that you have everyday knowing that you like the same sex not the opposite sex.
IDIOT!
And he thinks he’s a saint for hating. Ugh I hate Texas., Damn hick state.
another pathetic Riech Wing hater…tsk tsk tsk..