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November 23, 2005
UK: The Metamorphosis of George Galloway
He was always a worm, but now he is no butterfly; he has become a monster: GEORGE GALLOWAY PANDERS TO THE HOMOPHOBES
The leaders of the British anti-war party Respect -- which managed to elect its only member of parliament, George Galloway [...], earlier this year -- have demonstrated their lack of principle in a blatant act of electoralist pandering to homophobia. U.K. Gay News reports that, at the Respect party's conference on Sunday, November 20, a grassroots revolt by party members passed a resolution denouncing the party's leadership for vetoing the inclusion of gay and lesbian rights in the party platform. George Galloway MP is a crucial member of the Respect party leadership -- which is dominated by the Trotskyists of the Socialist Workers Party, who created Respect.The reasons that Galloway and the Respect leaders killed any reference to gay rights in the party's platform -- or its electoral "manifesto," as party platforms are called in the U.K. -- are quite simple. The district in which Galloway deliberately chose to run had a huge Muslim population, and it was thanks to the votes from that population that he was able to be elected. The party "manifesto" is to be the basis for Respect's campaign in municipal elections this coming May, and the party leaders' strategy is to try to elect local city council members from ares that have high Muslim populations.[...]
Why do I call him a monster, even though I am rather indiferent to the "gay rights" movement? Because if he can betray homosexuals, he can betray you. He will stop at nothing to gain personal power.
Hat tip: Classical Values.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at November 23, 2005 12:04 PM
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