Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher calls gays 'queer,' pledges support for Sarah Palin
Chicago, IL -
Republican poster boy Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, better known as 'Joe the Plumber', has referred to homosexual men as "queers" and said "I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children" in an interview with Christianity Today magazine.
"People don't understand the dictionary—it's called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It's not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that."
"You know, God is pretty explicit in what we're supposed to do," Wurzelbacher went on to say.
The Ohio man has been a figurehead among Republicans since last October, when he actively campaigned for John McCain and Sarah Palin. Later it was reported Wurzelbacher was not a licensed plumber and owed back taxes.
Wurzelbacher went on to tell the conservative Christian magazine, "I've had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children."
"God is recognized as, if you will, America's religion," Wurzelbacher said.
Discussing the Republican Party, Wurzerlbacher says the party shouldn't repackage principles and values to "make them hip and cool to the younger generation."
"I like Sarah Palin a lot, actually," said Wurzelbacher. "I just don't know if that's where God's leading her. I don't know what her agenda is. If she ran, would I vote for her? Absolutely."
"People don't understand the dictionary—it's called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It's not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that."
"You know, God is pretty explicit in what we're supposed to do," Wurzelbacher went on to say.
The Ohio man has been a figurehead among Republicans since last October, when he actively campaigned for John McCain and Sarah Palin. Later it was reported Wurzelbacher was not a licensed plumber and owed back taxes.
Wurzelbacher went on to tell the conservative Christian magazine, "I've had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children."
"God is recognized as, if you will, America's religion," Wurzelbacher said.
Discussing the Republican Party, Wurzerlbacher says the party shouldn't repackage principles and values to "make them hip and cool to the younger generation."
"I like Sarah Palin a lot, actually," said Wurzelbacher. "I just don't know if that's where God's leading her. I don't know what her agenda is. If she ran, would I vote for her? Absolutely."
