SUUUUUURE he had no idea what that crank ted cruz was all about. Uh-huh. Yeah, I'll believe that when I believe they'll be handing out nice new consciences at the next GOP CONvention.

He has a lot of nerve claiming ignorance of Ted's anti-LGBT crap

I was seeing lots of organizing in the boycott dept against these assholes on facebook amongst my NYC friends who always love to frequent Fire Island in the summer. it's all about the money for this bunch.

That should be a sitewide rule about Trump pictures. No HD pictures of him either without a warning. Ugh.

Boycott the self serving little pricks.

Shaken to the bones = oh my wallet might not be as fat tomorrow.

Bull$hit.

Israel and the Iran threat. I also read that a third investor with those two is a Republican, not sure if he"s gay or not. The fact is, an unknown quantity of Jewish Democrats will move to the Republican party over Israel.

The Daily Beast did a good article on it.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/26/why-are-two-wealthy-gay-men-hosting-a-benefit-for-ted-cruz-israel.html

So basically a foul human being should be given a pass because there's one topic on which I agree with that person.

Iran and Gays:

I mean, I get it, but really. The majority of people do not pay attention to politicans overall. Why would this be a surprise?

have been involved in gay rights struggles for 20 years, very heavily with gay marriage for at least the last ten years, know absolutely jack shit about opponents of gay marriage/the LGBT community? I don't think so.

sense to have a pretty decent grasp of the views of the person you're raising funds for.

If it didn't affect their bottom line, they wouldn't give a rat's ass...Keith Gibbons is right.

Money is a great insulator. Some wealthy LGBTers don't care about gay rights, because they don't feel threatened by discrimination on a personal level. Money protects their lives and their relationships.

That said, I don't care who these two host in their home and for what reason. Like it's any of my damn business. Social media are more and more resembling a dim-witted mob that can be summoned up with the thinnest of pretexts as long as it's smothered in a layer of outrage. We now go after people for literally anything at all. Suddenly everyone's business is our business. It's not healthy.

A lot of these activists are unironically sporting their Ready For Hillary bumper stickers. Yeah, because lord knows, no anti-gay business interests ever worked with her on unrelated matters.

So much burning stupid.

The fact that two extremely wealthy, privileged gay men would do so does not surprise me. They probably didn't know or care what Cruz has to say about gay rights in Texas. Insulated in their fabulously wealthy bubble, what do they care?

We'll see more of this as equal rights progress. Our community will cease to be a community. We will divide along the usual lines. Too bad.

Sounds like the Cruz camp. was trying a reassuring "don't worry about me" ploy as a signal to rich gays.

It is talked about here every day but people seem to be missing it here. I can see he wouldn't know where Cruz stands on certain issues if those specific issues aren't why the event was hosted. I would still think prominent people would check into who was being invited into their home. They were probably too excited over hosting their swanky little event. I am not going to question the voracity of their apology. I am willing to believe it without a second guess.

I'll bet there was at least one other gay 1%er who attended this party and doesn't regret it. That person could point out that your headline assumes one set of interests to be the "correct" one for people (in this case, rich gays) to follow. A rich gay Cruz supporter might put the opposite spin on your headline and say that sexual orientation often blinds people.

The fact is that, if you're a greedy gay 1%er who wants to abolish both the estate tax and heteronormative marriage laws, you have no ready home in either the Democratic or Republican Party. The same is true of sincere religious people who are against war and want the hungry to be fed, but who believe that God also wants them to oppose abortion rights. Then there are the Ron Paul libertarians -- abolish the social safety net and stop the imperialistic wars of choice.

I agree completely with your comment, "They were probably too excited over hosting their swanky little event." As gay men, even rich gay men, they probably feel somewhat marginalized, and this was their chance to counter that.

I'll bet there was at least one other gay 1%er who attended this party and doesn't regret it."

Because it was a moneyed event. Socioeconomic status overcomes almost all else in society on an individual level.

I don't see Cruz with longevity in this business.

--imm

You know Liberty University - the "college" founded by Jerry Falwell, the televangelist who outed the Teletubbies? Yeah they bring out that kind of crowd.