Dave Agema

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Dave Agema Wraps Himself In the Flag, Plays Victim

Dave Agema has responded to calls for his resignation by posting a Youtube.com video where he wraps himself in the flag to justify his lies and obscene comments.

His main point is that people using their freedom of speech to respond to his outright bigotry some how infringes on his constitutional rights. This would be true if the government was seeking to fine or imprison him. This is not the case.

He was also elected to the Republican National Committee, which has a unique set of duties of which he cannot effectively perform now that he has totally marginalized himself. If he wants to travel around the state giving his commentary on science (of which he is not qualified) or theology which is often incendiary, he should do so as a citizen Agema, not as a Representative of a group which finds many of his comments embarrassing and repugnant.

Warning: The video is creepy and reminds some of a low budget National Socialist video created in the basement of the local skinhead.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Other Known Bigots Supporting Gary Glenn

Bill & Michelle Voorheis of Clio both gave $350 to Gary Glenn's campaign.
http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/cfr/contrib_anls_res.cgi?doc_seq_no%3D379064%26doc_stmnt_year%3D2014%26com_id%3D516408%26doc_date_proc%3D++++++++++%26sched%3D1A%26doc_type_code%3DP1%26caller%3Dcf_online

Michelle served on the 5th District Republican Congressional Committee for years, where she unsuccessfully tried to remove me a number of times because I am gay. She took issue with everyone that was not a fundamentalist protestant with a special emphasis on purging gays.

Bill Voorheis who was Bush's 2004 Michigan Social Conservative (Chair or Co Chair, I don't recall exactly) is notorious for cornering people who are rumored to be gay at political functions and confronting them about it. During the 2004 Presidential election Bill attended a gala with Ken Mehlman (now openly gay) former RNC Chair and tried to confront him about his sins. It is said that staffers had to divert him from harassing him. Bill did this to me also at the Mackinac Conference where I had to remind him there would by physical repercussions if he didn't get his hands off of me.

Ironically enough during this period their daughter was operating a pornographic blog including a picture of herself naked, dressed like a zombie with little pieces of electrical tape on her nipples.

How does that quote in the Bible about a speck in someones eye go again?

Dave Agema's Organization Gave $500 to Gary Glenn for House of Representatives

Gary Glenn for State Representative

Direct Contribution

Top Gun Conservatives

$500

7/29/2003

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Gary Glenn Candidate for 98th District State House Will Not Comment on Agema

For once in his life, Gary Glenn has an opportunity to insult gays and lesbians or defend a bigot and he is choosing to remain silent.

But after some controversial comments by Agema, the Bay City-based Michigan Log Cabin Republicans, which bills itself as the largest group of gay and lesbian conservatives, libertarians and Republicans in Michigan, is calling on Glenn to disavow Agema's remarks about gays and Muslims.
Glenn, who declined to comment in response to the Log Cabin Republicans, is a Larkin Township resident and president of the American Family Association of Michigan, a conservative religious organization that opposes what it calls the "homosexual agenda."
In a press release, Michigan Log Cabin Republicans Chairman Joe Sylvester points to a recent GOP event in Berrien County, when Agema reportedly said that gays were in favor of universal health care because they were dying young of AIDS.
"If Gary Glenn was not running for the state House, he would be all over this issue," Sylvester said. "Wherever homophobia rears its ugly head, he is there to defend it. Voters want to know if Glenn is elected, will he support this kind of vitriolic bigotry."
Sylvester called on Glenn to join other prominent Republican leaders including Congressmen Justin Amash and Fred Upton, Speaker of the House Jase Bolger, Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville and former Republican Chairwoman Betsy DeVos in denouncing Agema's remarks.

http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/01/gay_republicans_call_on_gary_g.html

Monday, January 27, 2014

Michigan Log Cabin Republican Chair NPR Michigan Interview on Agema

http://michiganradio.org/post/stateside-monday-jan-27-2014

Sunday, January 26, 2014

National/Michigan Log Cabin Republicans Challenge Agema to Debate

Log Cabin Republicans Challenges Dave Agema to Debate

Washington, D.C. — Following historic calls for his resignation by GOP leaders including RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, Michigan Republican Party Chairman Bobby Schostak, Congressman Justin Amash and others in the wake of anti-gay statements going far beyond disapproval of civil marriage equality for same-sex couples, Michigan RNC Committeeman Dave Agema refused to step down from his post. In response, Log Cabin Republicans National joined Log Cabin Republicans of Michigan to issue the following offer:

"Dave Agema just doesn't get it, so I'm personally challenging him to a debate," Log Cabin Republicans Executive Director Gregory T. Angelo declared. "Despite calls from Party leadership to focus on victory in November, Dave Agema seems hell-bent on pursuing the politics of division that will kill the GOP's chances of winning in the November mid-terms. Agema stands on a soapbox of conservative Christianity, but as a conservative Christian myself I find his views out-of-touch and unrepresentative of the views of conservative Christians I know who believe in the 'Greatest Commandment' of Jesus Christ to 'love thy neighbor.' Someone needs to stand up to this bigotry. On behalf of the overwhelming groundswell of GOP leaders who have concluded that Agema does not represent the Michigan GOP nor the Republican National Committee, I'm offering Mr. Agema the opportunity to defend his brand of 'conservatism' in a debate with Log Cabin Republicans. Let's get together — Republican to Republican — and have this out once and for all."

Log Cabin Republicans is the nation’s largest Republican organization representing gay and lesbian conservatives and allies. The more than 30-year old organization has state and local chapters nationwide, a full-time office in Washington, DC, a federal political action committee and state political action committees. Log Cabin Republicans of Michigan is the largest group of gay conservatives and allies in the state.