Column by only openly gay staffer for Bobby Jindal provides inside look at anti-gay company guv keep

[TexasTowelie]

by Taylor Huckaby

Jindal’s religious fervor lies at the bottom of a cauldron, deep within a volatile brew of equal parts religion and politics. Over time, the virulently anti-gay company he keeps has come to define him in the same way chameleons take on the color of their surroundings.

It was in a church near LSU called the Chapel on the Campus, where Jindal had his conversion experience, that I received my first lessons in political fury. Jindal’s inner circle, at the time of my involvement, was composed of experts who specialized in leveraging Christian outrage; curating that resentment was an art form they had perfected.

From Baton Rouge, we bused in hundreds of homeschooled kids from Alabama and Mississippi to do our bidding during the 2011 re-election campaign. The campaign even hired a full-time homeschool coordinator, who sat at the desk behind me and often pontificated about Lady Gaga being the Antichrist.

We watched presentations on creationism, and I once spent hours listening to a heated discussion among grown adults regarding the exact location of Noah’s Ark and what its archeological finding could mean for Republican success at the polls.

Read the complete article: http://theadvocate.com/entertainment/12811416-148/guest-column-the-only-openly (Baton Rouge Advocate)

[xfundy]

1. Christianity no longer exists in America

It's been replaced by the Republican party.

And, you 'librul' Christians,you ain't REAL Christians, or REAL 'Murricans. So there.

[longship]

2. Insidious curs!

That is what they are. Ignorant on top of it all.

God help us all if they gain power.

They are evil incarnate. Under the guise of religion, as these things are most often framed.

I am worried, very worried.

[dballance]

3. Here is the comment I posted on that article.

I have absolutely no sympathy for you. You participated in Piyush Jindal's administration. One that demeaned not only LGBT people but the rights of women to control their own bodies; Teachers, Unions and others.

During WWII you would have been a Nazi Sympathizer. Yep, there, I said it.

So do not, do not expect any sympathy from me. Your statement about "I wonder if he knew my secret" says it all. You were certainly trying to pass for straight in order to get ahead in a world where gay is not acceptable.

You disgust me. I find you as repugnant as gay GOP Chairman Ken Mehlman who orchestrated the hate against gays to get out the GOP vote for Bush in 2004.

Both of you sold your souls to get ahead. Neither of you took the chance to point out how we are all people, all humans deserving of respect. You only used animus toward people such as yourself for personal and political gain.

You are despicable.