A pro-family activist is outraged that former Senator Chuck Hagel has apologized for essentially telling the truth about homosexuality.
The Nebraska Republican has already drawn criticism from pro-Israel groups for some of his comments related to the Jewish state (see earlier story). Now he is being blasted by radical homosexual groups for remarks he made in 1998 related to then-President Bill Clinton's nomination of aggressive homosexual activist James Hormel to be ambassador to Luxembourg.
Hagel questioned Hormel's fitness for that post, pointing out to The Omaha World Herald that ambassadors represent America's lifestyle, values and standards. "I think it is an inhibiting factor to be gay," he stated.
But now, realizing those comments could prove damaging to his bid to become Obama's next secretary of defense, Hagel has apologized for the remarks, calling them "insensitive." But Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality (AFTAH) contends that he was only telling the truth.
"James Hormel is an aggressive homosexual activist -- that's a fact," LaBarbera submits. "And for Hagel to now be apologizing and saying his comment was insensitive is just outrageous. But now we see people like Senator Hagel pandering to the Obama administration."
And the AFTAH president maintains that it is not a good idea for an open homosexual to serve as a U.S. ambassador.
"We don't want homosexual activists to be our ambassadors abroad because it's a disaster," he argues. "Now we have an American foreign policy which is pro-homosexual and forcing our decadent values on the third world and countries that still have Christian or traditional values."