GAY TRUTH

Dear Mr. President and Mr. Vice-President , I write this letter as a supporter and advocate, not a critic or adversary. As someone who voted for you and who regularly calls on millions of Americans to pray for you. I also write this with the understanding that you have been elected to serve the American people as a whole and not just one particular faction of Americans. The great challenge, however, is one that you must deal with on a daily basis: When you stand up for what you believe is right — be it securing our borders or nominating a solid pro-life justice to the Supreme Court — you will alienate a certain number of Americans who oppose your policies and choices. That is inevitable, although regrettable, but if there is any political leader on the planet who is more concerned with acting on convictions than with pleasing people, it is you. And this brings me to the heart of this appeal. While you have consistently positioned yourself as a friend of the LGBT community during y

WASHINGTON, D.C. , March 10, 2014 – At CPAC , former Marine Oliver North and Dr. Ben Carson reminded cheering crowds that social issues are an integral part of America's future. Carson, the famed neurosurgeon and Johns Hopkins professor emeritus who entered the political limelight after  criticizing   President Obama   during the National Prayer Breakfast last year , said that “of course gay people should have the same rights as everyone else. But they don't get extra rights. They don't get to redefine marriage.” He also pointed to the importance of “putting what God says in front of what any man says.” At the end of the national anthem, Americans “must remember that we cannot be free if we are not brave," he added. North, a longtime political commentator and former Reagan administration official,  criticized  those who “say that we must ignore social issues, like the definition of marriage and the sanctity of life, religious freedoms.” He said t