Mayor Cory Booker Says He Was “Disgusted By Gays”
By Victor Trammell
Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker had some hostile views against homosexuality as a young man. Twenty years ago, he wrote a column for his college newspaper, The Stanford Daily. The public emergence of this column hardly seems like a coincidence as Booker has his eyes set on a run for the U.S. Senate. It is customary for the liberal media or conservative pundits to “dig up dirt” on a person with grandiose political ambitions.
Though the piece is controversial, it actually puts Booker in line with support from unlikely sources. Maybe conservatives who are against homosexuality will give him a nod in his bid for the Senate. Who knows. However, it should be deemed as un-American to demonize anyone for exercising their first ammendment rights on an issue they stand firmly behind.
Booker’s 1992 column was titled, “Pointing the Finger At Gays.” The Stanford Daily republished the column this past Wednesday. Here is an excerpt of Cory Booker’s article:
I was in my tolerance stage or the “I don’t give a d**n if someone is gay, just as long as they don’t bother me” stage. I was well trained in my tolerance. I stopped telling my gay jokes. F*gs, fl*mers and dy**s became homos*xuals and people of differing se*ual orientation and, of course, I had my gay friend.
Yet, while I was highly adroit at maintaining an air of acceptance, I couldn’t betray my feelings. I was disgusted by gays. The thought of two men kissing each other was about as appealing as a frontal lobotomy.
Allow me to be more direct, escaping the euphemisms of my past – I hated gays. The disgust and latent hostility I felt toward gays were subcategories of hatred, plain and simple.
While hate is a four-letter word I never would have admitted to, the sentiment clandestinely pervaded my every interaction with homosexuals. I sheepishly shook hands with gays or completely shied away from physical contact. I still remember how my brow would often unconsciously furrow when I was with gays as thoughts would flash in my mind, “What sinners I am amongst” or “How unnatural these people are.” (The Stanford Daily)
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Hmmm…pot calling the kettle black, much? Single, middle aged mab, no children, and unmarried, driving around New Jersey late night, and playing in midnight basketball leagues, coupled with this article, spells denial. LOL
@Herman J. Boyd!
I’M CRACKIN’ THE FVCK UP!
All he needs is a blond wig and some lipstick!
OOOPPPS THERE IT IS…
Cory, is entitled to his opinion, but how can you be a politician with that attitude?. Does he expect to get gay votes, or does he decide to write them off in an election?.Has Mr. Booker, ever read the constitution, hopw would he comply with the document with an attitude like that?.How can black people complain about racism, when they hates gay?.Arn’t they the same?.I am black, but find it very hard to accept how some blackpeople can openly discreminat against other oppressed people.People have a right to love whomever they want as long as they are not intruding on my life in the process.I wish politicians and preachers would stay out of others bedroom. Mr. Booker, should check himself, there are many people who question his sexuality, him being in his forties, and still single.Becareful when you throw stones, it may be thrown back at you, or in your direction.
A frontal lobotomy pretty much sums it up. However, it isn’t right for him to have to mask his feelings and/or views in order to please the population. Now “we” are the bad guys?? My, how the times have changed.
Oh well—– Mr. Booker– you ought to form an alliance with some organization- other then the sheepish voters who supported you in our town– only to be disappointed by the way you awarded those who BANKROLLED your campaigns, and led the sheepish voters to slaughter, in the sense of believing in a Balck ( minority) Ivory League Graduate to design a blue print for the resurrection of an Urban Community. One which we would be the benefactors of all municipal employment, as well as minority contractors gaining access to the tens of millions of dollars that are being generated in our so called great city. New Jersey Senator- it’s
possible considering those who are in the positions to make it happen – or should I say- reward you for doing a good job for them. Frankly speaking- Mr. Booker did achieve the great AMERICAN DREAM- and crossed all his I’s and T’s as well as a many of us in Newark, NJ. Honestly, I do believe he have good intentions for those who he’s been pandering to– unfortunately- a many of them are well off, and far from uneducated nor needy. As reality sets in– we are citizens of a capitalistic society and nothing move without money– so he and all other black lip professing do gooders- have to sit on the fence in order to get by. The days of Adam Clayton Powell are long gone. Whatever they may say about him he made it happen. Make room in the Senate here comes another one who’s willing to go along with the go along just to be accepted by the ones who he learned how to emulate- and he he ha ha to the next phase of being a nice black politician. Good Luck Mr. Booker.
I Hate This Gay-Homosexual Mess. No REAL MAN OR WOMAN Is Going To Support This Mess. America Is Going Crazy With All This Dump Mess.
He wasn’t gay bashing and he has been very open. This is only a part of the original article and thus, taken out of context. What I do like about him as a politician is that he is genuinely close to his average constituents and addressing their issues. I hope that he does move up the political chain— but without losing that empathy and commitment to addressing the concern of the masses, rather than the elite.
QUESTION: Booker said gays are “unnatural” but…doesn’t gays say that’s the most complete part of the argument–that their gayism is natural? As in, whatever Nature made me and Booker is what Nature makes of us all including gay people, transvestites and so on? Isn’t this the very reason why we are to treat each other with tolerance, equality and understanding because we were naturally born the way we are? OR, is Booker saying that nobody is born gay, not really, but they choose the gay lifestyle for their own reasons and sexuality? I’m just askin’.–MO
I couldn’t care less what he said 20 years ago. What does he think now. If most of u were honest, you probably felt the same way then. Even though I support gay marriage & feel they should be treated with respect, I STILL cringe when I see two men kissing. I don’t have to embrace the lifestyle to support human dignity when the behavior is innate.
I agree with wilma, what does Booker feel now. Why are there quotes about what he said 20years ago. What kind of mind game is being played here. who is obviously trying to make him look bad and too what end. Can someone ask what he feels now. Everyone as they go through life has changes in opinions as they learn more and become wiser, its human;no different for politicians.
This brother has lost all touch with reality.
Everybody knows that he is gay and here he is trying to dance around it by selective bashing and then selective damage control.
Scary.