A nonconservative, nonlibertarian blogger, Joe Perez,
explains why he appreciates the articles we post on this forum
despite his political difference of opinion:
If they were followed uncritically, many of the proposals voiced in the IndeGayForum would be likely to take the gay movement in a harmful, self-destructive direction that I could not support. Fortunately, there is little chance of that happening any time soon. As a matter of fact, gay conservatives and libertarians are a distinct minority in the gay movement and do not define "the gay agenda." Their critical perspective, as the "minority government in power" gives the gay movement a precious gift: intellectual gridlock. They're our check and balance.
The gay movement very much need thinkers like those featured in IndeGayForum to challenge the sloppy logic and dangerous excesses in the movement's mainstream. Even if some of these challenges are way off base.
He may hope we'll see the light, and I'll wish the same of him
(for instance, liberals truly aren't "making health care more
affordable" - far from it, Joe, by increasingly turning health care
over to government and away from market forces, they've driven
medical costs through the roof).