With Hurley and Ratliff, Gronstal’s Bigoted Tendencies Showing Through
Nathan Greene
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By Emily Geiger
The Register has an interesting and pretty well done article (yes, I will give credit where credit is due) about two of the people leading the fight against gay marriage in Iowa. One is Chuck Hurley of the Iowa Family Policy Center. The other is Rev. Keith Ratliff, pastor of Des Moines' Maple Street Missionary Baptist Church and President of the Iowa/Nebraska chapter of the NAACP.
The article points out the differences in these “unlikely” allies. One is white, and one is black. One is a Republican, and one is a Democrat. One was a farm kid, and the other is from the inner city.
But here’s one difference the Register failed to mention. One is constantly being attacked by the likes of Iowa’s Supreme Democratic Leader Mike Gronstal, and the other is not. Any guesses on which is which?
While Gronstal has made numerous personal, hateful, and vitriolic statements against Hurley, he has made no such public statements against Ratliff. Why? Well, I’m guessing it’s a combination of political correctness and not wanting to piss off the NAACP, and, consequently, his base of black voters. (Though, I did hear Ratliff on the radio the other day say that Gronstal has stopped returning his phone calls, so it seems there’s some animosity there, just not public animosity). Instead, Gronstal has chosen to go after the easy target: the middle-aged, white, Republican, male Christian.
This is just another example of Gronstal pandering (albeit in a round-about way). Though he’s trying to keep up appearances, let’s hope black voters start to see Gronstal for what he is. He doesn’t care about the opinions of his black voters. Like pro-lifers in the GOP, blacks are often taken for granted by the Dems. Gronstal cares about the people who give him money, and if gays give him more money than blacks, he’ll throw his black constituents under the bus every time.
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