The inclusion of anti-gay activist Scott Lively as an independent in Massachusetts’ gubernatorial race has certainly made things more interesting.
For instance, the website iBerkshires reports on an exchange following Monday’s gubernatorial debate, in which Lively had said that “sexual perversion in schools” is a bigger problem than infrastructure decay, earning a rebuke from Republican Charlie Baker, who has an openly gay brother.
After the debate, Lively accused the “very easily offended” Baker of taking a “cheap shot” at him.
“I am sorry that they feel that way but I am not going to start legitimizing sexual perversion just because they are unhappy about it,” Lively added.
One of his remarks triggered a sharp response from Baker, who felt Lively’s statement that sexual perversion was corroding the state was a personal insult. During the debate Baker told Lively that was offended by the remark.
“I brought it up because it was pretty clear he was talking about my family. If you are going to talk about my family, you are going to hear from me. That is the way I am built and the way I work,” Baker said after the debate.
Lively had another view saying, “that was a cheap shot by Charlie. I was not attacking his family. I am talking about the whole spectrum of sexual behavior outside of marriage.”
When asked about offending others in the first state in the country to legalize gay marriage with such comments, Lively said, “these are people who are very easily offended. They have a completely opposite world view. I am sorry that they feel that way but I am not going to start legitimizing sexual perversion just because they are unhappy about it.”
