Joe the Plumber: "People Don't Understand the Dictionary" and Other Meditations

Good ole Joe the Plumber recently sat down with Christianity Today magazine and had some … interesting things to say. The interview didn’t focus solely on The Homosexuals, but the subject did come up briefly.

In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level?

At a state level, it’s up to them. I don’t want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it’s wrong. People don’t understand the dictionary—it’s called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It’s not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. You know, God is pretty explicit in what we’re supposed to do—what man and woman are for. Now, at the same time, we’re supposed to love everybody and accept people, and preach against the sins. I’ve had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn’t have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they’re people, and they’re going to do their thing.

He has gay friends (Where have we heard that before?), but he thinks they’re probably pedophiles. With friends like these…

One other interesting tidbit from Plumber Joe:

Who do you see as the emerging Christian leaders?

James Dobson. I love Dobson. I love John Eldridge’s Wild at Heart. The last book I read was The Five Love Languages [by Gary Chapman].

That’s some list.

• James Dobson, who’s been attacking The Homosexuals for decades.
• John Eldridge, the former staffer at Focus on the Family who cites Joseph Nicolosi, a past president of NARTH, in the book Joe the Plumber loves so much (page 95).
• Gary Chapman (not the singer), who endorses and sits on the advisory board for Cross Ministry, a part of the ex-gay industry whose founder, Tim Wilkins, is a member of NARTH.

Not that this comes as a huge shock. But man, if there were ever a good spokesperson for the GOP, it’s Joe.