Individual freedoms and protection of those freedoms are staples of conservative thought. The Republican party is the political party that has consistently fought for freedom and equality, yet the liberal-leaning media and one-party rule in cities with Democratic strong-holds would have you thinking differently; which is why the most recent headlines surrounding the candidate for New York Lieutenant Governor, Alison Espositio, are very misleading and concerning.
Esposito recently opened up in a NY Post interview about being New York’s first openly gay candidate for lieutenant governor. She told the Post, “And as a female, as a gay female, as a New York City resident, and as a cop, I’m going to bring everything I can to this ticket to make sure that we deliver back to the people of the state of New York, the state they deserve.” She said regardless of her sexual orientation, she wants the “same things as every other New Yorker.”
“I want safety. I want equal protection under the law. I want my nephews and niece to be able to go to school safely,” she said. “I want to make sure that criminals are prosecuted. I want my taxes low. I want to be able to spend my hard-earned money in the state that I love.”
Clearly, Esposito knows what she wants, and sees the harmful policies that have negatively impacted her both as a cop and as a resident of the state. She willingly chose to take on this challenge and fight all the way to the ballot box in November. She chose to be Lee Zeldin’s running mate, she was not bamboozled or manipulated. To attack in this way undermines her as a woman, especially as a gay woman.
Yet if you listen to the news you’ll see the left-leaning biased attacks have come out strong already. The attacks on her running mates’ history toward the LGBT community are negative and expected, but what is far worse than the typical anti-gay, conservative-hating rhetoric are the attacks on Esposito’s decision-making capabilities.
Allen Roskoff, president of the Jim Owles Liberal LGBT Democratic Club, dared to claim in that same NY Post article that “It is an outrage for Esposito to be on the Zeldin ticket. She’s allowing herself to be used to make Zeldin appear to be what he is not. She’s being used to soften Zeldin’s image.” Every single woman, every single member of the LGBT community, should be extremely angry with these words. Blatantly claiming that a person as strong and experienced as Esposito is being used, rather than weighing her options, and making an educated decision for her own life path, is disgusting and where the true outrage lies. To question Esposito being on the ticket because of her sexual orientation undermines every advancement for women and the LGBT community. These attacks on Esposito undermine her ability as a woman, and as a gay American, to make choices for herself.
When did a person’s sex or sexual identity define them as a human? When does a person’s sexual orientation dictate every aspect of their lives, right down to their political ideology?
After centuries of oppression, how have we not moved past this? Why is this so hard to comprehend that a homosexual person may also hold conservative values? Values that embrace public safety and individual liberty; values that disown the dysfunction that follows Democratic policies like homelessness, drug use, crime, broken families, and the squelching of faith and religion. Why do people like Roskoff find it hard to believe gay Americans like the idea that small government is good government?
With recent social issues plaguing society, it is like we have turned the clocks back on time. Gay women are again fighting to maintain their freedoms and prove they are not sheep, that they can make decision for themselves, even if they are decisions that may go against the grain of popular thought.
The recent trends to erase gender and sex from our culture and society have had detrimental effects on women, especially LGBT women. Cancel culture uses “equality” as a way to shame others into toeing the line they draw, and if anyone disagrees or opts for a different method of achieving equality they are shunned and berated-personally attacked and demoralized. There are Conservative LGBT members that do not support this radical cultural agenda, Esposito being one of them.
To weaken Esposito’s ability to lead and perform insinuating she is only chosen for her role as candidate for lieutenant governor because she is gay is a slap in the face to the LGBT community and to women. It is time we end these party games and stop identifying candidates’ abilities by race, sexual identity, and ethnicity. Esposito is as qualified as any partner Lee Zeldin could have chosen. Her sexual identity should not have anything to do with her campaign for the
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