Editorial: Missing: GOP morals
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“The Albany County Republican Party provides a strong voice and leadership to benefit every citizen and business in the county.” That’s what it says on the county GOP Facebook page. Keep that in mind for a moment while you consider the words of county Legislator George Langdon IV.
Speaking at a recent seminar on “constitutional liberty,” Mr. Langdon, a Coeymans Republican, made disparaging remarks about gays and lesbians. The comments have spurred calls for him to resign as unfit for his office.
“Sorry, when you have homosexual relationships, it’s not perpetual,” he said in part. “Give them an island, they’ll be gone in 40 years.” (Really? Is he suggesting straight people can’t have gay kids? Then he scores low on science as well as on basic human decency.)