No Wide Stances in Iran

Among many of the bizarre ideas emanating from Mr. Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, is the noton that there no homosexuals in his country. He made these comments at his speech at Columbia University yesterday.

His appearance at Columbia provides a compelling argument for openness and the freedom of speech in this country. Providing Mr. Ahmadinejad a platform to extoll his rather extreme ideas, the more he is properly exposed as a religious zealot with crazy notions about the world. I really believe the powers that control Iran, the mullahs and military, are happy Ahmadinejad is diverting attention from their intentions. He has been a failed President inside Iran. He was elected on a platform of social and economic populism and he accomplished little or nothing during his tenure in office. His grandstanding moments at Columbia or at the UN are just window dressing.

By the way, I am sure there are many right wing religious zealots in this country who would like our country purged of homosexuals. Apparently, there are no homosexuals in Idaho, only men with wide stances.