Calls for US presidential candidates to cancel conference appearances - antigay extremism

There are three Republican presidential candidates (Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal) who have been organised to speak at the National Religious Liberties Conference in November. One of the key organisers of this conference (Kevin Swanson) suffers a terrible case of far right extremism the poor dear, calling for the death of gays and all. This must be something to do with religious freedom I guess :s  Likely he needs to be on some sort of medication to alleviate his illness.

In any case, Right Wing Watch have documented the long list of symptoms of his extremism, calling for this and that to happen to us evil gays. The parent organisation of Right Wing Watch People For the American Way, has now officially called on the three presidential candidates to abandon their speaking engagements at this event.

People For the American Way is calling on Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. Mike Huckabee and Gov. Bobby Jindal to withdraw from a conference in Iowa next month hosted by a far-right pastor who has defended capital punishment for homosexuality and who has blamed forest fires on women who wear pants. 

People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch has documented the long history of extreme anti-gay, anti-women rhetoric from Kevin Swanson, the Colorado activist and pastor who is organizing next month’s “National Religious Liberties Conference” in Des Moines, which event organizers say Cruz, Huckabee and Jindal are scheduled to attend. 

“We already knew that the Republican Party opposed LGBT rights and women’s equality, but this is taking things to a new level,” said People For the American Way President Michael Keegan. “We can respectfully disagree on matters of public policy, but someone who supports gay people being put to death should have no place in our public discourse, much less be sharing the stage with a major party’s presidential candidates.” 

“If Cruz, Huckabee and Jindal are serious about wanting to hold the nation’s highest office,” Keegan said, “they should back out of this conference and denounce the extremism of its organizer.” People For the American Way   

Surely even to attend the conference, let alone speak at it, is an endorsement of far right religious nutbags that have no place in Washington?