Tommy "Bigot" Thompson - Presidential Candidate

At the GOP presidential debate last week, moderator John Harris asked former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (he left office when he was appointed by President Bush as Secretary of Health and Human Sevices) a pretty black and white question: "Gov. Thompson...If a private employer finds homosexuality immoral, should he be allowed to fire a gay worker?"

Thompson's answer was equally straightforward: "I think that is left up to the individual business. I really sincerely believe that that is an issue that business people have got to make their own determination as to whether or not they should be."

"Ok, so the answer's yes?" Thompson: "Yes."

Ed Morrissey wrote in the National Review, "Thompson's answer merely confirms his status as one of the GOP's 'Crazy Uncle Bobs' who ought to 'return to the attic forthwith.'"

The next morning, in a telephone interview with CNN, the governor claimed he "misinterpreted" the question. Oh, right...cause it was so confusing.

Thompson should familiarize himself with Federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Laws.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Gov. Thompson should have no problem providing a straight answer…clearly, it’s the gay ones he has an issue with.

Although.....