Cuba Abandoning Its Persecution of Gays?

By Paul Kengor

Last week at American Thinker, I posted an article on Obama's position on "gay marriage," which I considered in light of the Marxist/communist position against traditional marriage. I noted that the current president of the United States now possesses the most radical/non-traditional view of marriage and the family of any president in the 200-plus-year history of this republic, and that this radical non-traditionalism is fully consistent with the Marxist/communist worldview. I quoted Karl Marx on the "abolition of the family" and underscored the anti-family actions of communists historically and worldwide, from the Bolsheviks in Russia to Communist Party USA (CPUSA) to communist nations generally. Among those communist nations is Cuba. Notably, I allowed for exceptions to the Marxist/communist assault on the institution of marriage: as I said, the Russians certainly were not stumping for gay marriage. Joe Stalin was no gay-rights crusader. Neither was Fidel Castro. To the contrary, communist regimes tended to be militantly anti-homosexual. I recall President Richard Nixon's colorful Oval Office assessment of the Russians and homosexuals,.... (Read Full Article)