Students For Liberty Causes CPAC Controversy
“I would like to thank the American Conservative Union for inviting me to speak. This panel is titled, “Saving Freedom Across America”. And so, in the name of freedom, I would like to also thank the American Conservative Union for welcoming GOProud as a co-sponsor of this event. Not because of any politics, but because of the message that it sends. If what you truly care about is freedom, limited government, and prosperity, then this symbol is a step in the right direction, and look to the student movement for support! The typical student’s response is to be socially tolerant and fiscally responsible. Students today recognize that freedom does not come in pieces. It is a single concept that we must defend at all times.”
Shortly after my speech, another panelist, Ryan Sorba, author of The Born Gay Hoax, got up to condemn CPAC for allowing GOProud to be a co-sponsor (and tacitly to condemn me as well for speaking out about it). He even went on to attack the Executive Director of SFL’s friend, Young Americans for Liberty, by shouting: “Jeff Frazee, guess what, you just made an enemy out of me, buddy.” I am not entirely sure why his verbal attack was directed towards Jeff Frazee as Jeff was completely uninvolved in my speech, but you can watch the videos of both my speech and his rant here.
Background: http://studentsforliberty.org/news/sfl-causes-cpac-controversy/
Videos: http://studentsforliberty.org/news/sfl-controversy-video/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/studentsforliberty
Thank you to every liberty supporter who was in the audience during my speech and cheered down the few social conservatives that booed. More importantly, thank you to the student movement for liberty for being so strong, for getting me to that stage, and for not letting our voice be dismissed anymore. What the YouTube video cut off was the end of my speech, which I would like to end this email with here:
“The student movement for liberty is strong. We are growing. And we are not only preparing to carry the banner of liberty in the future. We are raising it today.”
