Mitch Berg wants to know...

Why do gays go after people like Michele Bachmann but spare Keith Ellison when it comes to their faith? Because one is a bigot and one isn't.

Mitch Berg, Republican blogger and radio host, writes in his blog post: "Birkey’s Great Leap Forward" criticizing my recent article on Ellison.

"Given how the local leftymedia has harped on Barb Davis-White’s religion - especially its anti-gay aspects - just as they do for every Republican politician who is open about a faith that doesn’t aggressively embrace homosexuality, why has nobody in the leftymedia asked Rep. Ellison (the way they ask Barb Davis-White and Michele Bachmann, to pick two random examples) about how his religion, the very anti-gay Islam, affects his views on homosexuality?"

My response: [because it's a good question for those too ignorant or lazy to look for the answers]

I have asked Ellison how his religion affects his views on homosexuality:

"Andy: How does your faith affect your advocacy on behalf of GLBT issues?

Keith Ellison: My faith commands me to seek justice and it doesn't make any restrictions. It says "Be just," and I have to fight for justice. Because I have to fight for justice, I have to fight for the rights of all people, the civil rights of all people. That to me is rooted in my faith, that all people have dignity, that all people matter, that all people count, and that we need the talents, creativity, and skill of all people in order to have a stronger society."

And Lavender has asked him the same question and even more pointedly than I did. [They don't have archives]

What the 'leftymedia' has harped on is Davis White's STATEMENTS that are anti-LGBT. Same thing for Bachmann. They use their faith to justify those statements in public campaigns so it's pretty much fair game.

Davis White is running against Ellison in a district with a heavy turnout of LGBT voters yet she rails against same-sex marriages and calls gays sinners.

I don't think anyone's ever asked Bachmann or Davis White to speak for the bigotry of their entire faith, but that seems to be what you are asking of the 'leftymedia' to do to Ellison.