Ne-Yo Quotes
Honestly, when I first heard that there were rumors out there about me being gay, I thought, 'Wow, someone must really hate me.' There's nothing wrong with being gay, but I just couldn't understand why someone would make up lies like that.
Ne-Yo. Interview. Essence, Essence Communications, 16 Dec. 2009.
This quotation is hardly believable, even for an ultra extreme, evangelical, Christian, fundamentalist. His paranoia and homophobia went so far as to claim that somehow the only gay Congressman, Jared Polis, was going to bankrupt Christians who did not endorse his homosexuality. How he might do this Klingenschmitt never explained. But then to associate Polis with the Muslim Fundamentalist Terrorist organization ISIS—which executes homosexuals—and claim that Polis would behead Christians in America was over the top. The quotation illustrates the freedom of speech allowed in American political campaigning where the most absurd, libelous, falsehoods are allowed, as well as the fact that an obvious unbalanced person can freely run for office.
He recorded this Robo Call and sent it to 200,000 voter phones in Utah the week before the 2016 Presidential election. It was an important quotation for 2 reasons: First,it was an example of how the American Nazis, White Supremacists, racists, and nativists interpreted Trumps many comments feeling they had a Presidential Candidate for the first time who agreed with them. Trump however, vehemently denied that he was a white supremacists or a racist, however he generally did not repudiate Johnson and the other unsavory characters who endorsed, supported and campaigned for him. His campaign however, did issue a repudiation of this robocall effort. The claims about one of Trump’s opponents in Utah, Evan McMullin, were out and out lies. He was not a homosexual, and opposed gay marriage, although he stated that the Supreme Court decision was the “law of the land”. The other interesting facet about this quote is the kind of absurd and fallacious logic that extremist conservatives were often using in politics at that time. Even if someone had a homosexual mother, and was unmarried as an adult, it is absurd to conclude that he was therefore a “closet homosexual”. Children of homosexuals had no greater likelihood of being homosexuals than anyone else. (The percentage seems to be about 10 percent of all populations the world over.
Shaffer Chimere Smith, better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, dancer and television judge. He gained fame for his songwriting abilities when he penned his 2004 hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario. The single's successful release in the United States prompted an informal meeting between Ne-Yo and Def Jam's label head and the signing of a recording contract.
