Texas Gov. Rick Perry says it was a mistake to equate homosexuality with alcoholism in a Commonwealth Club appearance last week — not that he's apologizing for saying it.
In a Washington, D.C., press lunch sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor on Thursday, Perry was asked what "side issues" the Republican Party "ought not be focusing on."
"I'm thinking San Francisco," Perry said. During his June 11 appearance here, he was asked whether homosexuality "can be cured by prayer or counseling?” The once and perhaps future GOP presidential candidate wound up comparing being gay to being alcoholic, a "lifestyle" one can choose not to follow.
Friday, Perry said, "I stepped right in it" when he made that statement.