Joe the plumber’s latest stupid comment: “I wouldn’t have (gays) anywhere near my children.

Of the many, many missteps John McCain made during the 2008 presidential, picking the scary Sarah Palin as his veep running mate is still at the top of the list. But using Samuel Wurzelbacher – better known as Joe the plumber – as an example of an average American during a presidential debate last fall is starting to look worse and worse all the time.

Wurzlbacher, whose 15 minutes of fame should have already been up by now, has made headlines once again for this comment he made about gay people in an interview Christianity Today:

Q. In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level?

A. At a state level, it’s up to them. I don’t want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it’s wrong. People don’t understand the dictionary—it’s called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It’s not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. You know, God is pretty explicit in what we’re supposed to do—what man and woman are for. Now, at the same time, we’re supposed to love everybody and accept people, and preach against the sins. I’ve had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn’t have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they’re people, and they’re going to do their thing.

Honestly. what self-respecting gay person would ever be friends with this dude?