Oh,
if only we could believe him.
"I simply have decided I'm not going to really talk about that issue anymore because every time I'm gaining momentum, the political press says, 'Let's talk about gay rights.' And I'm just not going to fall for that anymore," Carson said.
Yes. The entire LGBT rights movement is just a ploy to get you to say stupid things on television. Also, too:
health insurance reform. And
education. And
America. In fact you'd best just not comment on anything anymore, just to be safe. It's been working out great for Scott Walker.
(Side note: Sean Hannity seems to have firmly established himself as the "safe zone" for Republicans who have just shot themselves in the foot and need a comforting place to recover. At some point two Republicans are going to say stupid things on the same day and they'll have to resort to fisticuffs to determine who first gets to partake of Dr. Hannity's rehabilitating elixirs.)
While it is doubtful that presidential would-be candidate Ben Carson can truly refrain from commenting on How People Become Gay for the rest of his (presumably short) campaign, he has also issued an apology of sorts for his most recent comments, the ones supposing that prison turns people gay so therefore that makes it a "choice." He says now:
I do not pretend to know how every individual came to their sexual orientation. I regret that my words to express that concept were hurtful and divisive. For that I apologize unreservedly to all that were offended. [...]
I am not a politician and I answered a question without really thinking about it thoroughly. No excuses.
But of course he's made comments on this topic before and made similar gaffes, so that may be a hint that Dr. Ben Carson might want to spend some quality time "thinking about it thoroughly" before again venturing forth into the murky waters of having opinions on things. A potential president of these United States is generally expected to think about things thoroughly. That is sort of the point of the job.
Or, again, you can just go the Scott Walker route and have opinions on things only as each individual donor check clears. That might work too!