A 14-year-old conservative talk show host with a substantial
following is gaining even more attention in the aftermath of a
virulently anti-gay rant he delivered during a recent broadcast.
The titular teen behind the West Virginia-based Caiden Cowger
Program spent several long minutes excoriating homosexuals and
their supporters — namely President Obama and Lady Gaga.
"Homosexuality is a belief...it'ss not mandatory in that person.
That person is not born that way, no matter what Lady Gaga
says," asserts Cowger.  He goes on to claim that there are
"about 30 teenagers in this county that I'm at that are
homosexuals," a "fact" that he finds "sickening," not the least
because he once considered some of them to be his friends. "They
were not homosexuals. They just decided all of a sudden, 'you
know, I think I'm going to be gay'."  Cowger, who regards Rush
Limbaugh and Glenn Beck as role models, places the blame for
these teens' extemporaneous "change of heart" on
"indoctrinating" campaigns such as Dan Savage's I