Presumptive GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump An Opponent Of Abortion Rights And Marriage Equality But Proponent Of Right To Bear Arms; New York City Gay Rights Activist Allen Roskoff Calls For Boycott Of Trump’s Business Interests

In an interview Thursday with the Des Moines Register, Donald Trump, who is currently considering running as a Republican candidate for president in 2012, said he is an opponent of abortion rights, but a proponent of the Second Amendment, which Trump understands to be the right to bear arms. Asked if he supports allowing same sex couples to marry, Trump answered that he did not, saying succinctly “They should not be able to marry.” Asked if gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to access the same benefits, responsibilities, and rights as married couples, Trump first answered that his “attitude on it has not been fully formed,” but seconds later, on marriage and civil unions, he said “As of this moment, I would say no and no.” Monday, reports the Daily News, Trump’s inane remarks so angered New York City-based gay activist Allen Roskoff, the co-author of the country’s first gay rights bill in the 1970’s, and the first openly gay appointed official in New York City, who served under Gov. Mario Cuomo and Mayor David Dinkins, among others, that he is calling for boycott of Trump’s business interests. "He's crossed the Rubicon," says Roskoff, a founder of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club. "It's unconscionable that he could exist in New York City,” adding "He's an extreme bigot." Roskoff says that "Not only should gays be furious, we should be boycotting the products of the advertisers on his TV show" (Celebrity Apprentice) and certainly boycotting his casinos and hotels and apartment buildings." Noting that Trump recently switched his stance on abortion from pro-choice to pro-life, Roskoff says that "His game plan is to appeal to the extreme right,” and added "How he does business in New York, how he's tolerated is beyond me. I think things are going to change for him." Trump's comments are also inexplicable given that in January his daughter Ivanka Trump reportedly attended the New York City Reception in Support of Freedom to Marry, an organization that's seeking marriage equality nationwide for same-sex couples