Posted on 09/18/2010 12:10:48 PM PDT by presidio9
At a time when gays have been gaining victories across the country, the Republican Party in Montana still wants to make homosexuality illegal.
The party adopted an official platform in June that keeps a long-held position in support of making homosexual acts illegal, a policy adopted after the Montana Supreme Court struck down such laws in 1997.
The fact that it's still the official party policy more than 12 years later, despite a tidal shift in public attitudes since then and the party's own pledge of support for individual freedoms, has exasperated some GOP members.
"I looked at that and said, 'You've got to be kidding me,'" state Sen. John Brueggeman, R-Polson, said last week. "Should it get taken out? Absolutely. Does anybody think we should be arresting homosexual people? If you take that stand, you really probably shouldn't be in the Republican Party."
Gay rights have been rapidly advancing nationwide since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas' sodomy law in 2003's Lawrence v. Texas decision. Gay marriage is now allowed in five states and Washington, D.C., a federal court recently ruled the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy unconstitutional, and even a conservative tea party group in Montana ousted its president over an anti-gay exchange in Facebook.
But going against the grain is the Montana GOP statement, which falls under the "Crime" section of the GOP platform. It states: "We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed by legislation to keep homosexual acts illegal."
Montana GOP executive director Bowen Greenwood said that has been the position of the party since the state Supreme Court struck down state laws criminalizing homosexuality in
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We’re getting way off track.
Montana GOP needs to change their platform.
And I hope Republicans in Montana will distance themselves.
There are lots of homosexuals in Montana.
What I don’t like about the “homosexual agenda” is that many in this group are conservatives at heart.
But they would never vote that way, because they are scared of platforms like this one.
“Two heterosexuals going at it in public should be thrown in the clink to cool off.”
So there you have it. Equal Protection as guaranteed by the Constitution.
Both the straight and gay couple would be tossed in jail for having sex in a public street.
And both the straight and gay couple can have sex in the privacy of their own bedroom without the threat of being tossed into jail.
Where do get the idea from this article that republicans want to set up government peep holes into people’s bedrooms?
That is a ridiculous way of looking at this based upon a tired false left-wing talkig point.
Only you could come up with such an idiotic post.....back to my popcorn.
So your advice is...
Run Away!!!!
Run Away!!!!!
Before they attack us.
Get real.
The republicans in Montana should stand up for their families and their communities against these perverts.
Romer v. Evans was another void decision.I will never surrender of my own free will. My son was betrayed in high school and thinks he’s gay and can’t change even if he wants to.He will —or he will die in his sins.Whenever evil “gains”
the moral—and the righteous lose ground.But I will never compromise what the Bible declares.
Misleading headline from the Ass Press as usual.
This policy is not something new and has been on the GOP Montana platform for many years.
Since when do homos care about rules ( and that too a party plaform) anyway since they can always find some federal judge to overthrow the will of the people.
This is just Ass Press making up its own news to distract the deep unpopularity of Dems among the American people.
You may want to read the 14th Amendment.
Behold the twisted nature of the liberal trumandogz mind as it pretends to be a conservative at FR.
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Wow, interesting how the article fails to make that distinction, I wonder why...
What I don’t like about the “homosexual agenda” is that many in this group are conservatives at heart.
But they would never vote that way, because they are scared of platforms like this one.
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That's nonsense. Where do you get your information? Most homosexuals are "conservatives at heart". How on earth could you know this?
Bullshit. They are voting for EXACTLY what they want; their abnormal behavior to be "protected" and flaunted at their will....
The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799
At a General Court Martial whereof Colo. Tupper was President (10th March 1778) Lieutt. Enslin28 of Colo. Malcom's Regiment tried for attempting to commit sodomy, with John Monhort a soldier; Secondly, For Perjury in swearing to false Accounts, found guilty of the charges exhibited against him, being breaches of 5th. Article 18th. Section of the Articles of War and do sentence him to be dismiss'd the service with Infamy. His Excellency the Commander in Chief approves the sentence and with Abhorrence and Detestation of such Infamous Crimes orders Lieutt. Enslin to be drummed out of Camp tomorrow morning by all the Drummers and Fifers in the [Note 28: Lieut. Frederick Gotthold Enslin.] Army never to return; The Drummers and Fifers to attend on the Grand Parade at Guard mounting for that Purpose.
Especially the part where it applies to behaviors.
“not something new and has been on the GOP Montana platform for many years”
yes, designed to push buttons.
obviously Dems trying to make this an issue.
So Republicans in Montana should be prepared with a reply which will NOT alienate independent voters,
And how smart of you to repeat the post, Einstein.
The poster indicated that the law would only apply to sexual acts in the public arena.
SO, why not just enforce laws that prohibit all sexual acts in the public arena and let consenting adults do as they wish in the privacy of their bedroom?
Hiya DJ!
Homosexuals now perform these acts in public during parades and fairs. They need to control themselves or the law will.
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