This is what seems so stunning to me: In 2008, liberals like Hilary Clinton, John Edwards, and Obama himself all said they believed marriage was between a man and a woman, as Kerry had said on '04. How things have changed.
The Constitution does not contain anything about marriage in the Federal sphere — at all.
We do not make government smaller by expanding it to cover marriage. This is something the states should handle, period.
Social issues come in great floods after a few cracks appear in the social consciousness.
I don’t think everyone believes that Gay marriage is an important issue, but enough people think it is important enough that they network every story now. The fact that so few protesters showed up at the Chick Fil-A kiss in, means that this movement has only just started to gather momentum.
It has all to do with money. The rich gays said they wouldn’t support Obama et al financially unless they came out for gay marriage. Their real constituency - black Americans - are poor. So under the bus they go!
A reporter could safely paste this quote into articles on any number of issues with no fear of being wrong. For example, is anyone in the GOP talking about Obamacare any more? Mitt Romney sure isn't.
Everything else, including social issue reforms, will naturally follow.
Obama's stance on this has always been misinterpreted, IMO. The standard Dem response to an issue like "gay marriage" or abortion is to say "I'm personally opposed to it, but think it should be made available to anyone who wants it"; which essentially makes them a supporter of the thing in question.
The dems just want to change the conversation from Obama’s horrible economic record to gay marriage. I’m glad the Romney team isn’t taking the bait and are sticking to the winning issue.
“Most Republican Party leaders seem to have lost the stomach for this fight,”
Many Republican Party leaders are probably closeted homosexuals.
Ah, so . . . after the "dangerous time to be a woman" ad, one of Mitt's people said, "That's ridiculous!" -- but Mitt said nothing.
Mitt's between a rock and a hard place both on gay marriage and abortion. His actions supported both, while his words opposed both (finally, in the case of abortion; he was a latecomer). Working both sides of the street only works until someone calls you on the issue!
when the enemy is destroying themselves, stay out of their way.
Why should they comment? a response would be used by the MSM as a distraction. The lack of response left the MSM to repeatedly state over and over and over that the DNC was endorsing fetish based marriage. Specifically homosexual based marriage.
You can make the DNC look more freaky and abnormal.
Unfortunately we live in a feminized homsexualized nation now. God and religion are like a societies immune system. Once the social immune system starts to break down, perverted diseases attack.
The reason “conservatives” can’t resist this is that the destruction of real marriage between 1969-1973, and the resulting explosion of sexual immorality, including in the churches, makes opposing tax benefits and estate planning advantages for gays (which are all that’s left of “traditional” marriage) seem unfair.
If pre-1969 marriage were to be restored (permanent, infidelity criminally punished, no second marriages with a spouse living, no child support for “single moms”) no homosexual would go anywhere near it.
Romney will come out for gay marriage. Maybe after the election, but soon.
That is part of why Republicans will not win the presidency in November. They will not support issues supported by demonstrated majorities of the people because those positions are unpopular with the Left. Republicans would rather have the favor of or at least less opprobrium from the people who constitute the Elite the Republicans would like to join, or at least receive approval from.
The Democrats have realized that the gay agenda can be thrown out like little balls of poop for Republicans to step on, and if Republicans spend enough time cleaning it off of their shoes, the Obamatrama will get a pass.
The Republican campaign planks, Domestic, should be jobs and the economy. Period.
The DemocRAT campaign planks are well known > squirel
The rats cannot run on their record. The Republicans need to stick to their campaign.
Gay marriage is but a footnote on most people’s list of pressing issues, IMO.
There were no statements blasted out from Mitt Romney’s campaign. The same was true for the Republican National Committee. Romney has yet to address the the fact.
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There were no statements blasted out from Mitt Romney’s campaign. The same was true for the Republican National Committee. Romney has yet to address the the fact.
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If Willard was going to come out against gay marriage he would have done so weeks ago...
The timing and the atmosphere are perfect right now to show the difference between the GOP and the Dems...
But not Willard...
Hes too busy being Obamas mirror image...
The silence will suggest consent ...