Posted on 02/28/2013 9:35:48 PM PST by Mozilla
TheBlaze TV’s S.E. Cupp captured headlines on Tuesday after she announced that she’s backing out of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) until gay Republican groups are officially welcomed. Her decision was rooted in the notion that CPAC reportedly allows gay groups to attend, but does not permit them to sponsor the event — something she called a “cop-out” of sorts. On Wednesday, TheBlaze interviewed Cupp to speak further about her views on same-sex marriage and how the GOP should be handling the issue.
First and foremost, we asked Cupp how she believes the party should be handling the complex social debate — one that is increasingly dividing Republicans. In an e-mail response, she explained that the GOP should be celebrating and acknowledging that it is a party of intellectual diversity. This is true not only on the same-sex marriage front, but also on a myriad of other important issues.
“Libertarians, social conservatives and even fiscal hawks have different views on gay marriage, and even within those subsets of the party there are different foundational backgrounds and perspectives on the issue,” Cupp noted. “That’s not a bad thing. What we can’t do, as a party, is castigate or marginalize the conservatives whose support we already enjoy for their positions on gay rights.”
Just as she has defended the notion that the party should embrace gay conservatives, Cupp also spoke about the importance of not disparaging those who disagree with these unions. She noted her personal qualms with the Republican Party’s official stance on gay marriage, but said that she has no intention of speaking out against conservatives who stand in opposition to these rights for homosexual couples. “There are interesting, well-intentioned and valid religious, constitutional and economic arguments against gay marriage, and those arguments should be given a voice,” she added. “But we allow for nuanced differences of opinion on fiscal issues, national security, foreign policy and elsewhere without questioning each others’ conservative credentials. We should allow for differences of opinion on gay marriage as well.”
Cupp doubled-down on the notion that there is no singular conservative view on gay rights: While libertarians would take a more favorable stance, evangelical Christians would not. As far as the commentator is concerned, neither perspective — or any of the others in between — would be distinguishable as the one, true conservative stance on the issue.
“I’m a conservative who believes that keeping the government out of my private life on a whole host of issues is totally consistent with supporting gay rights,” she said, noting that the finds no conflict between holding right-of-center views and allowing gays to marry.
From Cupp’s statements, some might assume that she’s arguing for the Republican Party to embrace gay marriage. But when asked about the political movement’s future if it fails to do so, she clarified her stance, saying that the GOP doesn’t need to “embrace” gay marriage, per se. Rather than touting the institution, she noted the importance of Republicans being inclusive and allowing gay individuals into the tent.
“Republicans (and Democrats, for that matter) who disagree with gay marriage shouldn’t be forced or bullied into accepting it — but the party does need to embrace gay conservatives, as well as conservatives who support gay marriage,” Cupp said.
As far as her CPAC decision goes, she informed the organizers before making her public statement on MSNBC. Rather than speaking out against event organizers, she reiterated positive feelings about the annual conservative conference, noting that it’s not her intention to use the bully pulpit or to attack CPAC. In fact, she said she’s hoping to work with the group again in the future. But for now, she simply cannot lend her support.
“This year it just didn’t feel like there was a way for me to support my friends at GOProud and [Log Cabin Republicans], promote an inclusive, big-tent party, and participate in the conference at the same time,” she explained.
Regardless of her views on same-sex marriage, Cupp also seems to have the party’s future in mind. Considering the dearth of support the GOP has among minority groups and young people, she said excluding gays simply doesn’t make sense.
It’s “beyond bad manners, that’s bad calculus,” she believes.
I don’t mind dumb statements at private gatherings. What concerns me more is the immorality of a man we seek to elect to the highest office of the land, and rain praises on him as if he were “good.” There are none who are good, but nominating an unrepentant sinner, who lied to our faces all the way through the election, who schemed to have us cheated of our choice and imposed himself on us with the help of the GOPelite, is worse to me than any difficulty to articulate a message or other surface-level problem he might have possessed.
If we want to reform the nation, we need men of integrity. Not what this world calls “electable.” No, we aren’t electing a Pope, but we ought to hold our leaders to a high standard. Pretty words and appearances are deceptive, and we must always keep watch on what they do. Which Founding Father was it that said we ought to prefer Christian men for our leaders?
Go ahead, GOP...embrace the sodomite agenda...turn your back on G-d...become the J.C. Penney’s of the political world.
...so Cupp...how does ostracizing true conservatives win elections? You really think embracing the anti-G-d sodomite agenda will draw in enough gay-supporting voters to offset the conservatives that will stay home? Even an atheist like Cupp should be able to see that the numbers there add up to GOP defeats at any level...
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams
...we're eliminating ourselves just as quickly as we can and I'm wondering if this was all the plan from the beginning..
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
...now WHY would the Communist Party support that? Hmmm?
To borrow from Rush Limbaugh for those living Riolinda a Judas goat is used to lead US sheeples to the slaughter pen . The Republicans were given a chance to use a wedge issue to split up the democratic party and blew it.
Besides being unable to equate Obama’s socialist schemes particularly his energy policy running up the costs on everything and still is thus forcing those with limited incomes to go on the dole. BTW the angle here is to blame the system not the folks using it. Because they have to. But it’s a signature of Rove’s past performances when with Bush. The demo-coms used it because it fell into “heartless Republicans”.
Blaming Obama and explaining that policy in terms those proverbial LIV’s could understand wasn’t even considered. Refusing to attack Obama was based on MSM polling showing his popularity suggesting an intellectual inability by Rove and the GOPES to rejoin any racial charge.
....Does anybody remember what the Democrats did at their 2012 convention ??? First they eliminated any mention of the word GOD...and when they thought twice about doing that they reintroduced the resolution what happened ? They booed God..thrice..That resolution was rammed through just like the Affordable Health Care Act ...That’s a wedge issue within the democrat party.which was not exploited by Roves RINOS and GOPES and the Republicans generally to this day. To properly describe that episode .Its the marriage of the radical and democrat into the hyphenated Demo-Com union.
Was that fact used in any of the material Rove’s RINOS spewed forth during the 2012 Romney or US senate races his group of GOPES (Government Ofthe People Elite Snobs) used on their hit list ? I like using that acronym because it rhymes with dopes.
Noooo ! They could have used that episode to point out how far to the left the democrat party has hyphenated into; Demo-Coms ...Instead well we don’t like Aikin ...He said what ? OMG OMG he’s unqualified ...If there was a chance he would have been burned at the stake by Rove’s RINOS and the so called “conservative “ talkies spouting Rove’s tripe.
The Aikin or O’Donnells response to a set up phoney issue had nothing to do with any thing that would ever occur in any legislation that would pass their respective desks had they been elected.
THE RESPONSE YOU DIDN’T HEAR WAS THIS “”While at their convention the Democrats were busy denying God . Aikin believes in something like the ten commandments. Including Thou shalt not steal and doesn’t believe that getting elected to office gives you a license to do steal ... Which his opponent seems to have done rather well since being in office. The same thing with Mourdock,O’Donnnell, etc,etc, etc.
That presentation could have been expanded to Reid, Pelosi, and the slew of Demo-Com pigs at the trough. Expanding their personal wealth at the expense of the US taxpayers.
Now his bunch seems to be saying if you hold a religious view don’t run for office... We’re gonna save the Republican party ....to be finished off by Obama and the hypenated democrats..
Roves RINOS wrong for America and wrong for the Republican party...
GOD DENIERS LED BY A CONGENITAL LIAR
ARE REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH INCITERS/
FOR FIRST YOUR MONEY THEN YOUR GUNS
BE DEFENSELESS WHEN THEY COME
FOR TO THEIR GOVERNMENT YOU MUST RUN
It’s time to get government out of Our face
Our religion and and Our pocketbook
(The above is designed to be printed up and passed around your precinct and your friends and neighbors as a (index sized) palmcard. On the face (REVERSE SIDE)or below the slogan you can put the name of the candidate you favor and the election dates...EXCELLENT FOR SLIPPING UNDER WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON CARS PARKED IN KEY PARKING LOTS CHURCHES, RALLY SITES
There you go, trying to get some one that is 100% right all the time. </sarcasm>
Atheists are what they are, sadly she often defended the Christian Conservative position better than the nominal Christians that are on the "Real News" with her.
I agree with all of the concepts you put forward. (But can we please refrain from profanity. There are ladies present, you know.)
When the fairies are displeased with anybody, they are said to send their elves to pinch them.
The ecclesiastics, when they are displeased with any civil state, make also their elves, that is, superstitious, enchanted subjects, to pinch their princes, by preaching sedition; or one prince, enchanted with promises, to pinch another.
Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan: with selected variants from the Latin edition of 1668. Ed. Edwin Curley. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1994.
When the more conservative candidates all stayed in during the primaries, and fought among themselves, they paved the way for moderate Romney nomination. If you recall he was under 30% votes in almost all states, and a unified conservative front would have defeated him easily.
That is the reason IMO why Sarah Palin did not enter the fray. She was smart enough to realize with Bachmann, Perry, Cain, Newt & Rick dividing the conservative vote she had no chance to win over the singular moderate.
It is a straw man argument to blame GOPe on Romney’s nomination. I am afraid same thing could happen in 2016. If Rubio, Paul & Cruz all stay in the run, any RINO could end up winning....Christy comes to mind.
“It is a straw man argument to blame GOPe on Romney’s nomination. I am afraid same thing could happen in 2016. If Rubio, Paul & Cruz all stay in the run, any RINO could end up winning....Christy comes to mind.”
Rubio IS the RINO in that confederation, not just Christie. I think that we, as a nation, are under the judgment of God, and that is why we have such a poor choice of leaders.
We are not eliminating ourselves, we are being overrun, big difference. The Federal Government has abrogated their Constitutional Duty by not protecting the States from Invasion.
To have a King, one must first have peasants.
Rubio is more conservative than moderate on abortion, government size, taxes, business regulations, etc. You can call him RINO only on one issue...illegal immigrants.
Remember what Ronald Reagan said? He will will vote for the most conservative who is electable. According to Reagan electability was paramount over purity. Rubio IMO is quite electable based on his win in Florida and his favorability ratings, not to mention his unmatched eloquence in speech delivery. My choice preference for 2016 in order is Paul, Rubio and Cruz.
My, my how deluded you are.
So Rubio wins the election, caves in on illegal immigration, the illegals get the right to vote at some point, and then we kiss the Republic good bye because they’ll never vote for a non-socialist.
Ra! Ra! Rubio! If Obama can’t kill the country, Pandering Conservatives sure can! Goooooooo Rubio!
Wake up and smell the coffee. Study what Obama & Hillary’s plan is for illegals. In case you are not awake, Obama is the commander-in-chief for 4 more years.
Then study Rubio’s plan for illegals. AFter you learn the DETAILS of both those plans give me a ring.
I am going by my 72 years on this earth. It has not affected me yet. But tax rates have clobbered my lifestyle, big time.
Obamacare passed with nary a republican vote in congress.
And...many African-Americans stayed home since their blood brother was not on ballot.
True dat! Sadly those kind are growing in the country assisted by unionized public education system.
“Wake up and smell the coffee. Study what Obama & Hillary’s plan is for illegals. In case you are not awake, Obama is the commander-in-chief for 4 more years.
Then study Rubio’s plan for illegals. AFter you learn the DETAILS of both those plans give me a ring.”
To be frank, I consider Rubio to be a liar. I trust nothing he says, since it is designed to get us to surrender our stance on illegal immigration to more softer tones. Of course, none of our leaders actually have stronger tones. I don’t care if Mao is in freakin charge. Either Conservatives stand strong on deportation and absolute enforcement of the laws, even going after businesses that hire illegals, or they stand for nothing.
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