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Conservatives Support for Marriage Equality Growing [retread zig zag zot!]
Human Rights Campaign ^ | Maureen McCarty

Posted on 03/24/2013 12:47:34 PM PDT by zigzagzoom

Today Meghan McCain and Margaret Hoover paired up to pen an op-ed for USA Today, calling on conservatives to support marriage equality.

In the article, McCain and Hoover outline the inevitable demise of anti-LGBT organizations and leadership, as country continues to shift support toward marriage equality.

They wrote:

Marriage is marriage, whether a person is straight or gay.

Marriage also promotes outcomes that we as conservatives should support: stable homes, with committed couples who take care of themselves without government intrusion. We know the benefits to society from healthy marriages, and we celebrate them. Our fellow Republicans should be strengthening this great institution--not stifling it with roadblocks.

Indeed marriage equality is largely becoming a bipartisan momentum across the country.

A record number of Americans--58 percent--support marriage equality. Just last week Ohio Republican Rob Portman reversed his own position to now support marriage equality legislation. And over 100 Republicans filed an amicus brief calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn California’s Proposition 8....

(Excerpt) Read more at hrc.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
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To: TheOldLady

Hi TOL, very nice Fire ZOT. Very appropriate too.


81 posted on 03/25/2013 1:36:52 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Paul Ryan 2016)
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To: Berlin_Freeper; BuckeyeTexan

Hello, Steadfast. Thank you!

BuckeyeTexan sent me a link to a volcano lightning photo montage, and I snagged five pix from it.


82 posted on 03/25/2013 3:48:56 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: zigzagzoom
zigzagzoom - scratching another n00b off my list.


83 posted on 03/25/2013 5:52:31 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (For Jay Carney - I heard your birth certificate is an apology from the condom factory.)
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To: Darksheare; Conspiracy Guy
Wonder who he is.
I’m sure both of us have run across him before.

Danny H, Danny HH, Danny HHH "I deserve respect"??? He / she / it pushed the homo agenda too.

84 posted on 03/25/2013 5:58:45 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (For Jay Carney - I heard your birth certificate is an apology from the condom factory.)
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To: 50mm

Kitty Zot looks exactly like my kitty!!!!!

Does that mean she got her biggest wish and made it to the Internet?,

Who would have thought one Zot would bring me so much joy but it did and I thank you all and hope you all have a beautiful day

Just for this I’m mailing mr Robinson five dollars for FR. Happy Easter/Passover everyone


85 posted on 03/25/2013 6:28:37 AM PDT by Gefn ("Veni, Vidi, Volo in domum redire")
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To: Arrowhead1952; Conspiracy Guy

Probably.
If so he finally figured out that his keywords kinda flagged him out there.


86 posted on 03/25/2013 11:11:41 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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To: Darksheare; Conspiracy Guy

I’ve noticed a lot of the zots take place on homo and illegal immigrant threads.


87 posted on 03/25/2013 11:54:28 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (For Jay Carney - I heard your birth certificate is an apology from the condom factory.)
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To: Arrowhead1952; Conspiracy Guy

Here is another one worth watching.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2999909/posts?page=26#26

http://www.freerepublic.com/~dontlaughitsnotfunny/


88 posted on 03/25/2013 11:59:36 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (For Jay Carney - I heard your birth certificate is an apology from the condom factory.)
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To: TheOldLady; Old Sarge; 50mm

Forgot to ping you to the links I posted in reply above. Keep an eye on this n00bie.


89 posted on 03/25/2013 12:36:14 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (For Jay Carney - I heard your birth certificate is an apology from the condom factory.)
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To: Darksheare

No telling who. They all seem the same.


90 posted on 03/25/2013 2:27:58 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
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To: Arrowhead1952; Darksheare

That sounds familiar but that was a ways back wasn’t it?


91 posted on 03/25/2013 2:31:07 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy; Darksheare
That sounds familiar but that was a ways back wasn’t it?

Not on the Texas message board. Had several trolls that hung around there lately for several weeks.

92 posted on 03/25/2013 6:54:34 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (For Jay Carney - I heard your birth certificate is an apology from the condom factory.)
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93 posted on 03/25/2013 8:10:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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>> Marriage Equality...

There is no equal to butt sex. Sorry.


94 posted on 03/25/2013 8:12:32 PM PDT by Gene Eric (The Palin Doctrine.)
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