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GOP’s Alan Simpson backs gay marriage in ad
Politico ^ | 04/07/2014 | KATIE GLUECK

Posted on 04/08/2014 5:54:52 AM PDT by GIdget2004

Former Sen. Alan Simpson, a Republican, is making the case for a “live and let live” approach to same-sex marriage in a new television ad buy targeting Western states, just as a federal appeals court in Denver prepares to take up the issue later this week.

“Whether you’re gay or lesbian or straight, if you love someone and you want to marry them, marry them,” Simpson, of Wyoming, says in the spot.

The six-figure buy, sponsored by the pro-gay marriage group Freedom to Marry, is slated to start airing on Tuesday on national cable channels, as well as locally in Wyoming, Oklahoma and Colorado.

Those states are within the geographic jurisdiction of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is weighing a gay marriage case concerning Utah on Thursday, and is set to take up another one involving Oklahoma later this month — the cases could ultimately reach the Supreme Court.

“I’m a Republican,” Simpson says. “The party’s basic core is, government out of your life and the right to be left alone.”

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Colorado; US: Kentucky; US: Oklahoma; US: Utah; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: 10thcircuit; 2014election; 2016election; alansimpson; colorado; communallove; communalmarriage; demagogicparty; election2014; election2016; freedomtomarry; homosexualagenda; katieglueck; kentucky; memebuilding; oklahoma; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; politico; polygamy; utah; wyoming
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To: Theodore R.

Orin Hatch, Haley Barbor, etc etc etc.


61 posted on 04/08/2014 7:38:39 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: dfwgator

Yes, when a man can be fired from his job because he believes in traditional marriage we’ve got a problem waaaaaay beyond ‘hole of choice’...


62 posted on 04/08/2014 7:43:46 AM PDT by GOPJ (.'Dog Shit' could be sold to 7 million citizens if the IRS fined those who refused to buy it...)
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To: Mr Rogers
There is no tolerance from the Left. They believe in Submit or Die.

You're right. Seems they're worse than anything they've been able to accuse us of...

63 posted on 04/08/2014 7:45:32 AM PDT by GOPJ (.'Dog Shit' could be sold to 7 million citizens if the IRS fined those who refused to buy it...)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Nothing stops two adults who love each other from being with each other.


64 posted on 04/08/2014 7:46:51 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: GOPJ

I remember the 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s, and I don’t remember any Baptists, Catholics or Mormons - the 3 religions I have the most experience with - ever doing anything mean to homosexuals, other than saying it is A sin that needs repentance, as do sins like adultery, lying, hate and pride.

The idea that we were “out to get them” is simply a lie. I lived those times. I know better. Unhappily, the average teen was born around the late 90s, and they do not understand the lie they are being peddled.


65 posted on 04/08/2014 7:54:53 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (I sooooo miss America!)
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To: GIdget2004
A civil union gives them all the legal protection they need. And in states that don't have civil unions, they can go to an attorney and give each other legal rights.

What they really want is to be able to adopt children and be in-our-face with their lifestyle.

66 posted on 04/08/2014 8:13:03 AM PDT by FR_addict
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To: GIdget2004

First 3 words tell me all I need to know:

“Former Sen. Alan Simpson...”

““Whether you’re gay or lesbian or straight, if you love someone and you want to marry them, marry them,”

And why not extend this to animals and rocks?

No, we know the gaytalk, “two consenting adults”, why doesn’t he say he wants to redefine marriage for every man, woman and child in the nation.


67 posted on 04/08/2014 8:13:36 AM PDT by BeadCounter (morning glory evening grace)
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To: Mr Rogers

I’ve got to remember the line Michael Medved uses, “gays have a higher median income than straights”. That points to NO discrimination.


68 posted on 04/08/2014 8:14:53 AM PDT by BeadCounter (morning glory evening grace)
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To: Mr Rogers
None of the major religions in the country are moving against Tea Party members either... Which doesn't mean there isn't prejudice on the part of government workers against us... or corporate prejudice that allows a CEO to be fired for believing in traditional marriage.

Yes, gay sex is a sin. So is being unfaithful... or coveting your neighbor's wife or not respecting your parents. My concern isn't the same as the theologian. My concern is this particular sin is being turned into an effective political movement - one that is starting to appear to be rather totalitarian.

69 posted on 04/08/2014 8:17:55 AM PDT by GOPJ (.'Dog Shit' could be sold to 7 million citizens if the IRS fined those who refused to buy it...)
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To: skeeter
This is the Alan Simpson of Simpson/Mazzoli. The law that flooded the country with 5 million illegals-turned-citizens and killed the GOP in California. Every republican was a conservative when Reagan was president. Most, like Alan here, became 'kinder and gentler' as soon as RWR retired.

Unfortunately, Reagan was hardly infallible either. He's the one who signed Simpson-Mazolli into law, after all, legalizing millions of illegals and setting the precedent for today's mess. Perhaps he had his own "kinder, gentler" flaws during his second term, no doubt thanks to his Rockefeller Republican VP's influence.

70 posted on 04/08/2014 8:27:24 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: GIdget2004

Another progressive shows his colors....


71 posted on 04/08/2014 8:33:31 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. ~ Albert Einstein)
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To: GIdget2004

Is Simpsom in favor of Incestuous Marriage and Polygamous Marriage? If not, why not? Has anybody asked him?

After all, if you love somebody...


72 posted on 04/08/2014 8:37:15 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Nobody owes you a living, so shut up and get back to work...)
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To: ek_hornbeck
The most Reagan can be faulted for is taking the democrats at their word - 'we really, really promise to enforce the borders this time'.

Of course, he should have known better -they had already forced him to act against his conscious and then failed to live up to the promises they had made in exchange on other issues.

Democrats lie. Democrat enablers lie.

73 posted on 04/08/2014 8:37:32 AM PDT by skeeter
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closet queen

74 posted on 04/08/2014 8:39:32 AM PDT by devolve (- Tell VLADIMER after my ERECTION I have more 90% more FLEXIBILITY -- I need more SPACE - BHO Jr -)
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To: GIdget2004

Yes unfortunately this is old news with Simpson, it`s a shame, I used to really enjoy his humor


75 posted on 04/08/2014 8:43:03 AM PDT by Friendofgeorge (Sarah Palin 2016 OR BUST)
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To: GIdget2004
Unfortunately for poor doddering Al, there is a big distinction between a “live and let live” attitude, and what Colorado and other states have done, which is to compel assent to every aspect of the “gay lifestyle” under penalty of law. Photographers in Colorado no longer have the option of saying to prospective gay clients “Sorry, just not into it.” No, you're labeled a bigot and sued by the state for “discrimination.”

Not what I'd call a live and let live attitude, Al. So my advice would be to take a gay marital aid and shove it in your mouth so that no more of your stupid words come out.

76 posted on 04/08/2014 8:47:37 AM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: skeeter
Basically, anyone who holds to this is allowing immigration law enforcement to be held hostage by amnesty.

I never understood this whole charade, "let's forgive millions of illegals THIS time, but from now on we'll be tough on border enforcement." It has the same logic as "let's issue a pardon to all thieves, if in return we can get serious about enforcing laws against theft." Anyone who takes it seriously is either a fraud or a fool.

77 posted on 04/08/2014 8:57:05 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: GIdget2004

“if you love someone and you want to marry them, marry them,”

I love my Corvette, but I won’t marry it you sick bastard. And if a father “loves” his daughter, you think they should marry?

God, let these RINOS burn in hell


78 posted on 04/08/2014 8:59:52 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: GIdget2004

Walking Delusional


79 posted on 04/08/2014 9:13:30 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
Exactly. Government should just stay out. Perverts will still be perverts whether gay marriage is legal or not. The debate over this issue is a waste of time.

That is the lamest way you guys promote gay marriage, you pretend marriage isn't real at all and that we don't even have to deal with gay marriage.

Saving America is impossible with your radical leftist politics.

80 posted on 04/08/2014 10:08:02 AM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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