GOP To Get A Lecture On Its Need To Support Gay Marriage From A Fellow Republican »
Posted By TimALoftis 9 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
Steve Schmidt, a key architect of John McCain's presidential campaign, is making his first public return to Washington a bold one.
Schmidt will use a speech Friday to Log Cabin Republicans, a gay rights group, to urge conservative Republicans to drop their opposition to same-sex marriage, CNN has learned.
"There is a sound conservative argument to be made for same-sex marriage," Schmidt will say, according to speech excerpts obtained by CNN. "I believe conservatives, more than liberals, insist that rights come with responsibilities. No other exercise of one's liberty comes with greater responsibilities than marriage."
Schmidt makes both policy and political arguments for a Republican embrace of same-sex marriage.
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calitennflo9 months, 3 weeks ago
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After all, the presnt and past judicial System has fostered what we witness today...they created the conclusions themselves...and need take responcibility. Punishment comes in many forms...once punished is no reason to continue punishment.
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They will learn one day to resolve, and remedy infractions of any law...it's a simple solution to what is in progress today. Our destruction due to not following what is dictated by Nature. -
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memestryker9 months, 3 weeks ago
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I agree with Schmidt. The Republican party is for limited government, and getting bent out of shape by purely belief-based issues like gay unions is over-reaching government bounds. Teach your children and then let them make their own decisions.
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TimALoftis9 months, 3 weeks ago
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If a Republican Presidential candidate came out for Same Sex marriage he or she would be soundly defeated in the GOP primaries.
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While mainstream America might be every so slowly inching toward its acceptance, The GOP in general will be decades behind. -
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hamy9 months, 3 weeks ago
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We don't need anyone's support for marriage equality in this country. It legally must happen. There is no way that the Constitution of the United States will allow rights to be granted to one part of the population and not another.
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Period.
That is why bans won't hold up in court.
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