The federal gov't should not be involved in the marriage biz.
https://www.metroweekly.com/2018/07/...iage-platform/
When it comes to policies that are designed to discriminate against gays -- whether its policies that allow gays to be discriminated against in housing, employment, etc -- the Republican party seems to be the main party pushing those policies.
So when a Republican in a state as red as Idaho came out in support of gay marriage -- it makes one wonder, is that stance a true conservative stance or is it anti-conservative? Dom Gelsomino is an openly gay, devout Christian who is running for the state legislature and he believes that while Democrats are more guilty of expanding government beyond its constitutional limits, the GOP has committed the same error when it comes to same-sex marriage. Another Idaho republican also supported gay marriage by saying "We as Republicans are and need to remain the party of inclusion, less intrusive government means government has no business in licensing families."
So I guess the question remains -- can you be a strong conservative and support gay marriage?
The federal gov't should not be involved in the marriage biz.
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
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Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.
D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.
Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".
Callinectes (07-08-2018), MAGA MAN (07-06-2018), tinfoil (07-08-2018), TrippyHippy (07-05-2018), Truth Detector (07-07-2018)
According to the Constitution and what is WRITTEN in it, the federal government has no authority for the marriage business. That certain elements believe they do is because those elements have twisted themselves into a pretzel by claiming the Constitution says something it doesn't say.
Gay marriage isn't a conservative or liberal issue, but a matter of personal religious/moral convictions.
J Craft (07-07-2018), Truth Detector (07-07-2018)
Of course you can, I am as "conservative" as they come.
But I believe a person can do whatever he wants with anyone he wants as long as they are both adults.
And they can call it marriage if they'd like.
BUT
They're not married, a man can not marry another man and a woman can not marry another woman. That's just silly.
They are free to call it that, but they're not "married"
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Callinectes (07-08-2018), Life is Golden (07-05-2018), MAGA MAN (07-06-2018)
Bigdog (07-05-2018), Phantasmal (07-05-2018), Truth Detector (07-07-2018)
In most cases it has very little to do with moral conviction and more to do with just flat out bigotry/prejudice wrapped up in religious liberty -- especially since no one is pushing policies to discriminate against adulterers, fornicators -- -you know, those other sexual sins.
evince (07-07-2018)
evince (07-07-2018)
evince (07-07-2018), ThatOwlWoman (07-05-2018)
Talk is cheap, and a rightwinger can say anything they want on a message board.
I make almost no distinction between rightwing Christian theocrats, and those who willfully support them.
During my message board career I have run across copious amounts of rightwingers who professed to being kinda-sorta liberalish, to being social progressives. But to a man, they would cheer on the nomination of noted theocrat Sarah Palin, and they would be on the sidelines cheering for appalling rightwing theocrats Ted Cruz, George Dumbya, and they are the first ones leading the cheers for anti-reproductive choice, anti-gay marriage Republicans up for election, or nominated for life time jobs on the federal judiciary.
evince (07-07-2018), ThatOwlWoman (07-05-2018), TTQ64 (07-06-2018)
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
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MAGA MAN (07-06-2018), Truth Detector (07-07-2018)
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
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