Most GOP candidates favor constitutional ban on gay marriage; want to stall DADT repeal

[pnwmom]

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/06/14/GOP_Candidates_on_Marriage_DADT_Repeal/

Of the candidates invited to the debate, only Herman Cain and Rep. Ron Paul opposed a federal marriage amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Cain said the matter should be left up to the states, while Paul held a libertarian view and argued that government should not be in the business of marriage.

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The candidates took an equally regressive stance on repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a Monday interview with the AP could be formally certified by the time he leaves office on June 30: The same group of debate participants who called for a federal marriage amendment also voiced support for keeping the ban on open service in the armed forces.

[physioex]

1. Sure....

And I am sure only 70% are closet homos......

[DURHAM D]

2. A Constitutional Amendment? -great, its the 1990s all over again.

[Pirate Smile]

3. Only to Conservative Republicans. Not to anyone else.

[great white snark]

4. Talk about being right for the wrong reasons.

They should be in favor because it's a human right.

[pnwmom]

7. No, they're wrong for the wrong reasons. I think you misread that.

They support a constitutional BAN on gay marriage (or marriage equality).

[johnnypneumatic]

5. the republican party is a homophobic hate group

Most of them claim to be Christians and believe marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman.

[Fearless]

6. Because men and women haven't desantified the hell out of it over the years right?

:rofl:

[customerserviceguy]

8. And God, don't forget the invisible sky-father!

So, that makes it a partnership between a man, a woman, and God.

Now, since they all envision God to be male, doesn't that make it a ménage à trois, with two dudes? Would that explode a few fundie heads???!!!

[ProSense]

9. Herman Cain:

I’d Rather Defend DOMA Than Protect Religious Liberty

The guy is a GOP tool and a nightmare when it comes to civil rights and.

Herman Cain Walks Back His Rhetoric About Muslims

[johnaries]

10. Let us not forget who the REAL enemy is. nt

[Hawaii Hiker]

11. Todays republican party is basically the Nazi Party

[LiberalFighter]

12. A strategy needs to be implemented to counter Republican stragegy on gays.

For instance...

if same sex marriages are not permitted for gays and lesbians

then how many women will marry gay men and reduce the available single women for straight men?

how many men will marry lesbians and reduce the available single men for straight women?


OR

how many will waste time wooing the opposite sex only to find out they are not interested in the opposite sex?

OR

how many gays or lesbians will "corrupt" Republicans by marrying them because they aren't permitted their loved ones?