Julian Zelizer says the gay rights movement has appealed to Republins by strsg marriage as an issue
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- QUEEN ELIZABETH RIPS CHRIS CHRISTIE ON GAY MARRIAGE
- CHRISTIE GAY THERAPY SNDAL GROWS AS NJ . NOW SAYS HE DON’T BELIEVE
- CHRIS CHRISTIE WAS ON THE WRONG SI OF HISTORY WH GAY MARRIAGE
- NJ ERNOR ENDS GAY MARRIAGE FIGHT AS UPL WED
- CHRIS CHRISTIE GAY MARRIAGE MOVE STIRS GOP
QUEEN ELIZABETH RIPS CHRIS CHRISTIE ON GAY MARRIAGE
LONDON (The Borowz Report)—Moments after approvg a new law legalizg gay marriage England and Wal, Queen Elizabeth II of Bra unleashed a … * chris christie gay *
LONDON (The Borowz Report)—Moments after approvg a new law legalizg gay marriage England and Wal, Queen Elizabeth II of Bra unleashed a blisterg attack on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for “lackg the guts” to do the Brish monarch’s btal evisceratn of Gov. Christie stunned observers, who did not know that she was such a close follower of his gay-marriage stance. In 2013, he got a standg ovatn om the Democratic legislature at his state of the state addrs, had Lap-Band surgery to try to lose weight, earned a spot on TIME’s list of the 100 most fluential people the world, signed legislatn supportg fancial aid and -state llege tun for undocumented immigrants, signed legislatn banng licensed therapists om tryg to turn gay teens straight and earned a send term a landsli.
CHRISTIE GAY THERAPY SNDAL GROWS AS NJ . NOW SAYS HE DON’T BELIEVE
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie me out Thursday sayg he didn’t believe therapy uld make a person heterosexual — jt a day after he said he didn’t know enough about gay nversn therapy to form an opn. ) blasted Christie for not supportg the bill, llg his ambivalence on the topic, “disgtg” and addg that “His tolerance has no place our state, ” Buono said to CNN, addg later: “The ernor said he don’t know much about gay nversn therapy. When asked on the Piers Man show if he thought homosexualy was a s, Christie psed before sayg, “Well my relign says ’s a s, but I’ve always believed that people are born wh the disposn to be gay.
” He add that while he didn’t thk gay people were sners, he wouldn’t go as far as supportg gay marriage. Christie said he disagreed wh the majory Supreme Court cisn to legalize gay marriage all 50 stat, but that. He dropped New Jersey’s challenge to a urt cisn legalizg gay marriage 2013.
Chris Christie don’t support gay marriage.
CHRIS CHRISTIE WAS ON THE WRONG SI OF HISTORY WH GAY MARRIAGE
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But for a GOP base that already views his nservative bona fis warily, his cisn not to go down swgg agast a urt cisn that has legalized gay marriage his state uld prove problematic.
They say he’s already ma clear he’s agast gay marriage. It’s a strategy that’s siar to the one Mt Romney ed last year — blastg “activist judg” — and ’s one that, if Christie employs, he’ll have to navigate more effectively than Romney did, pecially wh gay marriage loomg as a larger issue the next two years, thanks to the U.
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NJ ERNOR ENDS GAY MARRIAGE FIGHT AS UPL WED
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the natn’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) civil rights anizatn, released the followg statement after media reports that New Jersey… * chris christie gay *
And wh more foc on gay marriage expected the next two years, the issue will rema a tricky one for Christie to navigate.
The next year he dropped an appeal to a state Supreme Court lg that legalized same-sex marriage and, the same year, signed a bill banng "ex-gay" therapy for mors.
She immediately asked him why he opposed gay marriage and vetoed a bill that would have legalized .
CHRIS CHRISTIE GAY MARRIAGE MOVE STIRS GOP
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie dropped his fight agast gay marriage New Jersey on Monday, amg the cisn a pragmatic way: No pot fightg a losg battle. * chris christie gay *
Christie Said He Believ People Are Born Gay And That Homosexualy Is Not A S.
Acrdg to the Associated Prs, “In a signg note acpanyg the bill that will be ma public Monday, Christie said he believ people are born gay and that homosexualy is not a s.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie's cisn to stop fightg gay marriage New Jersey was pragmatic — same sex weddgs had already begun and a urt warned that the state would have ltle chance of overturng them. But the move also reflects Christie's bid to st himself as lear of a welg GOP as he seeks re-electn and ponrs a Whe Hoe bid. Friends and fo scribe the move simply as Christie beg Christie. The tell--like--is ernor is signalg that he won't be timidated by a vol nservative mory that ually wields great fluence Republin printial polics. And wh polil divisns epeng the Republin Party, Christie is bettg his polil future that the GOP and the natn ultimately would embrace an unapologetic promiser pable of attractg a broad aln of voters — as he's expected to do gubernatorial votg two weeks. There are clear risks. While natnal public opn is evolvg, Republins who oppose gay marriage tradnally domate GOP polics early-votg stat on the printial lendar such as Iowa and South Carola. "Abandong foundatnal prcipl that go beyond polics is not the way to get posive attentn South Carola," said Bob McAlister, a veteran South Carola-based Republin strategist, addg that Christie's latt move "is absolutely gog to hurt him." Christie remas personally opposed to gay marriage. He vetoed a bill approved by the legislature last year to legalize the practice. When a trial-level judge led last month that the state mt allow same-sex upl to wed, Christie appealed that lg to the state Supreme Court. The high urt agreed to take up the se but unanimoly refed to lay the start of gay weddgs the meantime, sayg the state had ltle chance of prevailg s appeal. And jt hours after gay upl began exchangg vows on Monday, Christie announced that he was whdrawg his appeal. The cisn mak New Jersey the 14th state to legalize gay marriage. Advisers to the ernor said that droppg the appeal, Christie stayed te to his prcipl. "Although the ernor strongly disagre wh the urt substutg s judgment for the nstutnal procs of the elected branch or a vote of the people, the urt has now spoken clearly as to their view of the New Jersey Constutn and, therefore, same-sex marriage is the law," Christie spokman Michael Drewniak said a statement. Some Republins wanted Christie to fight harr. He's much the same suatn as 2012 Republin printial nomee Mt Romney, who was ernor when the Massachetts Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage almost a ago. Romney, too, said he was forced to ply wh the le of law once was settled by the urts. But that wasn't enough to w over many skeptil nservativ. Their skepticism helped force a long and expensive primary fight agast former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santom, whose unrdog mpaign was largely fueled by his opposn to gay marriage and abortn. Rudy Giuliani, the former Republin printial ntenr and New York Cy mayor, also stggled to ga tractn 2008 after embracg abortn rights and legal benefs for same-sex upl. That same year, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, an ordaed Southern Baptist mister, won the Iowa uc ridg an aggrsive social nservative agenda. He later fizzled stat like New Hampshire, where morate Republins and pennts hold more sway. Republins across the polil spectm nce that public opn on same-sex marriage 2016 is likely to be dramatilly different than 2008 or even 2012. A CNN-ORC poll found June that 34 percent of Republins supported legal regnn of same sex marriage, a number that had jumped more than 10 pots om a year earlier. The poll found strong majori of pennts and Democrats favor as well. While nservative lears early votg stat lashed out at Christie's cisn, there are signs even social nservative strongholds that Christie's bet is a smart one. San Geds, an Iowa Republin activist and vout social nservative, says voters, cludg Republins, re far ls about opposg gay marriage than even 10 years ago. "You have to expla to people, people like me, that the rt of the world don't thk the way we do," said Geds, who served as a top mpaign nsultant to strict nservative Republin ndidat for the past several years. "That's upsettg for people. But if we want to have our party be effective, we have to accept opns like that." Ined, Iowa mastream Republins, led by Gov. Terry Branstad, are tryg to swell the ranks of more enomilly md nservativ, hop of creasg attendance at the Iowa GOP uc 2016. The uc have been flood by social nservativ who disproportnately oppose gay rights and abortn rights. David Kochel, who served as Romney's top Iowa strategist, me out favor of gay marriage earlier the year. "Opposg the eedom to marry is a loser for our party and serv to drive away a growg number of voters who have turned the page," he said Monday. A number of New Hampshire Republins, former Rep. Charlie Bass among them, also have e out favor of gay marriage, backed by Republin lears elsewhere such as Oh Sen. Rob Portman and former Vice Print Dick Cheney. In New Hampshire, where pennt voters are allowed to vote GOP primari, there is a sense that Christie's move uld actually help him a prospective printial bid. Ultimately, some strategists said 's unlikely that Christie's cisn on gay marriage will be a make-or-break issue. Many crics of his gay marriage policy didn't like him to beg wh, particularly sce his embrace of Print Barack Obama weeks before the last electn after Superstorm Sandy ravaged much of the East Coast. "He has fallen out of favor wh social nservativ around Iowa. But probably don't change anythg," said Darryl Kearney, GOP treasurer Polk County and a vout social nservative. "A big w his re-electn bid will help him make him a strong natnal ndidate, which will have a strong appeal Iowa, but not wh social nservativ." ___ Bemont reported om Cedar Rapids, Iowa. * chris christie gay *
That view is nsistent wh his Catholic fah, which teach that homosexual acts are ss. Decled to meet wh LGBT groups durg marriage fight, sayg he had gay iends and relativ and he didn’t thk a nversatn would change his views. Said even if child was gay, he would tell them he opposed marriage equaly.