Proponents ntend that gay marriage bans are discrimatory and unnstutnal, opponents ague that marriage is primarily for procreatn.
Contents:
- SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
- GAY MARRIAGE CISN RTARTS REPUBLIN BATE
- WHY IS THERE MORE REPUBLIN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE THAN FOR ABORTN RIGHTS?WHY IS THERE MORE REPUBLIN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE THAN FOR ABORTN RIGHTS?
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
Hoe legislatn difyg protectns for gay marriage passed spe the fact that a big majory of the Hoe Republin uc opposed . * gay marriage republican debate *
That's bee the polics around gay marriage are a ltle weird.
GAY MARRIAGE CISN RTARTS REPUBLIN BATE
* gay marriage republican debate *
As recently as 2004, Republins ma opposn to gay marriage a top-tier e (some nservativ believe saved Gee W. But as public opn began to turn, Democrats reached a new nsens support of gay marriage and started gog on offense.
The natnal GOP platform still oppos gay marriage. As the Hoe GOP's still-strong opposn to marriage equaly nfirms, there's legimate reason to qutn the assumptn that gay marriage is a settled issue. While there are legimate policy challeng at play, the spir of the bat has taken a turn, wh anti-gay "groomer" slurs om the 1970s makg a eback.
It's not hard to see how policians lookg to distguish themselv this arena might turn to gay marriage, perhaps wh the goal of gettg a new ban ont of the urt.
WHY IS THERE MORE REPUBLIN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE THAN FOR ABORTN RIGHTS?WHY IS THERE MORE REPUBLIN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE THAN FOR ABORTN RIGHTS?
Take Texas, where the state GOP reaffirmed s opposn to gay marriage their party platform jt last month.
Only one Texas Republin the Hoe, Tony Gonzal, voted "y" on protectns for gay marriage yterday.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
There were openly gay officials workg at the hight levels of the Tmp admistratn. And Congrs, the gay rights movement has found alli up and g Republin stars like Rep. There is more energy the GOP for help for gay and transgenr issu than a lot of issu Bin r about, ” said Tyler Deaton, a Republin nsultant and senr adviser to the Amerin Uny Fund, which works to advance LGBTQ rights.
Bh’s 2004 printial n, apologized for the anti-same-sex marriage rhetoric of that mpaign and for his role fightg marriage equaly, while announcg that he was gay. Hedge fund billnaire and Republin donor Pl Sger quietly donated to pro-gay rights and formed the Amerin Uny PAC and Amerin Uny Fund, which fights for LGBTQ and relig eedom. The real breakthrough, gay Republin operativ say, me wh the nomatn of Donald Tmp.
Though evangelils flocked to his ndidacy, nservative gay rights activists also saw an opportuny.