Republins Supportg Gay Marraige | GOP and Same Sex Marraige | Hardball

Contents:

• CHRIS MATTHEWS LOOKS AT GROWG GAY MARRIAGE SUPPORT WH THE GOP
• CHRIS MATTHEWS CLASH WH REP. BARNEY FRANK OVER POTENTIAL FERAL LAW ON GAY MARRIAGE
• CHRIS MATTHEWS AND ROBERT TRAYNHAM, GAY FORMER SANTOM AI, HAVE HEATED CLASH (VIDEO)
• WHERE DO POTENTIAL SENATORIAL CANDIDATE CHRIS MATTHEWS STAND ON GAY NUPS?
• CHRIS MATTHEWS: GOP DO BELIEVE IN GAY MARRIAGE… BEE THEY’RE ALL MARRIED TO WAYNE LAPIERRE
• OBAMA ON ‘HARDBALL’ ON GAY MARRIAGE
• CHRIS MATTHEWS, REP. BARNEY FRANK CLASH OVER GAY MARRIAGE IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM (VIDEO)

CHRIS MATTHEWS LOOKS AT GROWG GAY MARRIAGE SUPPORT WH THE GOP

Clarke Cooper of the Log Cab Republins to discs what Matthews is scribg as a movement by the Conservative Ele to make the “Republin Case for Gay Marriage. Among the ele are Ken Mehlman, Steve Schmidt, Meghan McCa, Ben Gsberg, and Ted Olsen — all GOP heavy-hters who have ma the se that the party should embrace gay marriage as a stabilizg, fay-buildg, eedom-affirmg and nservative e.

Solomone offers up a more practil view of the movement, scribg the party as spl between three different populatns: 1) a new group of morate Republins who support gay marriage, 2) far right Republins standg the way and 3) Tea Party Republins who have taken special re not to avoid the issue. Cooper aga has the unenviable task of tryg to portray the GOP’s pro-gay-marriage movement as grassroots and tri to unter Matthews’ argument by sayg Beck is “fe” wh marriage equaly, ignorg the fact that almost certaly the majory of the atten at the rally were not.

CHRIS MATTHEWS CLASH WH REP. BARNEY FRANK OVER POTENTIAL FERAL LAW ON GAY MARRIAGE

He stands agast a ndidate, Mt Romney, who says he will never give up his opposn to gay marriage, a ndidate who ref to stand up for a gay man who has jt been n out of his mpaign.

Could there be a granr nyon between the two men: one fully support of the right of gay people to marry; one totally agast that right.

But I have to wonr how gay men and women who now work for the electn of Republin members of Congrs, senators, and Romney himself n s their work seats and refe to stand up, walk the directn of their boss and ndidat, and ask them to jo the Print on this? Congrsman Barney Frank sat down wh Chris Matthews tonight to talk about the Democratic party officially adaptg gay marriage on s platform, and Matthews raised the issue of a feral law supportg gay marriage. RELATED: Democratic Party To Inclu Gay Marriage As Part Of Governg Platform At Conventn.

CHRIS MATTHEWS AND ROBERT TRAYNHAM, GAY FORMER SANTOM AI, HAVE HEATED CLASH (VIDEO)

Mark Halper said that the Democrats adoptg gay marriage as part of s platform would be a polil blow to Print Obama certa stat. Frank said he was “baffled by the media” bee was not a big al when Democrats all over the untry, cludg the print, me out favor of gay marriage. Chris Matthews Gay?

Chris Matthews had a fiery chat wh a openly gay former ai to Rick Santom, the Republin printial ndidate who has an famoly osty relatnship wh the gay muny, on his Thursday Traynham, who worked for Santom while he was a senator, fend his former boss om Matthews' repeated attacks. "He then moved on to the equally sticky subject of gay rights and gay sex.

WHERE DO POTENTIAL SENATORIAL CANDIDATE CHRIS MATTHEWS STAND ON GAY NUPS?

This is perhaps the area for which Santom is most well-known, wh his notor ments lkg homosexualy to "man-on-dog" still followg him. Jt on Thursday, Santom pared beg gay to beg polygamo.

He acknowledged that, as an openly gay man, he disagreed wh Santom about his right to "fall love and to be wh whomever I choose to. " He wonred, "don't he go further and say that you should not be allowed to be gay any actual way? "UPDATE: As Crooks and Liars documented back October, Santom did ed say that beg gay was a qutn of "behavr" and not inty.

CHRIS MATTHEWS: GOP DO BELIEVE IN GAY MARRIAGE… BEE THEY’RE ALL MARRIED TO WAYNE LAPIERRE

"Look, the ia of somehow or another that this is the equivalent of beg black and beg gay is the same is simply not te, " he said. There are people who were gay and lived the gay liftyle and aren't anymore...

"WATCH:Relatedrick santom gay marriageMSNBCChris MatthewsRick SantomVioBefore You GoSantom Answers Sex QsPopular the CommunyYou May Like. Seizg on those mors, Philalphia Gay News publisher Mark Segal asked Matthews about his stance on gay marriage.

Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #polics #chrismatthews #gay stori and more. There are non-Christian civilizatns that accepted or even embraced homosexualy. Chris Matthews asks Buchanan: "What do you do wh people who are gay, and they live together for 20, 30 years – are they allowed to create a bond that is legal Why not create a bond?

OBAMA ON ‘HARDBALL’ ON GAY MARRIAGE

Durg the electoral special, one of the Wt Chter Universy stunts asked Obama about his gay marriage stance. Barney Frank clashed over the Democratic party's stance on gay marriage on Wednday, when the MSNBC host prsed Frank on whether the party's platform would support a feral law legalizg gay marriage.

" He say that Democrats' stance on gay marriage was already clear, pecially the recent vote on the Defense of Marriage Act. He said that he was "baffled by the media, " bee Print Obama and Democratic lawmakers have already ma their support for gay marriage clear. RelatedChris Matthewsbarney ank gay marriageViomediaBarney FrankBefore You GoFac of NBC NewsPopular the CommunyYou May Like.

CHRIS MATTHEWS, REP. BARNEY FRANK CLASH OVER GAY MARRIAGE IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM (VIDEO)

I also want to talk about the cultural issu, bee I thk the nservativ this untry, when they hear people talkg like you talk, they say, well, let‘s change the subject to somethg more palatable, like abortn rights and gay marriage. MATTHEWS: When the Republins are so effective, and the nservativ, the church people as well, makg the issue abortn rights, where a lot of people are ncerned there are too many abortns, the gay marriage issue, which threatens a lot of people wh a total challenge to their cultural way of life?

But the Republins, this print particularly, last electn, somethg like 13 stat had ballotg on the issue of gay marriage the very day they were votg for print.