Polil operativ once worried Rob Portman’s posn as the first Republin senator to support gay marriage uld endanger his reelectn chanc 2016. But Oh is movg quickly on the issue, and John Kasich’s answer on marriage Thursday’s GOP printial bate—and the Cleveland crowd's receptn to —shows how and why.
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- JOHN KASICH GETS PERSONAL ON GAY MARRIAGE
- THE REACTN JOHN KASICH GOT FOR ACCEPTG GAY MARRIAGE SHOWS HOW FAR THE GOP HAS COME
- JOHN KASICH WON APPLSE FOR HIS GAY MARRIAGE BATE ANSWER. THAT’S GREAT NEWS FOR ROB PORTMAN.
- JOHN KASICH’S GAY MARRIAGE MANVER WAS A GIFT TO THE GOP
- JOHN KASICH ON GAY MARRIAGE: ‘WE’RE NOT GOG TO ALLOW DISCRIMATN ON THIS’
JOHN KASICH GETS PERSONAL ON GAY MARRIAGE
Durg his time Congrs and as Governor of Oh, John Kasich has opposed marriage equaly, basic domtic and partner benefs for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) upl. His… * kasich gay marriage *
John Kasich talks about the Supreme Court lg fdg a natnwi right to same-sex marriage, and scrib how he would react if one of his dghters were gay. John Kasich drew applse durg Thursday’s Republin printial bate for sayg that he accepted gay marriage even though was unter to his “tradnal” views. “Our urt has led and I said we’ll accept , ” Kasich said rponse to a qutn om morator Megyn Kelly about what he would do if his child were homosexual.
I jt went to a weddg of a iend of me who is gay. Kasich has said that as a man of fah, he don’t approve of the “gay liftyle, ” and supported a ban on same-sex marriage Oh. Stephen Hill, a gay bat veteran, for speakg favorably about the repeal of the ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
“In 2010 when I was ployed to Iraq, I had to lie about who I was bee I was a gay soldier, and I didn’t want to lose my job, ” Hill said via vionference durg the bate.
THE REACTN JOHN KASICH GOT FOR ACCEPTG GAY MARRIAGE SHOWS HOW FAR THE GOP HAS COME
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“My qutn is, unr one of your princi, do you tend to circumvent the progrs that’s been ma for gay and lbian soldiers the ary? Rick Santom rpond to Hill by vowg to restate the ban on beg openly gay the ary.
Said he did not approve of the “gay liftyle”. In 1996, Kasich voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which, the Akron Bean Journal wrote, “fe[d] marriage as a heterosexual unn only and lim[ed] marriage rights for gays and lbians. Kasich: “I Don’t Approve Of The Gay Liftyle.
” On Face the Natn 1998, Kasich said that “as a man of fah, I ll tell you there’s behavr I don’t approve of, and I don’t approve of the–of the gay liftyle, but what I’ll tell you is I don’t really foc on the s; I foc on the good that people n brg to our society, and I urge my iends and they urge me to do better every sgle day.
JOHN KASICH WON APPLSE FOR HIS GAY MARRIAGE BATE ANSWER. THAT’S GREAT NEWS FOR ROB PORTMAN.
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I Don’t Believe That There Ought To Be Gay Marriag” But It Wasn’t His Job To “Conmn Them.
In other words, I don’t believe that there ought to be gay marriag, but I’m not gonna n around tryg to–to put the fger on people and try to nmn them… That’s–that’s really not my job. ’ And he wasn't sure about Oh law that allows gay upl to adopt children: ‘I'm really sort of uncerta about .... Acrdg to the Ccnati Enquirer, after Senator Rob Portman announced his change of heart on same-sex marriage after his son me out as gay, “Rob Nichols, a spokman for Oh Gov.
JOHN KASICH’S GAY MARRIAGE MANVER WAS A GIFT TO THE GOP
John Kasich said Tuday that he would not fight the Supreme Court's lg on gay marriage if elected print and the issue is settled law. * kasich gay marriage *
The Baltimore Sun reported: “When John Arthur and Jim Obergefell chartered a private medil jet to Maryland last month to get married -- the only safe means of transport for Arthur, who is termally ill wh Lou Gehrig's disease -- the gay uple fulfilled a last wish and set out to leave a lastg legacy. I don’t support gay marriage. ’ ‘I’ve got iends that are gay and I’ve told them ‘Look, (same sex marriage) is jt not somethg I agree wh’ and I’m not dog out of a sense of anger or judgment, ’s jt my opn on this issue.
He oppos gay marriage and oppos changg Oh’s Constutn to allow for civil unns, ’ said Nichols. John Kasich reaffirmed his posn on gay marriage yterday.
JOHN KASICH ON GAY MARRIAGE: ‘WE’RE NOT GOG TO ALLOW DISCRIMATN ON THIS’
Acrdg to CNN: “When asked if he would attend a same-sex weddg — Kasich is opposed to gay and lbian nuptials — he said his iend jt ved him to one and he and his wife are planng to go. And I have a number of iends who are gay, OK?
” The Wall Street Journal reported that at a lunch held by the Christian Science Monor, Kasich said, “I have a number of iends who are gay, OK?
’… Kasich on Friday cled to shed light on why he felt fortable attendg a gay weddg but opposed the stutn of gay marriage broadly. While gut hostg the O’Reilly Factor 2002 and discsg the ban on openly gay volunteers om mentorg children Big Brothers and Big Sisters programs, Kasich said that “there’s one thg I don’t unrstand. Currently, there is no feral law agast LGBT workplace discrimatn, and is perfectly legal to fire someone for beg gay 29 stat and for beg transgenr 34 stat… workplace harassment and discrimatn do still go on Oh, as well as many other plac across the untry.