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conservative policy on gay marriage

The nomatn of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and h cricism of the 2015 gay marriage lg by two jtic has renewed advot’ ncerns.

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GAY MARRIAGE

The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry. * conservative policy on gay marriage *

More pennts who lean toward the Democratic Party (81%) favor gay marriage than Democrats (71%). 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.

CONSERVATIVE CASE FOR GAY MARRIAGE

The Mnota Senate recently voted to legalize same-sex marriage as Amerins' views of gay cizens ntue to shift. In light of the events, Jonathan Rch mak the nservative se for gay marriage orr to monstrate that  is part and parcel of a re-mment to fay valu, not a flight om them. * conservative policy on gay marriage *

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.

THE GROUND HAS SHIFTED ON GAY MARRIAGE FOR NSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS.

The U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s cisn <em>Obergefell v. Hodg<strong> </strong></em>will shift the bate over gay-marriage bate om a legal fight to a cultural and relig nflict. * conservative policy on gay marriage *

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.

WHAT ‘CONSERVATIV FOR GAY MARRIAGE’ FET

Though evangelils flocked to his ndidacy, nservative gay rights activists also saw an opportuny.

OPN A QUTN TO NSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS ON GAY MARRIAGE: WHY DRAW THE LE HERE?

A smopolan md bs person, Tmp did not prrize LGBTQ issu durg his mpaign and, fact, ma overt appeals to gay voters, though not by pledgg support for laws to protect them. “For the first time we got to walk to the race wh a ndidate we didn’t have to apologize for or expla away his reluctance to embrace the gay muny.

ONCE HYSTERIL ON GAY MARRIAGE, CONSERVATIV ARE NOW INHERENT

Probably Reagan was the last ndidate where we were like ‘this ndidate has gay iends, ’” said Charl Moran, spokperson for Log Cab Republins, a LGBTQ GOP group.

HOW SAFE IS GAY MARRIAGE? ADVOT FEAR CREASGLY NSERVATIVE URT

Gay rights activists and Republins acknowledge there is still much work to be done wh the GOP.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* CONSERVATIVE POLICY ON GAY MARRIAGE

Once Hysteril on Gay Marriage, Conservatism Now Inherent .

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