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Contents:
- THE REACTN JOHN KASICH GOT FOR ACCEPTG GAY MARRIAGE SHOWS HOW FAR THE GOP HAS COME
- JOHN KASICH GETS PERSONAL ON GAY MARRIAGE
- THE GOP BATE'S HOMETOWN NDIDATE JT GAVE A TOUCHG ANSWER ON GAY MARRIAGE
- JOHN KASICH WON APPLSE FOR HIS GAY MARRIAGE BATE ANSWER. THAT’S GREAT NEWS FOR ROB PORTMAN.
- WHAT JOHN KASICH WOULD TELL HIS DGHTERS IF THEY CAME OUT AS GAY
- JOHN KASICH'S GAY MARRIAGE RPONSE MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOMENT OF THE NIGHT
- TAL FROM THE TRAIL: KASICH CHALLENGED BY COLLEGE STUNT ON GAY MARRIAGE
- KASICH TAK CENTRIST TONE ON RELIG EEDOM, GAY MARRIAGE
- JOHN KASICH OFFERS A GRAC, HUMANE VIEW ON GAY MARRIAGE AT THE GOP DEBATE
- JOHN KASICH’S GAY MARRIAGE MANVER WAS A GIFT TO THE GOP
- JOHN KASICH SUPPORTS 'MOVG ON' FROM GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE
THE REACTN JOHN KASICH GOT FOR ACCEPTG GAY MARRIAGE SHOWS HOW FAR THE GOP HAS COME
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 on gay marriage *
” He recently attend the weddg of a gay iend along wh Richard Hodg, the director of the Oh Department of Health, acrdg to the Oh ACLU. But a uple of years ago Kasich was fightg agast the abily for LGBT upl to get married Oh, supportg the state’s nstutnal ban on gay marriage.
JOHN KASICH GETS PERSONAL ON GAY MARRIAGE
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. * kasich on gay marriage *
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THE GOP BATE'S HOMETOWN NDIDATE JT GAVE A TOUCHG ANSWER ON GAY MARRIAGE
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“You n still be nied a mortgage or service a rtrant for beg gay, ” wrote Oh State Senator Schiavoni.
JOHN KASICH WON APPLSE FOR HIS GAY MARRIAGE BATE ANSWER. THAT’S GREAT NEWS FOR ROB PORTMAN.
Many LGBT rights groups, such as the Human Rights Campaign, have argued that recent relig eedom laws other stat uld be ed as pretens for discrimatn agast LGBT dividuals, allowg shop owners and medil provirs to refe service to gay upl. He also exprsed disapproval when Texas overturned s anti-sodomy laws 2003, acrdg to Human Rights, who said that he was “very disappoted” after the Supreme Court’s lg on gay marriage June, announced his printial n approximately two weeks before the first official GOP bate Augt. 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.
WHAT JOHN KASICH WOULD TELL HIS DGHTERS IF THEY CAME OUT AS GAY
“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. “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'S GAY MARRIAGE RPONSE MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOMENT OF THE NIGHT
I Don’t Believe That There Ought To Be Gay Marriag” But It Wasn’t His Job To “Conmn Them.
TAL FROM THE TRAIL: KASICH CHALLENGED BY COLLEGE STUNT ON GAY MARRIAGE
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. 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.
KASICH TAK CENTRIST TONE ON RELIG EEDOM, GAY MARRIAGE
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.
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?
JOHN KASICH OFFERS A GRAC, HUMANE VIEW ON GAY MARRIAGE AT THE GOP DEBATE
’… 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.
JOHN KASICH’S GAY MARRIAGE MANVER WAS A GIFT TO THE GOP
The Williams Instute on Sexual Orientatn Law and Public Policy aggregated a number of surveys on the issue, and found that up to 43% of gay people reported experiencg some form of discrimatn and harassment at work. And a Harvard Universy study found that résumés listg LGBT activi were 40% ls likely to get a ll-back terview than résumés whout any ‘gay’ referenc.
JOHN KASICH SUPPORTS 'MOVG ON' FROM GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE
On the Tth-O-Meter, the statement that is legal Oh to fire an employee or evict a tenant for beg gay rat as Te. ’ That apparently means Kasich won’t seek some versn of the Relig Freedom Rtoratn Act that blew up Indiana, nor will he grant requts om gay-rights anizatns to add Oh to the stat prohibg discrimatn agast gay, bisexual and transgenr rints.
Kasich Said “Where Do It End…If You’re In The Bs Of Sellg Thgs If You’re Not Gog To Sell To Somebody You Don’t Agree Wh, OK, Today I’m Not Gog To Sell To Somebody Who’s Gay, And Tomorrow Maybe I Won’t Sell To Somebody Whose Divorced.