There is a vol ntgency of social nservativ wh the Republin Party that are active enough to ot a stg ngrsman over his support for gay rights, the same week that the Supreme Court took a historic step to expand them.
Contents:
- HOW OUT OF STEP IS THE REPUBLIN PARTY ON GAY RIGHTS?
- REPUBLIN VIEWS ON GAY RIGHTS
- TEXAS GOP PLATFORM EMBRAC FAR-RIGHT AND ANTI-GAY RHETORIC
HOW OUT OF STEP IS THE REPUBLIN PARTY ON GAY RIGHTS?
It’s an pecially pertent qutn on Monday, now that the Supreme Court, wh the support of one of Print Tmp’s nome, jt voted 6-3 that existg feral law protects gay and transgenr workers om discrimatn based on ’s a sea change the legal landspe of protectns for LGBTQ Amerins.
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REPUBLIN VIEWS ON GAY RIGHTS
That was part of the party’s 2016 platform that rolled over to this the broar public is generally que supportive of gay rights — cludg Republins. A CBS News poll June found 82 percent of Amerins say that lbian, gay and bisexual people should have civil rights protectns, cludg 71 percent of public opn shift favor of same-sex marriage, and more broadly gay and transgenr rights, has been remarkably fast. ” If he remas the loser, Democrats hope to pick up this nservative-leang district for the first time a , lculatg Good, who oppos abortn all s addn to opposg same-sex marriage, is too nservative for a broar seems possible Bolger’s predictn of gay rights quickly beg a nonissue uld happen wh the majory of the natn, cludg the Republin Party.
TEXAS GOP PLATFORM EMBRAC FAR-RIGHT AND ANTI-GAY RHETORIC
But there is still a vol ntgency of social nservativ wh the party who are active enough to ot a stg ngrsman over his support for gay rights, the same week the Supreme Court took a historic step to expand Gk ntributed to this report. There are gay nservativ out there. Liberal stat began difyg same-sex marriage to law, and more gay and lbian upl gaed accs to the stutn.
The followg year, Oh Senator Rob Portman beme the first stg GOP Senator to announced support for same-sex marriage legalizatn, sharg that his son was gay.
“They’ll say somethg like, ‘I personally don’t support gay marriage, but ’s settled law, so we’re not gog to addrs that. Moran says he rpond that he needs to go to gay and lbian voters the fall and tell them that the Republin Party has their back, and if the GOP vote unt for this bill is low, mak that msagg substantially more difficult. Others are followg Florida’s lead – which passed a bill crics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” – and are eyeg rtrictns on teachg LGBTQ topics schools.