Prominent Republicans sign brief in support of gay marriage!

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Apparently they are finally catching on!

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/u...gn-brief-in-support-of-gay-marriage.html?_r=0


"The Proposition 8 case already has a powerful conservative supporter: Theodore B. Olson, the former solicitor general under Mr. Bush and one of the suit’s two lead lawyers. The amicus, or friend-of-the-court, brief is being filed with Mr. Olson’s blessing. It argues, as he does, that same-sex marriage promotes family values by allowing children of gay couples to grow up in two-parent homes, and that it advances conservative values of “limited government and maximizing individual freedom.” "
 
Proposition 8 — passed by California voters by a margin of 52 percent to 48 percent — in 2008, one of most liberal states in the country, dominated by
Democrats for years.....

This will reinforce the belief some people already hold about our modern all powerful government....like whats the sense in voting at all....we have lost control over
our own government....
and another common complaint we hear, there is little difference between the partys, they are more alike than not.
 
NOVA said:
Proposition 8 — passed by California voters by a margin of 52 percent to 48 percent — in 2008, one of most liberal states in the country, dominated by
Democrats for years.....

This will reinforce the belief some people already hold about our modern all powerful government....like whats the sense in voting at all....we have lost control over
our own government....
and another common complaint we hear, there is little difference between the partys, they are more alike than not.
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On this topic, it is a matter of doing what is right.

Perhaps you are under the common misconception that a majority of voters means something is right? Nothing could be further from the truth.
 
Those are just RINO's. They will soon be or have already been discarded by the Right.
 
WinterBorn said:
On this topic, it is a matter of doing what is right.

Perhaps you are under the common misconception that a majority of voters means something is right? Nothing could be further from the truth.
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And there is some group of elites that will make the call on what is right and what is not.....and the sheeple will get in line and follow quietly....

I think I get it now....what a vast amount of valuable time and money is wasted on voting when its really for no apparent reason than to give the false
impression that the people govern themselves....the joke is on us....
 
NOVA said:
And there is some group of elites that will make the call on what is right and what is not.....and the sheeple will get in line and follow quietly....

I think I get it now....what a vast amount of valuable time and money is wasted on voting when its really for no apparent reason than to give the false
impression that the people govern themselves....the joke is on us....
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This is not about governing ourselves. This is about the benefits bestowed on consenting adults by the federal gov't when they join in a loving partnership. This is about equality. This is about having the benefits of marriage for the couple when society has all the benefits that married couples brings it.

Someone else's marriage does not effect you or your marriage at all.
 
PostmodernProphet said:
the next time you mention "prominent" you might pick someone we don't have to google to identify......
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How many republicans are there?? Last time I saw a number it was roughly 30% of the population. The article linked in the OP lists 4 former governors, a former White House Chief of Staff, 2 of George W's advisors, and 2 members of congress. In the world of registered republicans, I would call them "prominent".
 
WinterBorn said:
How many republicans are there?? Last time I saw a number it was roughly 30% of the population. The article linked in the OP lists 4 former governors, a former White House Chief of Staff, 2 of George W's advisors, and 2 members of congress. In the world of registered republicans, I would call them "prominent".
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/shrugs.....the only one your post mentioned was Theodore B. Olson....never having heard of him, I didn't bother looking any further...

read the article....Whitman was the only one who's name I recognized....
 
PostmodernProphet said:
/shrugs.....the only one your post mentioned was Theodore B. Olson....never having heard of him, I didn't bother looking any further...

read the article....Whitman was the only one who's name I recognized....
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Let the record show that if PMP doesn't know someone, they're completely stripped of status, influence and prominence.
 
Theodore Olson's wife Barbara was a conservative author who was on the 9/11 plane that crashed into the Pentagon.
 
NOVA said:
And there is some group of elites that will make the call on what is right and what is not.....and the sheeple will get in line and follow quietly....

I think I get it now....what a vast amount of valuable time and money is wasted on voting when its really for no apparent reason than to give the false
impression that the people govern themselves....the joke is on us....
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um dude the republican party has worked for decades to keep Americans from voting so they can win elections.
 
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WinterBorn said:
Apparently they are finally catching on!

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/u...gn-brief-in-support-of-gay-marriage.html?_r=0


"The Proposition 8 case already has a powerful conservative supporter: Theodore B. Olson, the former solicitor general under Mr. Bush and one of the suit’s two lead lawyers. The amicus, or friend-of-the-court, brief is being filed with Mr. Olson’s blessing. It argues, as he does, that same-sex marriage promotes family values by allowing children of gay couples to grow up in two-parent homes, and that it advances conservative values of “limited government and maximizing individual freedom.” "
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I am curious. Exactly how did these gay couples have children? I suspect that there is at least one more individual involved or that they already have the right to adopt. Having said that, I personally believe that government should stay out of the "marriage" business altogether. Leave that title alone and give it to the churches or any other organization that has a "belief" in what marriage means. With that, there should be a "domestic partnership" that ANY two competent adults can agree to that has absolutely nothing to do with a persons legal sexual preference. For example, why can two unrelated men enter into a domestic partnership but two brothers can not?
 
Independent said:
I am curious. Exactly how did these gay couples have children? I suspect that there is at least one more individual involved or that they already have the right to adopt. Having said that, I personally believe that government should stay out of the "marriage" business altogether. Leave that title alone and give it to the churches or any other organization that has a "belief" in what marriage means. With that, there should be a "domestic partnership" that ANY two competent adults can agree to that has absolutely nothing to do with a persons legal sexual preference. For example, why can two unrelated men enter into a domestic partnership but two brothers can not?
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Yes, they cannot have children without outside assistance. But neither can many straight couples.
 
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