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President Obama directed the FBI to remove its warning to gay nightclubs that they might be the target of attacks by Islamists? Why do these people vote Democrat?
RIGHT ANGLE: LET'S MAKE SOME GAY REPUBLICANS!
Posted from billwhittle.comPosted in these groups: 
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LGBTQ+ War on Terror
Posted >1 y ago
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Most Republicans and conservatives are not Christian Conservatives, yet the Christian Right has been given broad latitude to define some of their views as those of the party or the conservative movement as a whole. I think that Mr. Whittle makes some important points. I don't think that the Christian Right defines the views of all, or perhaps the majority, of Republcans. So there is no reason not to reach out to LGBT people. It's a small demographic though. Smaller than the conservative Christian demographic, but it is in line with the views of a much larger demographic. The GOP needs a bigger tent and needs to expand it with more than lip service.
If the GOP can get back to their historical roots of fiscal conservativism and not let the convoluted social issues define them, there are many center right and even center left people who would sign on.
If the GOP can get back to their historical roots of fiscal conservativism and not let the convoluted social issues define them, there are many center right and even center left people who would sign on.
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Why would someone switch to a party where many of it members belittle their lifestyle, consider their very existence a sin and wants to create a constitutional amendment that refuses them the baisc right to marry who they want? Marginalization is not a great recruiting tool
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CPT John Sheridan
TSgt Kenneth Ellis - When the government licenses marriage and establishes laws regarding rights and responsibilities, it becomes a right by default. It's as simple as this, that which is allowed by law cannot be denied to others without due process. To make marriage "not a right", we must eliminate all things in law that recognize marriage, confer a benefit to married, or imposes a penalty on married couples. Believing that marriage is not a right is a legitimate belief, but the practical reality is that it is legally so.
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CPT Jack Durish
CPT John Sheridan - Marriage simply is both a legal contract and a rite. Everyone needs the legal contract. The rite is optional. Every church should be allowed to regulate their rites without interference.
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CPT John Sheridan
CPT Jack Durish - To that, I agree completely. Regardless, we have civil marriage legally established and recognized in all 50 states and in federal law (e.g. Tax code). Even if the state's were to abrogate all laws regarding licensing, regulating, conferring benefits to, and imposing responsibilities on married couples, there would still be the issue of common law marriage. That would have to away too (I think only 10 states have it). If marriage is only an issue of contract law, then same-sex couples must have the same right to enter into such contracts. The only way to make same sex marriage not exist is to make all marriage not exist. Otherwise, any categorical denial of it is a due process violation.
The Opinion in Obergfell v Hodges explicitly reaffirms the 1st Amendment right of churches to their rites.
The Opinion in Obergfell v Hodges explicitly reaffirms the 1st Amendment right of churches to their rites.
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CPT Jack Durish
CPT John Sheridan - Sadly Obergfell v Hodges isn't being applied. The rights of certain classes of victims are being given paramount consideration. Funny, but marriage licenses didn't exist until Southern Democrats decided to use them as a device for preventing black/white marriages. Thus the bigots of the early Democrats and KKK have long tentacles reaching even to today and beyond.
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