Are the Republicans on drugs???
I like Michael Steele, but his suggestion on how the Republicans should oppose same-sex marriage is just plain silly...
Republicans can reach a broader base by recasting gay marriage as an issue that could dent pocketbooks as small businesses spend more on health care and other benefits, GOP Chairman Michael Steele said Saturday.This won't get them a younger audience, and it just looks like they have run out of ideas on how to oppose same-sex marriage.
Steele said that was just an example of how the party can retool its message to appeal to young voters and minorities without sacrificing core conservative principles. Steele said he used the argument weeks ago while chatting on a flight with a college student who described herself as fiscally conservative but socially liberal on issues like gay marriage.
"Now all of a sudden I've got someone who wasn't a spouse before, that I had no responsibility for, who is now getting claimed as a spouse that I now have financial responsibility for," Steele told Republicans at the state convention in traditionally conservative Georgia. "So how do I pay for that? Who pays for that? You just cost me money."
posted by GayandRight @ 1:45 PM
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So... if we get rid of marriage benefits altogether, then that would be really good for the economy, right?
Have children out of wedlock and NEVER get married, it will be a boost to the economy. Michael Steele says so! Seriously!
The republicans are stuck on stupid right now. If they can't get unstuck in the next year, it may be time for a new political party to form - classic small-government conservatism without the pushy moralism.
Or we are doomed to a generation of Demoncats running the US. The US can survive 4 years of Obama, but not 30 years of other presidents of similar ilk.
Where have you been? Republicans and Conservatives hate gays. The Bible says ypour choise of men instead of women is wickewd and sinful.
I'll pray for you.
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