"No Matter What Happens, Blame the Gays."

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

I agree with this article. I think the Republicans have played the gay card too many times, and it's not going to work again. There are more pressing issues in this country that people are looking for the democrats to fix.

http://blog.thehill.com/2006/10/30/no-matter-what-happens-blame-the-gays

No Matter What Happens, Blame the Gays

Since 2003, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down archaic sex laws and the Massachusetts high court ruled that gay couples had a right to marry, we’ve heard right-wing activists and politicians, including President, Bush denouncing “activist judges” and “judicial tyranny.” But even when a state court allows the legislature to decide whether or not to call family protections for gay couples “marriage”—as was the case in Vermont seven years ago and is the case in New Jersey now—right wing leaders cynically complain.

The Christian right’s reaction to the New Jersey court ruling on marriage for same-sex couples proves that no matter how our governmental institutions address this issue, right- wing leaders will attack these institutions and scapegoat gay people.

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Opponents of same-sex marriage have argued for years that it is the legislatures, not courts, that should decide how and whether to recognize same-sex couple families. But when the California legislature passed a bill legalizing marriage for gay couples in 2005, Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed it, saying— without the slightest sense of irony—that the issue should be left up to the courts.

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This was a moderate and measured decision. But, desperate because the American public is no longer buying its snake oil on Iraq, the economy, the deficits, or corruption, the Republicans and the Christian right are trying to make this election about “gay marriage,” again. Karl Rove must have sent around a memo titled, “No matter what happens, blame the gays.” But it’s not going to work this time.

Posted by National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute Director Sean Cahill

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. damn its all your fault you total queer!

in other news: congratulations on your victory in NJ...i will keep repeating this...till people realize it is a fucking victory!

[ThomCat]

2. Right, no matter what we do, we should have done something else!

It's always our fault that we don't have equal rights!
x(

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

3. Exactly, so we might as well just take a stand. nt

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. right now its the "blame Haruka and her state" mission for the GOP

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

5. ...

:rofl:

[LeftCoast]

6. Good post! 'Course it's not just the GOP blaming the Gays...

:hi:

[Bluebear]

13. You said it. K and R.

[judaspriestess]

7. Its the gays this election in 08'

it will be the damn Mexcuns

[ThomCat]

8. It's Mexicans too.

The GOPers will use every opportunity to demonize SOMEONE to stir up their base. This is one of the reasons why we should all be empathizing with groups we're not personally in. We need to understand and cooperate.

That's our big advantage over the GOP. We try not to hate people.

[donco6]

14. We have two oppositional gay issues on the ballot.

And both are probably going to pass - civil unions and a constitutional amendment for man/woman marriage. But in all, I've hardly heard anything negative about gays in this election. Here it's mostly about illegals. That really makes people hot. ('Course, they still want their cheap onions.. . )

[ItNerd4life]

9. Republicans claim they are for individual rights

as long as the individual agrees with their beliefs. The Hypocrisy of the right shows itself again.

[Sapphocrat]

10. K&R!

:kick:
:thumbsup:

[davidinalameda]

11. K&R

[foreigncorrespondent]

12. K&R

Excellent read!!!