Friday, April 17, 2009

The Gay Old Party

Top GOP consultant and former McCain/ Palin campaign manager Steve Schmidt endorses gay marriage.  As always with gay friendly Republicans, it begins in personal experience.  His sister is a lesbian.

I'm still betting that the gay marriage bill will fail in the NY State Senate by a narrow margin.

Once again, don't believe the "we're all for gay rights" line coming out of the New York Archdiocese.  Cardinals Spellman, Cook, and O'Connor certainly weren't.  Their City Council minions kept legislation banning discrimination against gays and lesbians in employment and housing in committee when it was first introduced in 1971, and kept it stalled there until 1986 when Mayor Ed Koch publicly supported the bill.
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6 comments:

  1. David G.April 18, 2009 at 12:34 AM

    Oh, but the GOP is dead ...and those who are claiming to be the GOP are Fungelical imposter's!!

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  2. JCFApril 18, 2009 at 2:00 AM

    Once again, don't believe the "we're all for gay rights" line coming out of the New York Archdiocese.Not to mention (as pointed out by that "Marriage Equality = Religious Rights" video, as seen over at FofJ's) that the objections in the NOM video, are really objections to anti-discrimination laws, NOT to "gay marriage".

    The RCC isn't going to rent out a parish hall for a gay anniversary party (even if that anniversary is totally of the non-law-enforced sort), any more than they are for an SSM!

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  3. David G.April 18, 2009 at 3:07 AM

    Well we're talking about Conservatives here..Wake Up JCFischer,..or is it Fisher?!? ...as in Fisher Body,...(don't lie)..because I already know!

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  4. June ButlerApril 18, 2009 at 3:05 PM

    Brings to mind a song:

    Those wedding bells are breakin' up
    That old gang of mine    Not a soul down on the corner
    That's a pretty certain sign
    That wedding bells are breakin' up
    That old gang of mine

    All the boys are singin' love songs
    They forgot Sweet Adeline
    Those wedding bells are breakin' up
    That old gang of mine

    Their goes Jack, their goes Jim
    Down to lovers' lane
    Now and then we meet again
    But they don't seem the same

    Gee, I get a lonesome feelin'
    When I hear the church bells chime
    Those wedding bells are breakin' up
    That old gang of mine    The lyrics work in a crazy sort of way.

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  5. CounterlightApril 18, 2009 at 5:47 PM

    Grandmere,

    The song is true. I've had many friends vanish with marriage and become changed, not always for the better.

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  6. June ButlerApril 18, 2009 at 6:19 PM

    No more singing Sweet Adeline? What ARE they singing? What about Jack and Jim heading for lovers' lane? Waaay ahead of it's time, I'd say.

    What's Blogger doing to the line breaks? They are not breaking.

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