http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/republicans-are-driving-the-momentum-for-gay-marriage/359595/
Michigan's gay-marriage ban was ruled unconstitutional last Friday, struck down by Bernard Friedman, a judge who was originally appointed to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan.A couple of days later, when Friedman’s decision was stayed pending an appeal, the state's Republican governor, Rick Snyder, didn't speak out against it. Rather, he said he would go along with the court either way.A Republican-appointed judge and a Republican governor easing the path for gay marriage: The Michigan case was just the latest example of the role Republicans are playing in the rapidly changing landscape of gay marriage in America.From Republican officeholders to the GOP rank and file, the party that once wielded antagonism to gay marriage as a wedge now is a major reason behind its increasing acceptance.
sorry no cigar if not for impending midterms the party of hate would still be wearing that red letter on their lapels,
if they were not so far in the crapper in favorables even though the media touts their chances to take senate and keep house as really good, i refuse to believe that the majority of Americans are buying the tainted red meat they are selling.
Since last year's Supreme Court decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act—authored by another Reagan appointee, Justice Anthony Kennedy—federal judges have invalidated all or part of nine states' gay-marriage bans. In addition to Friedman in Michigan, another Republican appointee, Judge John Heyburn, ruled that Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. Heyburn had been recommended for the court by Senator Mitch McConnell and appointed by George H.W. Bush.Nor is Snyder alone among swing-state GOP governors in declining to oppose the issue's advance. In Nevada, Governor Brian Sandoval announced last month that he would no longer defend the state's gay-marriage ban. In New Mexico, Governor Susana Martinez said in January she accepted gay marriage as "the law of the land."
reading the writing on the wall and stepping back after 5 years is nothing to write home about, this is the necessity of survival, excepting your "PRINCIPLES" formerly known as "VALUES" are really what is dragging your ratings along the bottom of the barrel is no rare feat of intellect it's "ah crap, it';s not playing anymore" moment. would like to hear how they changed their "PRINCIPLES" formerly known as "VALUES" they said they did not have to change are they flip flopping?
will their base follow or will they reject the move and them on Nov. 4th?
