GOP Platform Rejects Civil Unions

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:04pm

In a move that surprises no one but instead confirms everything we thought about the GOP, the party has decided not to include support for civil unions as part of its platform after it was proposed by a Rhode Island delegate.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79936.html

[WestVillage]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:11pm

Yeah, civil unions are "counterfeit marriage" said a Romney advisor. I'll take my 26 year relationship that became civil unioned the day it was legal over the counterfeit marriages of so many straight people who marry, divorce, marry, cheat, divorce to their hearts' content.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:18pm

I mean, they are counterfeit marriages, which is why only actual marriage is the real answer for all.

So, will this put to bed the lie that conservatives are just stuck on the word "marriage" and that it's just about that WORD? Clearly, it's really about just sh+tting on gay people any way they can.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:19pm

str8 ppl =
gay/les not
civl unon not =
a tak on famly

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:20pm

eh oh el
it is hard
to drop the
ro-verse
once 1 starts

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:22pm

my new go2 way
tlk on board
mssg short an clr
time sav not use ltrs
mor time 4 porn

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:24pm

some will tak
a fence
she r friend
they say
u will deal
with
consequences

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:29pm

not my friend
bitch ate all
my Oreos.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:31pm

o no
not ro
sugar not gud
mdna sys so
lege uv thr own
Doris Murphy need sty fit
throw ball
catch ball
hrd wrk

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:34pm

Seems like I missed a good thread somewhere.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:37pm

ro
hrt a tack
thred
mane bored
reed
fur sher

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:39pm

And still the Log Cabin Republicans embrace them and their ideals.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:43pm

civil unions suk
I googled civil union symptoms
but really? - I thought - naaaa
2nd class citizens
ppls equality was 100% blocked
I went about my day
The pain persisted

save urself
X

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:45pm

Hate x-ist
USA not #1
gay/lez 2nd clas
Fly coach
Str8 1st clas
Bi Biznes Class
Unfair
True

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 1:46pm

shave urself
r ax frend 2 help
sum fun now
lks bigger
X

[artscallion]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 2:00pm

Other related news from RI...

The ACLU has called RI's civil unions "a bust" and "a fiasco". Many RI gays, myself included, are not interested in being 2nd class citizens. RI gays say, thanks, but no thanks.
CIVIL UNIONS A BUST IN RI

[Playbilly]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 2:19pm

The GOP sucks!!

The don't want to change the definition of "marriage" but try every way they can to change the definition of "rape" and "person".

WHY WOULD ANYONE VOTE REPUBLICAN?!?!?

[ChiChi]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 3:43pm

And yet they can always try to find logic in their insane views.

[romantico]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 3:55pm

Keep it classy Republicans!


Romney Advisor Argues Against Civil Unions In GOP Platform, Likens Homosexuality To Drug Use

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/romney-advisor-argues-against-civil-unions-in-gop-platform-likens-homosexuality-to-drug-use/

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 8/21/12 at 7:11pm

Phyllis Rogers Stone wrote:

I mean, (civil unions) are counterfeit marriages, which is why only actual marriage is the real answer for all.

So, will this put to bed the lie that conservatives are just stuck on the word "marriage" and that it's just about that WORD? Clearly, it's really about just sh+tting on gay people any way they can.

Worth repeating.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/22/12 at 2:02pm

Thanks, but the people who should hear it never do.

It's much like people who claim to not be anti-gay, but just think that marriage is for family and child-rearing and gays simply can't reproduce on their own. But they have no qualms about letting infertile heteros enter into the union that's all about family and child-rearing.

There's absolutely no argument against same-sex marriage that's not religiously based, and until enough people reject that, statements of logic will continue to land on deaf ears.