Top Republicans urge court to support gay marriage

[Political Junky]

Top Republicans urge court to support gay marriage

WASHINGTON — Top Republicans, including veterans of the George W. Bush administration, former members of Congress and ex-governors, are calling on the Supreme Court to support same-sex marriage.

More than 80 prominent leaders will file a friend of the court brief this week in advance of the justices hearing oral arguments in two gay marriage cases. These Republicans are essentially saying gay couples have a constitutional right to marry and want the court to strike down California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage.

The signers currently include former governors Jon Huntsman of Utah, Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey and William Weld of Massachusetts; former White House chief of staff Ken Mehlman and former national security adviser Stephen Hadley; and retired members of Congress, such as Mary Bono Mack of California and Deborah Pryce of Ohio.

Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman is also on record as backing the legal brief, which is a change of her previous position. When she ran unsuccessfully for California governor in 2010, Whitman supported Proposition 8. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., is the only active member of the House currently listed as supporting the brief.
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[Qball]

More like Republican has-beens and nobodies who have little to lose by taking on a party-unfriendly position...

 

[bodecea]

More like Republican has-beens and nobodies who have little to lose by taking on a party-unfriendly position...

Right....so they can go with what they KNOW is right as opposed to what would get them crazy conservative votes.

 

[Katzndogz]

It is not surprising that there are liberal leaning republicans or who they are. Republicans don't demand the same rigid scope of opinion that democrats do. These liberal republicans do not signal a fundamental shift in the opinions of most republicans.

 

[Katzndogz]

More like Republican has-beens and nobodies who have little to lose by taking on a party-unfriendly position...

You noticed that these were all losers who never got the support of republican voters.

 

[Qball]

More like Republican has-beens and nobodies who have little to lose by taking on a party-unfriendly position...

Right....so they can go with what they KNOW is right as opposed to what would get them crazy conservative votes.

Or so they can get the NYT and MSNBC to say nice things about them.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

More than 80 prominent leaders will file a friend of the court brief this week in advance of the justices hearing oral arguments in two gay marriage cases. These Republicans are essentially saying gay couples have a constitutional right to marry and want the court to strike down California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage.

It’s good to see republicans return to support of, and respect for, the rule of law.

 

[bodecea]

More than 80 prominent leaders will file a friend of the court brief this week in advance of the justices hearing oral arguments in two gay marriage cases. These Republicans are essentially saying gay couples have a constitutional right to marry and want the court to strike down California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage.

It’s good to see republicans return to support of, and respect for, the rule of law.

It's good to see some Republicans who believe in equal civil rights for all law-abiding, tax-paying American citizens. And who don't care about the backwards yahoos who try to throw them under the bus.

 

[g5000]

More like Republican has-beens and nobodies who have little to lose by taking on a party-unfriendly position...

You noticed that these were all losers who never got the support of republican voters.

Huntsman was elected Governor. Some of the others were elected to Congress.

So you have no idea what you are saying. As usual. It's just pre-programmed responses coming out of the empty space which passes for your head.

 

[g5000]

The list of RINOs gets longer every day, dunnit? And the list of "real" Republicans gets commensurately shorter.

 

[Qball]

The list of RINOs gets longer every day, dunnit? And the list of "real" Republicans gets commensurately shorter.

Probably because the only thing easier than being a dyed-in-the-wool liberal Democrat these days is being a Republican Who's Seen The Light.

 

[g5000]

People get the willies when they think about two gay men filing a joint tax return and receiving the same cash and prizes that some straight people want to keep just for themselves.

It would be the end of civilization as we know it!!!!

 

[sfcalifornia]

It is not surprising that there are liberal leaning republicans or who they are. Republicans don't demand the same rigid scope of opinion that democrats do. These liberal republicans do not signal a fundamental shift in the opinions of most republicans.

Liberal Republicans are destroying that boxed-in, little world you live in.

 

[LoneLaugher]

It is not surprising that there are liberal leaning republicans or who they are. Republicans don't demand the same rigid scope of opinion that democrats do. These liberal republicans do not signal a fundamental shift in the opinions of most republicans.

Ha Ha...........Ha Ha Ha.....

 

[squeeze berry]

People get the willies when they think about two gay men filing a joint tax return and receiving the same cash and prizes that some straight people want to keep just for themselves.

It would be the end of civilization as we know it!!!!

wait until they start getting divorces

 

[g5000]

It is not surprising that there are liberal leaning republicans or who they are. Republicans don't demand the same rigid scope of opinion that democrats do. These liberal republicans do not signal a fundamental shift in the opinions of most republicans.

"Republicans don't demand the same rigid scope of opinion that democrats do."

Yeah, it's not like they will call you a RINO or something...

 

[squeeze berry]

It is not surprising that there are liberal leaning republicans or who they are. Republicans don't demand the same rigid scope of opinion that democrats do. These liberal republicans do not signal a fundamental shift in the opinions of most republicans.

"Republicans don't demand the same rigid scope of opinion that democrats do."

Yeah, it's not like they will call you a RINO or something...

or an uncle tom....


no wait

 

[sfcalifornia]

People get the willies when they think about two gay men filing a joint tax return and receiving the same cash and prizes that some straight people want to keep just for themselves.

It would be the end of civilization as we know it!!!!

wait until they start getting divorces

I don't see what difference gay divorces will make over straight divorces.

 

[bodecea]

People get the willies when they think about two gay men filing a joint tax return and receiving the same cash and prizes that some straight people want to keep just for themselves.

It would be the end of civilization as we know it!!!!

wait until they start getting divorces

Some already are. And......?

 

[LoneLaugher]

People get the willies when they think about two gay men filing a joint tax return and receiving the same cash and prizes that some straight people want to keep just for themselves.

It would be the end of civilization as we know it!!!!

wait until they start getting divorces

Some already are. And......?

It was an inside joke.....but he's playing to an empty room.