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Tony_FLADEM

(3,023 posts)
Wed Jun 26, 2013, 05:46 PM Jun 2013

Amash Warns GOP to Watch Its Words on Gay Marriage

Rep. Justin Amash does not want Republicans to say anything stupid about gay marriage.

During Wednesday morning’s House Republican Conference meeting, according to multiple sources in the room, the Michigan Republican stood up and told his GOP colleagues they should watch what they say about gay marriage.

Amash was concerned that some Republicans might make the wrong remark just after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional and that California’s Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage, would be overturned.

According to sources in the room, he warned Republicans in the closed-door meeting that younger conservatives support gay marriage.

Despite Amash’s plea, a number of conservatives held a news conference Wednesday to denounce the court’s decision. Among the 12 Republican lawmakers in attendance was tea party darling Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, who issued a press release earlier in the day saying, “Marriage was created by the hand of God. No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted.”

Asked about Bachmann’s release during a separate media availability praising the Supreme Court decision, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., simply responded: “Who cares?”

http://blogs.rollcall.com/goppers/amash-warns-gop-to-watch-its-words-on-gay-marriage/

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Amash Warns GOP to Watch Its Words on Gay Marriage (Original Post) Tony_FLADEM Jun 2013 OP
LOL Skittles Jun 2013 #1
It's like trying to stop the sun from rising. tanyev Jun 2013 #2
it's lile trying to pray the gay away demwing Jun 2013 #3
I read today that the Michigan ban may fall soon. roamer65 Jun 2013 #4
Just to be clear, next to Rick Snyder and Chase Bolger, Amash is the biggest douche in Mi. MichiganVote Jun 2013 #5
 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
3. it's lile trying to pray the gay away
Wed Jun 26, 2013, 06:03 PM
Jun 2013

One cannot change with words what nature has designed.

What I really mean is that some people are just born stupid...

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
4. I read today that the Michigan ban may fall soon.
Wed Jun 26, 2013, 06:07 PM
Jun 2013

Democrats in our state legislature are going to start the battle after today. They're gonna start the fight to kill it.

Our state has had no death penalty since 1847. We need to get rid of this stupid discriminatory law and take our place along side the more liberal states like MA and NY.

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