CPAC silence on SSM is speaking volumes

[kmoney]

Just a brief sample:
Associated Press 2010 - 52% support same-sex marriage

Gallup 2011 - 53% support same-sex marriage

Wall Street Journal 2012 - 54% would support a law in their state legalizing same-sex marriage

USA Today 2013 - 55% support same-same sex marriage

Gallup 2014 - 55% support same-sex marriage

Human Rights Campaign 2015 - 60% support same-sex marriage

Thanks.

Last I checked, judicial review is part of the judiciary system's JOB.
To review laws which have been passed by those elected legislators and determine whether or not they are in fact constitutional.

Of course. You may have thought I was saying more than I was. You mentioned the majority polls and then 37/50 states so I thought you were making a point that 37/50 states have legalized gay marriage because the people wanted it. My point was that mostly I've seen judicial action which isn't as connected with what the people want. But with those polls I might be surprised at how many states would do the same thing if given to the people.

 

[kmoney]

National polls. It's easy for some congressman, or even some senators, to take a stand against gay marriage since their electorate are local in more conservative districts. Once a candidate's ambitions turn toward the White House their considered electorate suddenly takes on a broader, national position. Issues that got them elected in Kentucky or the 9th district of Louisiana may be the same issues that keep the Presidency out of their reach. Take the Presidency away from a party for a couple of terms and they will marry sheep if they think it will get them back there. To politicians morality is only a tool of the trade.

I think that's a good point. On the other hand, this is CPAC not the RNC. And I think some conservatives are looking back at the past couple Presidential elections in which they've lost while fielding a more moderate candidate and think that they need to field someone farther to the right. Gay marriage would still be a big issue to those candidates.

 

[TracerBullet]

I am also very much a fan of states rights. :up: This is why I find the overturning of voters' states bans on same sex marriage by federal judges obnoxious and deeply disturbing.

those darn obnoxious judges

Funny how when W Bush considered a federal ban on gay marriage, gay advocates yelled, 'Let the states decide!' Now they're singing a different tune. :nono:

Reference?

 

[GFR7]

those darn obnoxious judges


Reference?

The reference is me sitting in my country river home in the fall of 2004 when W Bush and many GOPs were considering a constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man, one woman, and a commercial coming on TV saying, "Gay Marriage: Let the States Decide" and me chuckling.....

 

[Granite]

They know they've lost and that bigotry is toxic. Maybe they'll actually finally move on...or try to find someone else to pick on.

 

[TracerBullet]

The reference is me sitting in my country river home in the fall of 2004 when W Bush and many GOPs were considering a constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man, one woman, and a commercial coming on TV saying, "Gay Marriage: Let the States Decide" and me chuckling.....

So no references then

 

[GFR7]

So no references then

That's the best reference of all: I know what I saw and heard.