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This insufferable bastard! Hey my son is gay and found someone to marry, he can have marriage equality, but not your son or daughter they don’t have that right. My daughter needs an abortion, she can have one but not you or yours, they don’t have that right. If it is good for his son, and he is as happy for his son as he claims, vote for the law to protect it nationwide. Hugs
“First of all, obviously, we hope right from the beginning, it’s all about having a healthy child. But it’s about being healthy. It’s about them being healthy. We hope for safety. We’re hoping that they find their way, find opportunity, they find inspiration.
“And as they grow and as they get a little older, we also hope and pray they’re going to find that one true love so that they have the opportunity to experience that: Someone to grow old with.
“So we’re just really thankful that you’re here. It actually goes beyond that, as parents. We love it when they find their one true love, especially when they become a part of our families then. That’s what we’re rooting for.
“We’ve been fortunate with three sons, and [REDACTED]’s done a great job of adding to the family. Every kid showed up through cesarean section so it wasn’t all pleasant, right! So this has been a really good experience, especially for Penny, to have a new son enter the family!
“So we’re just blessed, and we just want to say thank you to everyone here as part of the celebration.” – GOP Rep. Glenn Thompson, speaking at the wedding of his gay son after voting against codifying same-sex marriage.
There’s audio of the speech at the link.
Listen to the speech a Republican lawmaker gave at his gay son's wedding days after voting against marriage equality. https://t.co/csFT9wYu4w
Lauren Boebert is opposed to marriage equality and agreed with Charlie Kirk that opposing “homosexual marriage” could be “a signal boost” for Republican candidates “if handled correctly.” pic.twitter.com/MTkfDsnYDz
Boebert slammed the legislation as an “assault on America’s traditional values” on Kirk’s podcast.
“I think the federal government should not be involved in marriage,” she said. “My marriage between my husband is really between me and God, not between me and the government. But this was absolutely unnecessary. They have attacked our institutions. They have weakened the nuclear family and undermined masculinity and even femininity.”
She went on to say that the Republicans who voted in favor of the legislation—including Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 3 House Republican, and Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney—did so because they wanted to avoid a political backlash.
Newsweek has contacted Boebert’s office and House Republicans, including representatives for Stefanik and Cheney, for further comment.
“They are absolutely afraid of attack ads,” Boebert said of the Republicans who voted in favor. “That always is the conversation that is taking place on the House floor.”
She continued: “This happens on a regular basis, whether it be infrastructure, whether it be funding whether it be sending more money to Ukraine… but they do not want the political attacks to come against them. And Charlie, I arrived in Washington D.C. on attack ads, so I’m not really afraid of another one.”
Kirk then seemed to suggest that opposing same-sex marriage “could be a signal boost if you handle it correctly.”
“Absolutely,” Boebert responded.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) speaks during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit held at the Tampa Convention Center on July 23, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. Boebert has said the same-sex marriage bill that passed the House “undermined masculinity.”JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES
“Look at the people who are fleeing the Democrat Party and coming over to the Republican Party,” she said.
“The only way we lose the midterms this November is if we start acting like Democrats, so we have to be firm we have to stand tall and and remain true to our principles. That is what keeps our base with us and is what is attracting Democrats to come to our party.”
The Respect for Marriage Act has bipartisan sponsorship, with Republican Senator Susan Collins serving as a co-sponsor. Republican Senator Rob Portman also recently announced he would co-sponsor the Respect for Marriage Act. Other Republican senators have also said they would vote for the bill—or were still considering it— NBC News reported.
In the Senate, which is evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, 60 votes are required to end unlimited debate and bring legislation to a vote. Though legislation only requires a simple majority to pass the Senate, lawmakers can use the unlimited debate tradition, called a filibuster, to indefinitely delay a vote on legislation.
FFS. I spent over a decade beating back these stupid arguments. I thought with Obergfell it was over. Now we have to deal with this crap all over again.
Sorry dearie, but God has nothing to do with your marriage. Marriage is a legal contract between two people — and, while many religions enjoy services which proclaim the marriage, those services are not legal, nor necessary to be married – at least in the USA. So it’s about time you read up on the actual law in the matter, for the law is the only thing that counts in this country.
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