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srican69

(1,426 posts) Wed Mar 27, 2013, 02:42 PM Mar 2013

I think the GOP secretly would like the scotus to legalize gay marriage everywhere .. here is why

the issue is a losing proposition for them .. if SCOTUS forces all states to permit gay marriage ... the issue is off the table, especially given that public opinion is turning against status quo .. no Republican would like to be associated with it.

This is not going to drag for decades like Roe V Wade ... any back lash will be short live and the issue will die a natural death very quickly..

Which is a good thing !!! So I am hoping the Republican Justices see this and vote accordingly.

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I think the GOP secretly would like the scotus to legalize gay marriage everywhere .. here is why (Original Post) srican69 Mar 2013 OP

I think there will be a few of them Politicalboi Mar 2013 #1

Yesterday, Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #2

That's my thought as well n/t arcane1 Mar 2013 #4

I think Republicans would prefer it go to the states el_bryanto Mar 2013 #3

Have to respectfully disagree... ewagner Mar 2013 #5

I think the Republican Party may split in two soon. One will remain the Republican Party, and northoftheborder Mar 2013 #6

Good chance of that... ewagner Mar 2013 #7

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

1. I think there will be a few of them

Reply to srican69 (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 02:59 PM

Mar 2013

Like with the ACA will try and appeal it. Bachmann isn't going to just sit quietly unless she gets in trouble over her campaign spending.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

2. Yesterday,

Reply to srican69 (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 03:03 PM

Mar 2013

Rev. Al had speculated that if they rule in favor of it, it could gin up enthusiasm among social conservatives in the polls next year.

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

4. That's my thought as well n/t

Reply to Jamaal510 (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 03:10 PM

Mar 2013

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

3. I think Republicans would prefer it go to the states

Reply to srican69 (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 03:07 PM

Mar 2013

They know it would become legal in a few, but they could keep it illegal in many states - maybe most. Also, while Karl Rove and a few might see it as a losing issue, there are plenty others who think that Americans don't want this and that it's a winner.

Bryant

ewagner

(18,964 posts)

5. Have to respectfully disagree...

Reply to srican69 (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 03:32 PM

Mar 2013

Roe v Wade has been a rallying cry for Repubs for years...when they held all the power under the Bush administration they could have make great big dents, if not outright repeal, rights granted under Roe...they didn't.

They raise tons of money off of anti-Roe sentiment and (as another poster mentioned) rally the faithful around anti-Roe rhetoric year-after-year.

They can do the same thing with DOMA and Prop 8 if they are overturned....

Get it?/

They don't want to win...they want to be victims forever! It's good for business (votes)

northoftheborder

(7,572 posts)

6. I think the Republican Party may split in two soon. One will remain the Republican Party, and

Reply to ewagner (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 04:04 PM

Mar 2013

and one will become the Christian party. The Republican Party will include libertarians, and mainstream conservatives. Don't know where the Tea Party fits in; I've never figured them out: part racist, part libertarian, part Christian rightists. They may disappear as a group.

ewagner

(18,964 posts)

7. Good chance of that...

Reply to northoftheborder (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 06:23 PM

Mar 2013

I think there might be three wings because the Randian libertarians probably won't go along with either the mainstream conservatives or the christian wing....the true randians won't follow christian fundamentalism..but

at least one of the parties will want to hold marriage equality as another "bloody shirt" to rally funds and votes around.

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