Anti-gay issue, GOP: Marriage of convenience

[kweerwolf]

When Republicans gear up for a big election, one standard tactic is to drag out the homosexuals.

Slap them in the public stockade. Reveal their plots and agendas. Stop them before they get married, before they adopt children, before they recruit children, before they claim the top bunks in our nuclear submarines.

This supposedly motivates the base, which otherwise would spend election night at home, watching Pat Robertson condemn various cities and world leaders to unholy deaths.

So it is not surprising to see the Florida Republican Party support an amendment for the November ballot that would ban gay marriage. Actually, it goes beyond that. It also would stop gay couples from going steady, getting pinned or even making plans for brunch next week.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-miket1506jan15,0,7422337.column?coll=orl-home-headlines

[Che_Nuevara]

1. Can someone explain what the amendment actually DOES?

There is no mention of the real text or content of the amendment in the linked article.

[boobooday]

2. Well . . .

From what I've heard, I think it is intended to protect the heterosexual marriages of gay Republicans . . .

I think.