Audience boos Brownback’s proposal to ban gay marriage

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At the Fox News GOP presidential debate tonight, correspondent Carl Cameron asked a New Hampshire woman whether she wanted gay marriage banned. Her answer — “Absolutely not” — received cheers from the audience. When Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) then said he believes the nation should have a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, the audience loudly booed. Watch it:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/05/audience-boos-brownbacks-proposal-to-ban-gay-marriage/

A recent CNN poll found that 57 percent of the American public believe gay marriages should have the “same rights as traditional marriages.”

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And Brownback drew boos from the audience when he called for passage of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. ``I understand there is a divided audience,'' he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070906/ap_on_el_pr/republicans_debate_11

[saltpoint]

1. Sam opposes fire as well. It's too elemental.

What a mess this guy must be inside. Natty dresser, neat and tidy exterior, but beneath the department store dummy facade, I bet Sam Brownback is the devil's own rat's nest.

[CatWoman]

24. ah, the ole Frankenstein Coalition

:hi:

[saltpoint]

32. You got it goin' CatWoman. You always do, for that matter.

Great pic and just right for this gig.

Hope you're doing well these days. Always a lift to bump into you on these boards.

:toast:

[Flatulo]

2. I am pretty conservative by DU standards, but I just cannot

for the life of me understand why on earth anyone would ever give even the slightest fuck about who marries who...

It makes no sense whatsoever to me. There has to be an irrational religious basis to this, because there is just no sensible argument that I am aware of.

[cutlassmama]

9. I totally agree with you. However, on other boards

I've seen freepers quote bible verses stating that it's against God's wishes. I think some people have such an unnatural aversion to the thought about man/man sex that they become "religious" about it being against God's law. Somehow, most of these people think women/women sex is okay though.:wtf:

I could care less what goes on in other people's bedrooms. It's none of my business. I think that homosexuals should be allowed to marry, just like other people can.

It's mingling "church and state" issues anyway.

[Tesha]

10. So are cotton-polyester blends.

> I've seen freepers quote bible verses stating that it's against God's wishes.

So are cotton-polyester blends, but that doesn't stop those
highly-fashionable freepers from wearing their Sansabelt
trousers made of that stuff.

They seem a bit selective about which of God's wishes they
worry about. ;)

Tesha

[DarkTirade]

11. Same with cutting their hair

and shaving their beards, yet the people who usually claim to be the most pious are usually short-haired and clean shaven.

[Rockholm]

12. Don't forget the shellfish.

[TalkingDog]

14. GOD HATES SHRIMP!!!

www.godhatesshrimp.com/

My Favorite Master Artist: Karen Parker GhostWoman Studios

[DarkTirade]

19. Yes. Yes he does. :)

[Rockholm]

20. Love the shrimper, hate the shrimp.

[DarkTirade]

21. It's a rare occurance when a comment will actually make me laugh out loud.

Too bad we can't recommend comments and not just threads... :)

[Rockholm]

25. We could start a new thread.

Hey, maybe you could make that a t-shirt? You could have the phrase if you split the proceeds and give me credit :)

[Raster]

30. Dude! Right on!

:kick:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

35. I must be holy! I'm allergic to shellfish!!! n/t

:evilgrin:

[Olney Blue]

13. Selective, indeed.

Multiple divorces are acceptable, gay marriage isn't.

[Karmageddon]

22. They also keep forgetting that "it's easier for a camel to fit thru the eye of a needle...

...than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" thing http://bible.cc/matthew/19-24.htm">Matthew 19:24. They sure don't have any problem getting filthy rich on the backs of others. Look at the TV preachers wearing thousand dollar suits and Rolex watches asking old ladies to send their social security checks because "God needs money." Yeah, right, sure he does.

Maybe they need that money so they can buy silk suits in order to avoid violating the cotton-polyester blend thing?

[Ravy]

34. Not to mention the whole *Red Lobster" thing...

http://www.godhatesshrimp.com/

[krispos42]

36. Yeah, that's the usual line

Well, God fucked up and gave us free will, oopsie! If God didn't want us to go against his wishes, he should have kept that part out.

Some days I really hope the Jews are right about the whole afterlife thing, just because I'd love to see all the faces of the fundies between the time St. Peter says "Sorry, the Branch Davidians were right" and the trap door openes up under there feet.

And welcome to DU! :hi:

[durablend]

37. They're worried about catching "teh ghey"

Cuz everyone knows it spreads like the common cold if unchecked! :evilgrin:

[TheDoorbellRang]

17. Me, too

I was living in Missouri at the time they first started trying to "excite" their base with all the anti-gay rhetoric. I thought at the time "Well, that won't work. Who cares about that in this day and age. Of course gays should be allowed to get married." I was truly surprised at all the bigots who crawled out of the woodwork.

[Flatulo]

29. Even so... why should a homophobe care about gay marriage?

I am personally afraid of flying, but I have nothing against airplanes.

How on earth can gay marriage be perceived as a threat to the institution?

[Yavin4]

27. I Can Answer You

The power elites need to make the working class believe that they have actual power, so that said working class will vote for political/economic policies which are a detriment to their best economic interest.

Thus, they appeal to the population's homophobia. IOW, the homophobic working class believes that they're voting against Gay marriage where instead they're voting for more globalization, lower wages, no healthcare, etc.

[fedupfisherman]

3. When are the Dems going to repeal the DOMA of 1996?

That's a huge block to nationwide gay marriage

[Tesha]

15. You're not looking for this very soon, are you?

Our current batch of Democrats don't seem to have the
intestinal fortitude to do anything that might be per-
ceived by anybody anywhere as "controversial".

Repealing DOMA, while absolutely, positively the
correct thing to do, would be "controversial".

Tesha

[baldguy]

4. I'm getting the feeling that the GOP is going to lose - VERY VERY VERY badly

They'll have spent 35+ years and countless billions of dollars to create the perfect fascist society - and they'll have literally nothing to show for it.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

28. Nope, For Two Reasons

First, the fact that Hillary will probably end up being our nominee, the race will be Much, Much, Much Closer. The media will feed off of that, and milk it for all it's worth.

Also, the repubs will "Fix" the voting, so that it's close. Regardless of who the overall sentiment. We'll likely win, but not by as much as we should.

[C_U_L8R]

5. who the heck wants conservatives in our bedrooms

it's bad enough they're in the bathrooms : - )

[varkam]

7. Zing!

:rofl:

[Nostradammit]

8. Yow!

Nicely played!

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

6. Good for them. At least some are seeing the light.

FFS, my 80 year old repub mother (Eisenhower girl) believes that gays should be allowed to marry. Not civil union BS. She says they should be able to get married.

[MelissaB]

16. Well, hell! I had to watch the video to actually believe this.

There were boos, and a lot of them.

[momster]

18. "I understand there's a divided audience'

Oh, great. Another Republican who runs around 'understanding' stuff. They don't do anything but they 'unnerstan'...oh, sorry, slipped into GWB speak there for a second.

One would imagine that Republican presidential candidates would try harder *not* to sound like the fellow with the under 30% approval rating.

[Marr]

23. In 20 years, the GOP will be playing clips of current Dems

hemming and hawing on the subject of gay marriage, and claiming the Democrats blocked gay marriage while Republicans fought for it. You just watch.

[xchrom]

26. no, he doesn't understand there is a divided audience.

i fuckin hate it when social conservatives try to come off as reasonable -- when they are nothing but crazy fuck-wits.

[jsamuel]

31. "divided audience" and "constitutional amendment" should never go together

2/3 majority needed

[tom_paine]

33. Lucky for Brownback the Imperial Subjects of Amerika have NOTHING to say about who rules them/us

Unluckily for Brownback, the Republic Party only plays at being American, and it is looking VERY likely that Fred ThomBush has been chosen to "win" the primaries and then "win" the "election" in 2008 (remember, Bushies only need 35% of the ACTUAL VOTE to "win" with 50.1% of the counted "votes") by his Imperial Masters.

And he'll be the pERFECT malleable empty-head and empty-suit.

I can picture it now, "Just give Emperor ThomBush two viagra in his ocffee and he'll lock himself in the room with Trophy Wife all night, then we can plan any treason we want!" says one Loyal Bushie to another.