The Republican leadership, in general, has been saying that
Republicans must change and become more INCLUSIVE if they are to remain a
viable political party.
Since gay marriage issues are before the Supreme Court right
now, I have been reading about and hearing a number of Republicans come out FOR
gay marriage rights. This is obviously a huge reversal so what do it all mean?
Republicans have been STAUNCH opponents of gay marriage
saying marriage is only for heterosexual people from the beginning. Cracks in
that position started when some Republicans discovered that they had gay
children namely Chaney and McCain among others.
Recently at the Conservative Political Action Conference
(CPAC) one could sense the fact that Republicans were abandoning Gay Marriage
Wars and joining the majority of people in America supporting gay marriage and
gay rights.
How can Republicans do such an about face? Well, for one,
they want to win elections but on philosophical grounds which were always
religious as in fundamentalism, they are starting to see that many Christians
and Christian religions are distancing themselves from strict Bible interpretation
of homosexuality as sin which the Bible does not say that but many say it does.
One minister from North Carolina and a Methodist was asked
that question and he simply replied that the Bible says nothing about the
internet or homosexuality as a life style…so there!
I recently saw a commercial where a soldier sitting with his
female wife says that he is a Republican conservative who has defended America’s
freedoms in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and that one of those freedoms is
to marry who you want. He also added that his brother is gay and was best man
at his wedding as he will be best man at his brother’s wedding…powerful words,
powerful image.
But my question remains: if you can alter your principals
and solid beliefs just to win elections, how much do you really believe in your
principals, in your convictions?
There has been a huge shift in sentiments about gay marriage
and gay rights in the last few years…why?
I think the realization that homosexuality is NOT A CHOICE
but something you are born with, has made a huge difference. To me, simple
reason told me that no heterosexual male would EVER want to be with a man
instead of a woman; the sexuality of heterosexual men is just that strong as, I
suppose, is that of gay men.
I have recently emailed my Republican state senator urging
him to continue his efforts at economic reform in the state but to stay the
hell out of social issues that do not pertain to him or the legislature. I told
him to stay the hell out of my bedroom as well as my house and leave family
matters to me. And above all else do NOT try to cram your religion down my
throat or the throat of any American; religion is a private matter and not
something to legislate as our Founding Fathers have stated at the beginning of
this great republic.
I am hoping we as a country, are seeing a historic trend…love
watching history be made!
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