• GOP Now Caving on Gay Marriage

How Typical!

Right after the 2012 election many Republicans started crying in their beers about their lack of votes from Hispanics. The GOP said they had to change their message and considered “evolving” on the issue of illegal immigration. “Hispandering” at its worst.

They are now doing the same thing on gay marriage. Republicans say their party is “evolving”. CP-USA says the GOP is actually dissolving.

Senator Rob Portman (R. OH) actually reversed himself on gay marriage after opposing it for years. Why? Not because the issue has changed. Not because morality and ethics have changed. Portman reversed himself because his son stepped out of the closet.

How can someone argue for years that gay marriage is wrong but do a 180 just because his son is gay? Would Portman support legalized pot if his son started smoking a joint? Would Portman want to repeal speeding laws if his son got a ticket? If his son got radicalized at college and joined Al Qaeda (which is entirely possible these days), would Portman then stop supporting the War on Terror?

Something is either morally right or it’s not. Conservatives don’t change their fundamental principles based on personal preferences or poll numbers. That’s what liberals do.

Now it’s clear that’s what Republicans also do.

Too many Republicans are starting to switch positions on gay marriage. Twenty-eight Republicans recently filed a Friend of the Court brief on a Supreme Court case where California voters rejected gay marriage - for the second time (Prop 8). Those RINO ‘s who now want to reverse the will of voters include Meg Whitman (who opposed gay marriage when she ran for CA governor), Arnold Schwarzenegger, President Bush (43), Jon Huntsman, former Senator Christie Todd Whitman and Dick Cheney, among others.

Remember that Republicans allowed “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” to get repealed in 2010 and are not defending DOMA even though they control the House. And yet they are still not getting the gay votes. The reason: most gays realize Republicans now “support” gay marriage only because they want gay votes. That’s all.

Have you ever heard a prominent Democrat reverse himself by saying he now opposes gay marriage when he previously supported it? Have you ever heard a key Democrat reverse herself by saying she now wants to deport illegal immigrants? Never! Only Republicans change their minds, “evolve” and switch positions. Since Republicans are acting more like Democrats on fiscal and social issues we must ask two serious questions:

What is the purpose of the Republican Party? Of what value is the GOP to Conservatives? The Conservative Party will not compromise its values for short-term political gain.

CP-USA represents traditional family values and fiscal responsibility. We firmly believe that marriage is between one man and one woman. We believed that yesterday, support that today AND will believe that tomorrow.

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H. Michael Hervey
Chairman
Conservative Party USA
hmhervey@cp-usa.org
Twitter: @cpartyusa_01