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Title: Steve Schmidt, Former McCain Campaign Chief, On Mehlman Fundraiser: Same-Sex Marriage Becoming Conservative Cause
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URL Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/ ... mpaign-chief-sch_n_700623.html
Published: Aug 31, 2010
Author: Sam Stein
Post Date: 2010-08-31 14:51:33 by Skip Intro
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Views: 4207
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Steve Schmidt, Former McCain Campaign Chief, On Mehlman Fundraiser: Same-Sex Marriage Becoming Conservative Cause A major same-sex marriage fundraiser hosted by former RNC chairman Ken Mehlman and other Republicans provides one of the sharpest illustrations of how gay rights is becoming a cause among more elite, establishment members of the GOP. In addition to Mehlman, who recently announced that he was gay, the list of attendees includes several surprises, such as Ben Ginsburg, one of the Republican Party's top lawyers, and Henry Kravis and Paul Singer, two of the biggest donors to the GOP. According to one gay-rights activist involved in similar efforts, the fundraising pool goes even deeper. "There is a strong conservative case to be made in favor of gay marriage," former McCain campaign manager and fellow same-sex marriage fundraiser Steve Schmidt told the Huffington Post on Tuesday. "Marriage is an institution that strengthens and stabilizes society. It is an institution that has the capacity to bring profound joy and happiness to people and it is a matter of equality and keeping faith of one of the charters of the nation, the right to live your life. "More and more conservatives are saying that opposition to gay marriage would not be a litmus test for membership in the GOP," Schmidt added. "And more conservatives are making the case that no more do you want big government conservatives in the bedroom than big government liberals telling you how to live your life." To be sure, the Mehlman fundraiser is not entirely a Republican-driven affair. Some of the big names on the ticket are Democrats, including former House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta. But reading through the list of attendees, it's remarkable to see how many prominent conservatives are not just comfortable associating with the gay-rights cause but are eager to fundraise for it. Pair that with rumblings from elsewhere in the party (most notably from Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels) that conservatives should have a "truce" on social issues for the time being and the frictions within the GOP tent become even more apparent. If anything, the hostility between the social conservative element of the party and those less adherent to that doctrine is already palpable. As one prominent Republican who supports gay rights put it: Story continues below Advertisement "I think there is a growing mass of people in Republican politics who are fundamentally sick and tired about being lectured to about morality and how to live your life by a bunch of people who have been married three or four times and are more likely to be seen outside a brothel on a Thursday night than being at home with their kids... There is a fundamental indecency to the vitriol and the hatred directed against decent people because of their sexuality. People have reached a critical mass with this."
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#1. To: ISuckMadDogsky, Mad Dog, no gnu taxes (#0)
Your ship has finally come in, boys.
"How many confirmed NV Mig kills do YOU have general? I only have three." - Mad Dog, the village idiot's hemorrhoid.
Fact is most people don't like faggots. Another fact is if they keep to themselves no one really cares. As long they aren't running around freaking good decent people out by claiming they are married they can go about their business.
The RNC disagrees with you, Stone.
"How many confirmed NV Mig kills do YOU have general? I only have three." - Mad Dog, the village idiot's hemorrhoid.
Well fuck the RNC.
For your sake, I hope the RNC is female.
#2. To: Skip Intro (#1)
#3. To: A K A Stone (#2)
Fact is most people don't like faggots.
#4. To: Skip Intro (#3)
#5. To: A K A Stone (#4)
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Tull to Rotara
#6. To: A K A Stone, Skip Intro (#2)
Skippy has experienced that intent dislike toward his perversion his entire life.
Fact is most people don't like faggots.
#7. To: Skip Intro (#0)
He's wrong. There IS a strong conservative case to be made that marriage is none of the government's business,though. It is not for the government to be for or against something as personal as who marries who as long as there is no incest,marriage between a child and a adult,or marriage of the feeble-minded.
"There is a strong conservative case to be made in favor of gay marriage," former McCain campaign manager and fellow same-sex marriage fundraiser Steve Schmidt told the Huffington Post on Tuesday.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
#8. To: A K A Stone (#2)
So what? Their rights are no more dependent on your liking them than your rights are on them liking you. As long they aren't running around freaking good decent people out by claiming they are married they can go about their business. Where does it say in the Bill of Rights that you are guaranteed the right to never be freaked out?
Fact is most people don't like faggots.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
#9. To: Skip Intro (#3)
The RNC disagrees with you, Stone. Fact is most people don't like faggots.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
#10. To: Skip Intro (#1)
LOL! YOU forgot to ask, "did you want FRIES with that?" skippy boy. Your mommy is getting tired of you living in her basement skippy boy. What's it like when even the girls have more balls that you do skippy boy? Oh well, I guess you can go ahead and paint your mommy's basement pink now? We all already know that you are really a repukelican't anyway.
Living in mouth breather's empty noggins 24/7/365 totally rent free!
#11. To: Skip Intro (#0)
And we care what Steve Schmidt says...because....?
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
#12. To: Skip Intro (#0)
Like the Civil Rights movement, a generation from now "conservatives" and " patriots" are going to claim that they championed this cause and it was the liberals who opposed it.
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