{"id":49364,"date":"2015-01-26T20:21:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/26\/is-gay-marriage-a-dead-end-for-the-gop.html"},"modified":"2015-01-26T20:21:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:21:53","slug":"is-gay-marriage-a-dead-end-for-the-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/26\/is-gay-marriage-a-dead-end-for-the-gop.html","title":{"rendered":"Is Gay Marriage a dead end for the GOP?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it the end of the road for the GOP flogging this issue? I certainly hope so, except in my "I like to see the GOP hurting itself" moods. The longer GOP hopefuls keep beating this drum (and I'm looking especially at Huckabee, Cruz, and new-zany-of-the-month Jindal), the more reactionary and out of touch the party as a whole comes off as being, and potentially the more trouble they make for whomever is the eventual candidate (assuming, with some justification, it won't be any of them).<\/i><\/p>\n

The reason I hope so is because the rhetoric — and the actions that state legislators and governors continue to take to hold back the tide here — hurts people.<\/i> So here's hoping some sanity creeps in, sooner or later.<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Rick Gary<\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nWill 2016 Be the Last Hurrah for the GOP’s Gay Marriage Foes?<\/a><\/span>
\nIn the space of about a decade, public opinion has flipped on gay marriage. ; About 60 percent of Americans opposed legalizing same-sex marriages\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Is it the end of the road for the GOP flogging this issue? I certainly hope so, except in my "I like to see the GOP hurting itself" moods. The longer GOP hopefuls keep beating this drum (and I'm looking especially at Huckabee, Cruz, and new-zany-of-the-month Jindal), the more reactionary and out of touch the … Continue reading “Is Gay Marriage a dead end for the GOP?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27001,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/08\/hey-look-another-progressive-era-reform-that-the-gop-wants-to-get-rid-of.html","url_meta":{"origin":49364,"position":0},"title":"Hey, look – another Progressive Era reform that the GOP wants to get rid of","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 8-Mar-12 11:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey, look - another Progressive Era reform that the GOP wants to get rid ofEspecially when it's being used against them. #ddtb Embedded Link After Wisconsin Voters Revolt Against GOP Lawmakers, GOP Lawmakers Approve Amendment Preventing Recall Elections The Wisconsin GOP has not worn well with that state\u2019s voters. 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