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02/24/2004 Archived Entry: "Bush to gays: 'Screw you!'"
Bush to gays: 'Screw you!'
CNN reporting that Bush will come out in favor of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Pander much?
He knows he's not going to get the Constitution amended - he needs super-majorities in both houses of Congress, which he will never get. So chalk this up as a gesture to the religio-loony base.
Oh, and outside of the Log Cabin Republicans, he just lost the gay vote forever.
Replies: 9 people speak up
Am I alone in thinking that if segregation was still in effect, that repugs would be fighting tooth and nail to keep it that way?
Posted by Steve @ 02/24/2004 10:43 AM NY
Via Atrios: It looks like the Log Cabin Boys are not too happy, either.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A487-2004Feb23.html
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Posted by Vicki @ 02/24/2004 11:01 AM NY
Can someone please explain to me why any gay person would support Bush and the Republicans for any reason whatsoever? It's analagous to an African-American voting for David Duke or an Austrian Jew voting for Kurt Waldheim. I just don't get it.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 02/24/2004 11:26 AM NY
The noun "sanctity" has 1 sense in WordNet.
1. holiness, sanctity -- (the quality of being holy)
Can someone tell me why the government has *any* business defining or defending what is holy?
i.e. "Sanctity of Marriage act"
Posted by Spudhead @ 02/24/2004 11:40 AM NY
I'm sure The Texas Souffle is happy that he can, at least temporarily, breathe a sigh of relief. He's succeeded in diverting the public eye from his abysmal record.
Posted by The Tater @ 02/24/2004 12:31 PM NY
This is nothing more than a diversion to keep the religious right nutjobs happy.
Posted by bozak @ 02/24/2004 12:47 PM NY
I guess the truth that all men have been endowed by their Creator the right to pursue happiness isn't so self-evident to Bush. Funny how like most of the married bloggers out there the fact that same-sex marriages are being performed in California haven't convinced me to get a divorce...
Posted by Bruce in South Florida @ 02/24/2004 01:22 PM NY
There is an aquaintance of mine that is 'out', and professed to like GWB as recent as a few weeks ago... I'll have to ask her what her opinion is now.
To me it doesn't make any sense whatsoever to be pro-Bush if you are Gay. But then again, it doesn't make any sense to me to be pro-Bush if you are straight either =) (unless you are employed by Halliburtan).
Posted by sellursoul @ 02/24/2004 05:28 PM NY
One of my best friends who is gay (I think im straight)told me a story about how when he went to see his proctoligist recently and how the doctor was examining his rectum he noticed a string dangling, so the doctor yanked as hard as he could and out pops a dozen perfect long stem roses. When he showed them to my friend, my friends first remark was to ask for the card to see who they are from. This kind of wild stuff just never happens to us straight guys. Gays do some really wild stuff! Do thorns hurt?
Posted by John Wier @ 02/26/2004 09:09 PM NY
