Comments on: GOP “Political Insiders” Support Avoiding Same-Sex Marriage As An Issue http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/15/52764 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Fri, 24 May 2013 02:17:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Ben in Oakland http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/15/52764/comment-page-1#comment-232447 Ben in Oakland Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:30:53 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52764#comment-232447 If we don't talk about it, maybe someone else will do the dirty work for us? If we don’t talk about it, maybe someone else will do the dirty work for us?

]]> By: markanthony http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/15/52764/comment-page-1#comment-232289 markanthony Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:19:51 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52764#comment-232289 I think this survey shows how difficult it is to find successful leaders in secular fields who personally oppose rights for LGB people, particularly in a diverse and brutally competitive place like DC. I think this survey shows how difficult it is to find successful leaders in secular fields who personally oppose rights for LGB people, particularly in a diverse and brutally competitive place like DC.

]]> By: Neon Genesis http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/15/52764/comment-page-1#comment-231950 Neon Genesis Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:09:44 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52764#comment-231950 The GOP is still active against abortion but they would rather their more extremist pro-rape members would go away. The NRA would much rather we get distracted by violent video games and Hollywood movies than to actually try to improve the state of our gun control laws. The GOP is still active against abortion but they would rather their more extremist pro-rape members would go away. The NRA would much rather we get distracted by violent video games and Hollywood movies than to actually try to improve the state of our gun control laws.

]]> By: Timothy Kincaid http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/15/52764/comment-page-1#comment-231770 Timothy Kincaid Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:01:11 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52764#comment-231770 Well they have been pretty vocal about abortion in the past but I suspect more are wishin the issue would disappear. What I find truly fascinating is that <b>more republicans in this group support marriage than oppose it</b>. Way more. More than twice as many. That's crazy progress, that is. Well they have been pretty vocal about abortion in the past but I suspect more are wishin the issue would disappear.

What I find truly fascinating is that more republicans in this group support marriage than oppose it. Way more. More than twice as many. That’s crazy progress, that is.

]]> By: Jim Burroway http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/15/52764/comment-page-1#comment-231646 Jim Burroway Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:22:24 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52764#comment-231646 They haven't been the least bit shy about opposing abortion and taking a pretty hard line at it. But I do suspect immigration reform might be an area that large numbers might wish would go away. They haven’t been the least bit shy about opposing abortion and taking a pretty hard line at it.

But I do suspect immigration reform might be an area that large numbers might wish would go away.

]]> By: Timothy Kincaid http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/15/52764/comment-page-1#comment-231635 Timothy Kincaid Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:13:51 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52764#comment-231635 Abortion. Immigration reform. Abortion. Immigration reform.

]]> By: Jim Burroway http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/15/52764/comment-page-1#comment-231593 Jim Burroway Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:24:05 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52764#comment-231593 I don't think so. Given the three main choices -- oppose, support, and just hope that nobody brings it up -- it seems to me that much of the GOP have selected curtain #1 for both of those issues. I don’t think so. Given the three main choices — oppose, support, and just hope that nobody brings it up — it seems to me that much of the GOP have selected curtain #1 for both of those issues.

]]> By: Neon Genesis http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/15/52764/comment-page-1#comment-231565 Neon Genesis Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:45:36 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52764#comment-231565 "I wonder though, is there any other issue — any issue at all — in which nearly half of the Republican members of this panel think the party should avoid?" Gun control laws and climate change? “I wonder though, is there any other issue — any issue at all — in which nearly half of the Republican members of this panel think the party should avoid?”

Gun control laws and climate change?

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