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Delaware GOP targets state party leader over his support for marriage equality
GEORGETOWN, Del. — Some Delaware Republicans are trying to push out the state party’s executive director because of his public support for legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Rick Santorum is a dead end for the Republican party
Although we just had an election, Rick Santorum, as tireless as he is tiresome, is already stumping in Iowa to prepare for his next defeat. His willful ignorance and woeful arrogance personifies why the GOP is losing the next generation of voters. Santorum, for instance, attacked marriage equality and foolishly pretended the huge cultural shift on this issue was no more than a passing fad – like a Hula Hoop or a Rubik’s cube…
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Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois says he supports same-sex marriage
CHICAGO — GOP Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois said Tuesday he supports same-sex marriage, becoming the second sitting Republican senator to make such an announcement in recent weeks.
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Ga. GOP chair: Gay marriage will lead to fraud by straight people marrying each other
The head of the Georgia Republican Party says that legalizing same-sex marriage will lead to fraud by straight people who will claim they are gay so they can marry their straight friends and “get all the benefits” of marriage. Sue Everhart of Cobb, Ga., who is apparently unaware that anyone can already marry a person […]
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Sen. Jeff Flake doesn’t see himself evolving on the issue of gay marriage
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Jeff Flake says it is “inevitable” that his party will see one of its own run for president while supporting gay marriage, but doesn’t see himself “evolving” on the issue anytime soon.
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Rove: ‘I Could’ imagine a GOP presidential candidate supporting gay marriage
Fox News contributor and former Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, appearing Sunday on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” said that he can imagine the next Republican nominee for the White House supporting marriage equality for gays and lesbians.
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Gay Delaware Republican Party director supports marriage equality
DOVER, Del. — Pending legislation authorizing same-sex marriage in Delaware has the support of the executive director of the state Republican Party, who is gay.
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Fischer: GOP should not ‘pander’ to ignorant, naive, uneducated voters on gay rights issues
Bryan Fischer is not at all impressed by the Republican National Committee’s “autopsy” of what has gone wrong with the GOP leading to back-to-back election losses, and is especially miffed about findings that the party’s hostility to gay rights is turning off younger voters.
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GOP unveils road map to attract gay, minority voters amid party divisions
The Republican party on Monday unveiled a road map for a new, more inclusive GOP aimed at attract minority voters, including “welcoming” attitudes on gay rights — but minutes after unveiling the proposal, the party chairman distanced himself from it, and some conservatives and tea partyers balked.
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Partisan split marks same-sex marriage cases before U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — No Democratic attorney general in a state that prohibits same-sex couples from marrying has signed onto a legal filing asking the Supreme Court to uphold California’s constitutional ban on gay marriage. No Republican attorney general is asking the high court to rule in favor of marriage equality.