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GOP dumps plan for more ‘inclusive’ party, reaffirms anti-gay marriage platform
Just weeks after releasing a “turnaround plan” focused on building a more inclusive GOP aimed at attract minority voters, including “welcoming” attitudes on gay rights, members of the Republican National Committee on Friday voted unanimously to reaffirm language in the GOP platform defining marriage “as the union of one man and one woman.”
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Republicans disagree over election comeback plan
Some U.S. Republican leaders on Wednesday pushed back against a new comeback plan after a poor showing in last year’s elections, saying the party shouldn’t give up its conservative stance on sensitive but core issues like immigration and gay marriage.
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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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Lawmakers rush to catch up with shifting public opinion on marriage equality
WASHINGTON — Public opinion on same-sex marriage in the United States has been shifting for years. Now lawmakers are hurrying to catch up.
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Democrats criticize GOP support of Defense of Marriage Act
WASHINGTON — The cost to taxpayers for a House Republican decision to fund the legal team supporting the Defense of Marriage Act has climbed from $500,000 to as much as $3 million, Democrats say in questioning the GOP stance on the gay marriage issue now before the Supreme Court.
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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.