Just pathetic shambling by the state GOP, being undermined by liberals in their own party. What a disgrace. I can see Dems taking over Indiana with these idiots running the show. Just plain sad.
Typical gutless, cowardly Republicans. I don't have faith in the same court that declared Obamacare a "tax" and thus was legal and miraculously pulling a privacy law out of the Constitution's ass to legalize abortion.
So what does Mr. Indiana, Richard Lugar, say about all this?
People in IN just can’t figure out politics. They haven’t had anyone good since Homer Capehart unless you want to count Dan Quayle a little.
Even if voters approve such a ban, it is certain at some point to be struck down by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony Kennedy et al.
They’re always tell us that America overwhelming supports counterfeit “marriage” but won’t let them prove it at the ballot box.
They don’t believe their own polls.
Well, it’s appearing of late that even constitutional amendments aren’t black-robed-tyrant proof anymore, at the federal level anyway. I think that recent developments, though it may not stand, by some miracle, has kind of muffled the strong push this issue once had.
Line me up...
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