Holt campaigns on single issue: gay marriage

Baxter Bulletin ^ | October 9, 2004 | JAMES JEFFERSON

[Ahban]

That takes money, or a network willing to give you favorable coverage. Jim Holt does not sell his vote to special interests in return for financial support, and opposes all attempts to plunder the treasury on behalf of the in crowd- therefore he has no money.

I wish G.W. Bush would help him. The GOP is letting a huge opportunity slip by here. Like Rush says, the stupid party. Blanche is beatable this time.

[geram]

You are 100% right on target! Bump!

[dead]

"Every person in America has come together on this issue of same-sex marriage," the freshman state senator from Springdale declared

What on earth is he talking about?

[nickcarraway]

I don't think homosexual marriage is an issue of less government- it's an issue of more government. This push is being made by forces that inevitably want more taxpayer money and more regulaions on citizens.

[nickcarraway]

Well, there are still a few republicans who remember when our party was concerned about lessening government control over our lives. Of all the issues facing our country, this one ranks right up there with ...school prayer for fatuous time-wasting grandstanding.

I can't think of an issue that is less time-wasting than defense of the first ammendment. If you truly believe in less government, why would you be in favor of the government micromanaging what we think, what we say and what we believe.

[cottonboll]

No, my point is that the state allows two individuals to enter into a civil contract, "marriage", which is tax-favored, allows sharing of property, grants the parties mutual medical power of attorney, and other legal rights; it also creates legal obligations between the parties which the family court system adjudicates. Various religions sanctify these relationships in various ways, which is not a matter for government. Whether the individuals have sex, and with whom, is also not a matter for government.

[nickcarraway]

No, it's just a matter for the government to provide for their every whim at taxpayer expense, to jail and fine anyone who exercises free speech rights to criticize them, and to add things to the Constitution that aren't already there.

[geram]

Latest USA Survey poll last night showed Jim Holt only 10 points behind Blanche Lincoln! She dropped a few points, and he gained a few!!! Please continue to pray for God to intervene...