[JohnnyZ]

Danforth was always wishy-washy on some things but he's become a full-fledged liberal, it seems.

[John Geyer]

Do the majority of Episcopals even believe in the Bible anymore!?

Anyways, Danforth is a RINO, he was a RINO in the senate, and he hasn't worked a day in his life, he is spoiled, he comes from a rich family, and was rarely a practicing pastor, he was in elected office almost all of his life. I resent everyone like him.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Log Cabin Republicans

Ah yes. Christians who support traditional marriage are hurting the GOP, but butt-packers disguised as Republicans aren't.

[FormerLib]

Opposition to "homosexual marriage" wins over more Democrats and Independents to the Republican cause that any other issue.

If we lose a few enemies from within as a result, that's a good thing.

[spikeytx86]

I have to agree here, this is a state issue and should not be molested by the federal government like abortion was.

[puroresu]

####Former Sen. John Danforth says a conservative push to ban gay marriage through a constitutional amendment is silly, calling it the latest example of how the political influence of evangelical Christians is hurting the GOP.####


Oh sure! It's political suicide for the GOP to back a proposal that has won every time it's been placed on a referendum ballot, always by at least a comfortable margin and usually by a huge margin. GOP support for traditional marriage must be the cause of the current low polling numbers for President Bush and the Republican congress. It surely has nothing to do with their embrace of amnesty for illegal aliens, an idea Danforth would not doubt endorse.

[Just mythoughts]

Danforth will get to be among the first in line explaining himself according to IIPeter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God???

[mtbopfuyn]

I've never heard of them, but is there a list of members of the Log Cabin Republicans?

[Pit1]

Danforth is why I left Missouri

[wardaddy]

More mushy RINO crap.

What fire?

Where's Waco?

What's a few burned up women and children when someone has violated ATF regs?

[badpacifist]

I bet I know which mountain the log cabin is on.

[olezip]

John Danforth is practicing heresy when he says that. He must be pandering to the homosexuals because he has got to know better. Why would he want to mock marriage? Or does he not know what is going on here in this attempt to dissolve traditional marriage? He is playing into the Marxist playbook and our country slips into socialism.

[Bahbah]

Danforth also supports embryonic stem cell research. His is an odd theology.

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Danforth: Ban on Gay Marriage a Silly Idea

American Public: Gay Marriage a Silly Idea; Ban Rogue Judges from Legislating it from the Bench

[Drango]

Danforth you nitwit...this is fundamental to who we are as a people.

[TexasTransplant]

Genuine issues facing the US, US Security, US Sovereignty, Energy Independence, Securing the Borders, Drilling ANWR, Drilling off of Florida, Drilling off of California, Alternative Fuels, Windmills, Nuclear Plants, Excessive Taxation etc etc etc and this CLOWN attaches his name to Gay Marriage!

Question.... is this Selective Media Reporting or is it a Selective Political Endorsement?

Leadership usually means "not" having to guess!

TT

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

But Danforth said he is opposed. "The basic concept of the Republican Party is to interpret the Constitution narrowly, not expansively, so that legislatures, and especially state legislatures, can work out over a period of time the social issues in our country," he said.

I don't know what rock he just crawled out from under but the whole reason this amendment is necessary is for the judges, not the people. In fact the amendment does precisely what Danforth says he favors: It returns the issue to state legislatures. If we are going to allow some states to redefine marriage and other states to not redefine it (an impossiblilty I think), then we are going to have to call these things by different names. That's why marriage is the word for the definition held throughout history, and "civil union" is the term for the new progressive definition. If states want that, then let their legislators who must be reelected by the people vote for it. Ultimately, the way our Constitution reads, there is no real way to allow one state to have it without forcing another state to recognize it. The DOMA supposedly protects other states. But it does nothing to protect us from the judges, who will overturn DOMA first chance they get.

[BenLurkin]

Wonder if he thinks laws against having sex with animals are silly.

[Old Professer]

We have more rules on what constitutes a new mattress than we have have on what constitutes one's gayness; I think we need to suspend the process until we have a definition.

[goldstategop]

Its silly to defend traditional values but its reasonable to promote the liberal agenda. Now I get it.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")