The GOP Will Pay a Grave Price

National Review Online ^ | June 25, 2011 | Maggie Gallagher

[AustralianConservative]

New York Republicans are responsible for passing gay marriage. The party will pay a grave price.

Here is what we know. In state after state, Democrats who control a chamber in support of their base have prevented votes favorable to marriage: Iowa, West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania.

When Democrats are in the minority, they’ve demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to their base — in Wisconsin and Indiana fleeing the state to prevent a vote.

N.Y, Republicans did not have to bring gay marriage up for a vote: What does it mean that they passed gay marriage in N.Y.?

Michael Long, the Conservative-party chairman, has vowed to withhold his endorsement. The National Organization for Marriage has committed $2 million to persuading Republicans: Voting for gay marriage has consequences.

Sad that the N.Y. GOP has caved. Consequences to be continued.

[padre35]

“...Skelos, Alessi, McDonald, Saland, and Grisanti will all pay the price, and rightfully so....”

That is the first time I’ve heard, you know, actual names of the Vichy Republicans used, chest thumping means nothing at all, on 11/12, they simply should be removed from office.

And boo’d at every appearance in their districts, and their offices called from now, until Election 2012.

[FreeMaine]

How very right you are, unfortunately it is the kids who will suffer and pay the price for this horrific behavior of so called adults, adults with such reprobate minds that they think that one man anally sodomizing another is ‘gay’.

[fortheDeclaration]

GOP going the way of the Whigs.

[Steelfish]

Exactly right. Because that is exactly what the homos would have done if any D’rats had crossed paths with their agenda.

[madprof98]

I would proudly and openly vote for Stalin over any of these people. At least you would know what he stood for.

[Malesherbes]

A very sick nation indeed.
I am beginning to despair that we can hold together.
A major crisis lies ahead, economic, social, moral.

[eater-of-toast]

Pretty clear the fix was in. Only one state senator spoke against this abomination, and that was a Democrat: Ruben Diaz. New York state senate Republicans need to pay a price for this. Normally I’m pretty pragmatic, but those who can accept the GOP rolling over for gay marriage, have no decent principles at all.