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Jeb Bush on gay marriage: Couples making lifetime commitments to each other deserve respect
Hot Air ^ | January 6, 2015 | Allahpundit

Posted on 01/06/2015 1:09:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: Nervous Tick

Jeb has keen political insight like Wolf Blitzer answers on Jeopardy!


41 posted on 01/06/2015 1:26:24 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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Lifetime commitment?

Yeah, when they celebrate their 50th Anniversary together, I’ll give them respect for their lifetime commitment to each other.

Maybe even on their 25th Anniversary I will.

Not before then.


42 posted on 01/06/2015 1:29:37 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

OMG will that fool never shut up? Go away Jeb. I’ll vote for Hitlery before I ever support you.


43 posted on 01/06/2015 1:31:12 PM PST by DiogenesLamp
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I can’t figure out why I’m supposed to respect a man for playing with another man’s private parts, or sticking things in places they are only inconveniently stuck. Even if Christian (and most other forms of) morality were not part of the equation, it would seem to be a neutral matter, at best, with some regard for the obvious mental and physical health issues. I don’t “respect” normal people for having sex or even for getting married. I might be happy for them, I might not. I respect people for their integrity, their achievements, their ability to deal with adversity, etc ... People who are worthy of respect in one area might be completely unworthy of respect in several others. What the hell does Jeb mean? Why do I have to respect them? Why do they “deserve” it?


44 posted on 01/06/2015 1:31:52 PM PST by cdcdawg
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So a lifetime commitment is the test, Jeb? What if one man and five or six women make a lifetime commitment together? Should they be able to get married? What if a mother makes a lifetime commitment to her son? Should they be allowed to get married? More muddle-headed nonsense from a shallow thinker, just like all the other Bushes.


45 posted on 01/06/2015 1:33:26 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Nervous Tick; Nero Germanicus
Nervous Tick

The fact is, legislature after legislature, in a demonstration of “democracy”, passed laws against homosexual marriage.

It’s the fascist COURTS that are overruling the beloved process of democracy and shoving the sodomite agenda down our throats.

Just wanted to forward to you an example of what most conservatives think of the courts.

46 posted on 01/06/2015 1:34:43 PM PST by DiogenesLamp
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My golden retriever deserves respect. But that doesn’t mean I’d allow him to marry. Especially another male golden retriever.


47 posted on 01/06/2015 1:38:03 PM PST by IronJack
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To: Nero Germanicus; mmichaels1970
If we lived in a democracy, there would be very little by way of gay marriage. I'd say for the most part, the majority votes time after time to BAN it. Only to be overturned by the courts. If democracy is "majority rules", then this issue proves that our system is the farthest thing from it.

And here is another example of what a conservative thinks of the courts.

48 posted on 01/06/2015 1:38:08 PM PST by DiogenesLamp
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jeb believes that Deviants will reserve themselves to just one other Deviant FOREVER. Yeah, and dogs will do the same, Jeb.


49 posted on 01/06/2015 1:38:56 PM PST by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

People degrading the concept of marriage do not deserve respect.


50 posted on 01/06/2015 1:39:07 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (Straight ahead, and don't bunch up.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Respect? Respect this moral depravity? This evil perversion?

Just go burn in hell, Jeb, you POS!!!! My God, how I despise bastards like you. Go choke to death!


51 posted on 01/06/2015 1:41:21 PM PST by greene66
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All
You realize we're already dealing with at LEAST 5-6 Conservatives with no chance of winning the nomination running against each other, right? Santorum and his five dollars is running again, we have another Herman Cain this time around (Ben Carson), Rick Perry is serious enough that he's hired the guy who set out to destroy Sarah Palin (Steve Schmidt), and we'll have our usual 2-3 local Congressmen who are the “only true Conservative” throw their hats in.

Let's no even get into the fact that some folks actually believe Rand Paul is Conservative.

Do you (collective “you,” not 2ndDivisionVet) understand how very real the Jeb Bush threat is? Is it worth supporting the one-percenter over a Ted Cruz when a loss means Bush/Christie/Paul?

52 posted on 01/06/2015 1:41:50 PM PST by TitansAFC (2016: 1. Palin, 2. Cruz, 3. Huckabee (to make the GOP-E see what WE go through) 4. Walker)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Two faggots committing to sodomize each other deserve contempt, Jeb.


53 posted on 01/06/2015 1:42:34 PM PST by NorthMountain
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh gawd nooooo..........


54 posted on 01/06/2015 1:43:56 PM PST by slouper (LWRC SPR 223)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past; PapaNew

People like PapaNew are the reason WHY people like Jeb can get elected and sugar-coat the queer marriage agenda.


55 posted on 01/06/2015 1:45:36 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Jeb [during] his first run for governor in ’94...framed gay rights as a question of whether “sodomy [should] be elevated to the same constitutional status as race and religion.”

20 years ago he got it right. Now he is pretending there is no difference.

Look, I am willing to tolerate behavior I disagree with....do it all the time in a society that is pluralistic.

I do not agree with society forcing me to endorse, celebrate, and equate that behavior with what marriage has been for centuries.

The Judeo-Christian faith does not endorse such activities, and now this pagan society is ramming it down our throats. That is wickedness.

Two gay people wanna pretend they have a healthy relationship and give each other shared property rights, etc.? As far as I know that has NEVER been a problem.

The gay lobby is seeking more than that--it is seeking validation and endorsement from those who disagree with the behavior (see: bakers and photographers who are Bible believing Christians). And sadly some of the courts have gone along with the fascists.

56 posted on 01/06/2015 1:46:01 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Egocentric village idiot.


57 posted on 01/06/2015 1:46:34 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Resolute Conservative
Exactly. I love my kid brother like a brother. I would willingly give my life to save him if needed. But we are both married with children and fully understand the difference between fraternal love, love between parents and children and marital love.

We don't need to demand that society redefine any institution to recognize our special relationship.

58 posted on 01/06/2015 1:46:37 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Resolute Conservative

That is just it, either a civil union or a marriage is at its foundation, a contract between two people for a long-term commitment. Now, most contracts are written, for the most part including those of civil unions, and have enforceable clauses, open to review by disinterested parties that make a decision as to the intent of those clauses. Marriages differ from most contracts, in that most of the terms are UNWRITTEN, and are only interpreted by an edict from a court specializing in this branch of civil law. Using this large body of case law, the individual circumstances of each marriage may be examined when there is some contention as to the degree of commitment each of the parties has to maintaining that contract, and the adjudication is administered accordingly.

If you want messy, the various interpretations of just what “marriage” means are fertile ground.

Do these same-sex couples really want to complicate their lives that much?


59 posted on 01/06/2015 1:46:39 PM PST by alloysteel (Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
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To: TitansAFC

“Is it worth supporting the one-percenter over a Ted Cruz when a loss means Bush/Christie/Paul?”

Is it the same as supporting the one-percenter?


60 posted on 01/06/2015 1:46:45 PM PST by cdcdawg
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