Posted on 02/09/2016 8:53:30 AM PST by wagglebee
CONCORD, New Hampshire, February 8, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Does Donald Trump support the gay agenda or oppose it? On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, observers are still scratching their heads about where the GOP frontrunner actually stands.
Trump has repeatedly and consistently said he supports the natural definition of marriage, but can a President Trump be relied on to promote it resolutely and cogently? It is this question that has many marriage activists expressing concern about his increasingly likely hold on the GOP nomination.
In fact, the National Organization for Marriage has gone so far as to say that Trump has “abandoned” the pro-marriage cause.
Trump himself underscored the problem on the weekend when he told a New Hampshire television station that from the White House he would push “equality” for homosexuals even further forward.
A cable news reporter self-identifying as a lesbian asked him last Thursday after a rally in Exeter, "When President Trump is in office, can we look for more forward motion on equality for gays and lesbians?"
“Well, you can and look - again, we're going to bring people together. That's your thing, and other people have their thing,” Trump told Sue O’Connell of New England Cable News. “We have to bring all people together. And if we don't, we're not gonna have a country anymore. It's gonna be a total mess.”
Following the comments, Trump appeared Sunday on ABC’s This Week program with George Stephanopoulos and would not commit to appointing Supreme Court justices who’d overturn Obergefell, though that would be his “preference.”
“We’re going to look at judges. They’ve got to be great judges. They’ve got to be conservative judges. We’re going to see how they stand depending on what their views are. But that would be my preference,” he told Stephanopoulos. “I would prefer that they stand against, but we’ll see what happens. It depends on the judge.”
Trump’s comments follow his statements during a Fox News Sunday interview last week, when he said, “If I'm elected, I would be very strong on putting certain judges on the bench that I think maybe could change things, but they've got a long way to go.”
“[Marriage] should be a states rights issue,” Trump continued. “I can see changes coming down the line, frankly.”
When asked by Fox if he “might try to appoint justices to overrule the decision on same-sex marriage,” Trump replied, “I would strongly consider that, yes.”
The real estate mogul criticized the Supreme Court for the Obergefell decision imposing homosexual “marriage” on all 50 states last June, but then later in August, Trump voiced support to NBC News for banning companies from firing employees on the basis of sexual orientation. “I don't think it should be a reason” to fire workers, he said at the time on Meet the Press.
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) and a number influential evangelicals have endorsed Senator Ted Cruz in the race for president. The Texas senator has not only committed to appointing pro-marriage justices, but says the president and the states can rightly defy the “fundamentally illegitimate” ruling just as President Lincoln defied the Dred Scott decision.
NOM has also been highly critical of Trump, saying he has “abandoned” their cause. The organization said in its January 27 blog post just prior to the Iowa Caucus that “Donald Trump does not support a constitutional amendment to restore marriage to our laws. Worse, he has publicly abandoned the fight for marriage. When the US Supreme Court issued their illegitimate ruling redefining marriage, Trump promptly threw in the towel with these comments on MSNBC: ‘You have to go with it. The decision's been made, and that is the law of the land.’”
NOM had said the week before that Trump “has made no commitments to fight for marriage, or the rights of supporters of marriage to not be discriminated against and punished for refusing to go along with the lie that is same-sex 'marriage.'”
New Hampshire voters have been tracked as showing support for homosexual “marriage,” as a poll last February showed 52 percent of Republican NH primary voters saying opposing gay “marriage” is unacceptable.
The latest CNN/WMUR tracking poll shows that overall 33 percent of likely Republican primary voters support Trump, giving him a growing 17-point lead over the nearest GOP contender. RealClearPolitics polling average in the state puts him at 31.0 percent support, with Marco Rubio second at 14.7, John Kasich third at 13.2, and Ted Cruz fourth at 12.7.
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What I have been reliably depending on is the careful effort at ignoring Cruz, and puffing Trump, by the MSM.
Also, the labor union fliers all indicate fear of Cruz, and total ambivalence toward Trump.
That is the most reliable gauge.
Gotcha. Just checking.
He is going to have gay people build the wall
I do believe you are right. There is a media “war” going on. Our “FREE” Republic has many critical thinkers that seek the truth and usually find it. Also, there are many trolls that have there agenda (Agenda 21? or “their” candidate) and are quite apt at brainwashing the misguided masses. Sorry to say, that most “Thinkers” don’t think toward the truth because they refuse to seek it.
“At oral argument on March 26, 2003, Paul M. Smith, an experienced litigator who had argued eight cases before the Supreme Court, spoke on behalf of the plaintiffs. Texas Attorney General John Cornyn, then a candidate for the US Senate, refused to have his office argue the case. Charles A. Rosenthal, District Attorney of Harris County, represented the state.His performance was later described as “the worst oral argument in years”, but some believe his lack of preparation reflected his lack of enthusiasm for the statute he was defending.”
When the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Case, in Nov 2002, Cornyn was the Attorney General.
Could Abbott and Cruz then agree to, in retrospect, in March of 2003, argue after that decision was made by Cornyn, as Texas Attorney General, not to do so? Maybe, maybe not, I do not know the answer, I will admit.
BTW, Cruz was an underling of Abbott’s, he was not the Attorney general.
Saying Cruz “punted” is just putting spin on this.
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You and I are free of the jurisdiction of the World Court solely due to Ted Cruz’ ability to fight.
SCOTUS ultimately affirmed the right to own guns in the Heller decision that was headed down in flames until they received Ted’s Amicus.
No, he has no idea how to fight.
This is what I don’t get over all the Trump-love on FR. The guy has ZERO record of actually BEING any kind of conservative. Hell, he isn’t even a libertarian...
Sure, he gives good speech like any good used car salesmen... But that is it. Period. Full stop. People only have his CAMPAIGN PROMISES that this is how he’ll handle himself as executive.
“Read my lips, no new taxes...”
Don’t we EVER learn?
Oh, heck no. But Cruz is the only one working for the conservative vote, and if he attracts record turnout of the 25% of NH’s right-R vote like he did in IA he will outperform his polling which is all over the board anyway.
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Yes, very clearly Trump affirms that he will boost gay rights.
Some here have ear filters.
No he doesn’t.
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Your disinformation is pure Trolling.
Not surprised. The man is a vulgar, corrupt, northeastern leftist with no core values.
Turn your ear filters off.
I listened to the entire interview. Did you?
We learned from the “Canadian Cruz” dustup that Donald thinks Lefty Lawrence Tribe, of “living breathing constitution” fame, is a go-to guy on constitutional issues.
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We learned NO SUCH THING! Lawrence Tribe was Cruz’s professor and had made the statement that Obama (also his student0 was smarter than Cruz. Tribe has been outspoken on the subject of eligibility and simply because he is left wing (Harvard anyone?) does not prove a damned thing. I get FED UP with extrapolations of anything and everything Trump says by Cruz supporters who are always putting words in Trump’s mouth in order to further their cause of Cruz’s eligibility. Refusing to recognize the Constitution as it is written is ADDING to its destruction. Keep it up Cruz people and you will bring down the entire structure of the USA. You are making a good start!
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All you need to listen to is his clear, unambiguous affirmation that he would be advancing Gay Rights.
The rest is typical Trump smoke.
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