Posted on 07/02/2015 10:48:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
After the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage, many Republican 2016 candidates tacked to the right, vowing to fight for religious freedom next.
Everyone from Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee promised social conservatives they'd use their increasingly limited means to prevent religiously conservative government employees from being forced to issue same-sex marriage licenses, or to grant protections for religiously conservative wedding photographers from having to shoot a same-sex wedding.
Let them fight over those folks, says Chris Christie. And he might be onto something.
At a New Hampshire town hall Wednesday night, the New Jersey Republican governor and latest presidential candidate broke with social conservatives by saying he'll enforce the court's decision instead of trying to fight against it. From Time Magazine's Zeke Miller:
"I think for folks who are in the government world, they kind of have to do their job, whether you agree with the law or you dont, [Christie] told reporters ... noting there are laws that he enforces as governor that he disagrees with."(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Christy entry is good strategically. He will take more votes from Bush than Cruz, Walker or Trump.
Thanks.
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