Posted on 08/01/2006 4:01:51 AM PDT by The Ghost of JG
Political strategists should keep an eye on the help wanted pages out of Spain. Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, Madrid’s Partido Popular Mayor, could be putting out a call - especially after the brouhaha following his decision this past Saturday to marry two gay men.
Ironically, rivers of ink aren’t being poured over the legality of Gallardon’s act – that being solved, at least temporarily, by the Socialist government’s legislation last year – but by the fact that he is a very visible member of the Center-Right PP, and at least in some circles had been seen as a possible contender for the Prime Minister slot on his party’s ticket. Mind you this is a party that has strongly opposed homosexual marriages – although it did support a watered-down version that recognized legal rights of homosexual unions – and has presented a motion to Spain’s Supreme Court to have the same-sex legislation overturned.
Gallardon, a practicing Catholic, has been described by the press as being both progressive, and with ties to the extreme Right. Besides studying in Catholic schools, Gallardon – who has four children – is the son of a Right-wing politician, as well as being the son-in-law of a José Utrera Molina, a minister in Gen. Francisco Franco regime. He became mayor of Madrid in 2003 with the support of former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, the same year the PP lost the national elections to the Socialists (PSOE).
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the Pato's marry the Maricone's.
Ay Caramba!
This whole thing is beyond stupid.
When the Moors take Spain back, and they will within a few years if not sooner, this guy will be one of their first targets along with the "happy couple".
If they are still together.
One for the list?
What happened to Spain, I wonder. One would think a primarily Catholic country wouldn't have surredered to the dark side so easily.
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