Posted on 09/18/2010 12:10:48 PM PDT by presidio9
At a time when gays have been gaining victories across the country, the Republican Party in Montana still wants to make homosexuality illegal.
The party adopted an official platform in June that keeps a long-held position in support of making homosexual acts illegal, a policy adopted after the Montana Supreme Court struck down such laws in 1997.
The fact that it's still the official party policy more than 12 years later, despite a tidal shift in public attitudes since then and the party's own pledge of support for individual freedoms, has exasperated some GOP members.
"I looked at that and said, 'You've got to be kidding me,'" state Sen. John Brueggeman, R-Polson, said last week. "Should it get taken out? Absolutely. Does anybody think we should be arresting homosexual people? If you take that stand, you really probably shouldn't be in the Republican Party."
Gay rights have been rapidly advancing nationwide since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas' sodomy law in 2003's Lawrence v. Texas decision. Gay marriage is now allowed in five states and Washington, D.C., a federal court recently ruled the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy unconstitutional, and even a conservative tea party group in Montana ousted its president over an anti-gay exchange in Facebook.
But going against the grain is the Montana GOP statement, which falls under the "Crime" section of the GOP platform. It states: "We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed by legislation to keep homosexual acts illegal."
Montana GOP executive director Bowen Greenwood said that has been the position of the party since the state Supreme Court struck down state laws criminalizing homosexuality in
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Most homosexuals don’t, which is more reason for legislation to hold them accountable for their damages to society.
Excellent comments.
Excellent post!
Cripplecreek, Cvengr’s comments were very cogent and informative and unless you want to keep a closed mind, it would do you good to read them. I say this as a well-wisher.
You said in Post 237: the law said that all homosexual relations were deviate sexual conduct and were punishable by a $50,000 fine and 10 years in prison.
I posted in 245 what the article states which is what you just reposted.
I asked you to quote what they are advocating. There are no specifics there.
So again, you have no argument.
I don’t think he’s ever had an argument.
Half the time he tries to lead one down another path. And then there’s the circular logic. Not in the mood for word games.
BUMP
Yes i am new here , and yes when i first read of this I really did think it was some sort of a prank or possibly something more malicious aimed pushing mainstream voters away from the party.
You must admit that something like this coming along at the same time as all the witchcraft nonsense dose look like the start of a twisted smear campaign against republicans.
Now that i have looked into it a bit more and seen how serous people are taking this..... I don’t know what to think, other then to pray its forgotten about before the general elections.
This is most likely rosettasister who just got banned. This poster signed up right after that, posting on the same thread.
Check it out.
I prefer WYSIWYG.
Cards on the table and all that.
How did the troll get unbanned and then banned again?
Maybe it wasn’t banned, just had its two comments deleted? But usually in such circumstances there’s a banning involved too, especially with a brand new signup who’s posting in the same vein as someone who just got banned!
Yeah. That was weird. There posts are still removed.
No, it was banned, I checked.
Banned again now.
Sheesh, zombie trolls.
Me too. It was banned.
Such hate in this thread. History will accurately depict you as the bigots you are. Please delete my account.
Slow night over in DUmmieland?
Another troll bites the dust. Weird, WEIRD night!
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