Alaska Senate Candidate Joe Miller Endorses Federal Same-Sex 'Marriage' Ban

LifeSiteNews.com -- Your Life, Family, and Culture Outpost ^ | October 27, 2010 | By Peter J. Smith

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Wednesday October 27, 2010

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Alaska Senate Candidate Joe Miller Endorses Federal Same-Sex 'Marriage' Ban

By Peter J. Smith

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, October 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alaska GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller stated recently that he would support a U.S. constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, although he would prefer the matter left to the states.

Miller, a pro-life candidate running neck-and-neck with incumbent and write-in candidate Lisa Murkowski for U.S. Senator, told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow that he would support a constitutional amendment, if that were seen as the solution to the challenge of legal same-sex “marriage.”

Maddow, who is a self-identified lesbian, asked Miller about his position on gay rights and then specifically asked about his thoughts on a campaign employee who thought homosexuality could be treated or changed.

Addressing her first point, Miller emphasized that issues related to homosexuality “are really a state issue” and indicated they should be handled at a state, not federal level.

Miller said Terry Moffitt had worked with his primary campaign, but he had not seen the website HopeforHomosexuals.com and was unable to comment on it.

Maddow then asked if Miller agreed that homosexuality is a choice.

“I think that's up to the individual. The individual has to make that decision,” Miller replied.

When pressed by Madow as to whether he believed that a person has a choice whether or not to be gay, Miller brouhg the issue back to politics, saying that “My perspective is that at core, it is a state issue, but there are federal issues intertwined.”

He emphasized that policy changes regarding marriage should be kept close to the people at the state level.

Maddow then asked if he would vote for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex “marriage.”

"That's up to the people," Miller said, stressing that it would have to be a constitutional amendment. "If you get a three-quarters vote ratifying – I'd vote for it. I would."

Miller also told Maddow in the course of the interview that social issues are very close to his campaign and stated he is the “only unequivocal pro-life candidate in this race.”

The rest of the segment can be viewed here.

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[topher]

Joe Miller is staunchly against Gay/Lesbian Marriage. He is strongly for Family values

The people of Alaska have a right to know this!

[topher]

What kind of values does Murkowski have?

Inquiring minds would like to know...

[LibLieSlayer]

I hear her closet is full of DVD’s of same sex escapades.

LLS

[kbennkc]

Now he is trying to lose. Was he worried he was going to lose some homophobes? Stick to what works- Taxes, government spending, Obama care, freedom.

[freedomwarrior998]

There is no such thing as “homophobia”. Anyone who believes that such a thing exists is not a Conservative. Moreover, the overwhelming majority of the country is not in favor of the sodomite pervert agenda.

[Crichton]

Was he worried he was going to lose some homophobes?

So supporters of marriage are homophobes?

If Miller wins it will be by rallying conservatives.

He's not out to pander to anti-family liberals like you.

[topher]

He is against Homosexual Marriage

The title is awkward and makes it sound like he is for it.

He is for banning [forbidding] homosexual marriage.

He is a strong conservative with strong family values...

Banning Gay Marriage means Opposing Gay Marriage

The title is very awkward, as I said before...

[catnipman]

“Stick to what works- Taxes, government spending, Obama care, freedom.”

The Tea Party fools like Miller and Buck want to make me scream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They simply cannot resist sticking their foot in the doodoo each and every time they’re setup with a wedge question asked by people like Maddow who they should know are their mortal enemies. Miller and Buck think they’re smart enough to spar with these media jerks. But guess what? They’re not. Buck’s not really all that bright, and that now seems to be the case with Miller too. As much as you may dislike Maddow and the rest, they’ve had a lifetime to learn how to stick it to conservatives. Didn’t anybody learn anything from what Katie Courac did to Sarah Palin?

All any Republican needs to do is have six stock answers no matter what the question is, which is exactly what Scott Brown did in Massachusetts.

To wit:

1. I’ll vote to repeal Obamacare and replace it with real reform. Not “fix” or amend Obamacare, but repeal it lock stock and barrel and start over from scratch.

2. I’ll vote to implement the Bush tax cuts across the board and cut taxes even more.

3. I’ll vote for a federal budget equal to the one in 2008, and not a penny more.

4. I’ll vote to build a wall between Mexico and the U.S., and vote for a bill that prohibits money from any government program that receives federal tax dollars from being used to provide services for illegal aliens.

5. I’ll vote to make the U.S. military the best and most powerful military in the world.

6. I’ll vote to remove all EPA authority to regulate so-called greenhouse gases.

That’s it. That’s all any of them need to say to be elected. Anything else they say is guaranteed to lose them some votes, because it gives people more reasons to disagree with them.

[tlb]

So apparently the recent example of the Joe Paladino’s campaign running into the ditch is lost on Miller. This election isn’t on “family values”.

It’s the economy stupid. Taking focus off this won’t help Miller. And Murkowski is already very close.

[Hoodat]

Now he’s gone and done it. He just lost the votes of all five gay Alaskans.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Part of freedom is not allowing the agenda of a tiny, radical 1% of the population be forced off onto the rest of us.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Isn’t it amazing how many clueless social liberals seem to be flooding FR lately? What they don’t seem to realise is that conservatism involves being conservative in all three general areas - fiscal, social, and defence. Without one or two of these, you don’t have conservatism, and what you DO have isn’t worth the stuff you scrape off your shoe after you walk through the cow pasture.

The social libertarians can take their junk and go elsewhere, AFAIAC.

[convertedtoreason]

MadCow challenged Miller on the philosophical[to them ‘scientific’] discussion about homosexuality, a subject that she thought she was an expert.

What answer would you suggest? NO COMMENT? “No idea”? Or would you tell MadCow to just go away?

Nah. Miller handled himself well. He just plainly and sincerely stated his belief. Why should he be ashamed about it?

Plus, his answers are the “right” way to answer all idiotic questions made by Rachel MadCow.

WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS AND SUFFRAGE IS OUR VOICE. THE FINAL ARBITER IS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE LAND.

The Constitution can be amended by 75% of the vote of the people. That’s the only way for Rachel to get what she wants, which I guess that Rachel already knows very well.

Plus, MadCow ambushed Miller! It was not an arranged meeting or something.

[SunkenCiv]

When Joe Miller wins, no jokes about “rubbing their noses in it.”

I thought of that while waiting for the culturally insensitive express.

Joy Behar drives that bus.

Thanks topher.

[hosepipe]

Marriage is about children..... NOT sex..
Gays cannot have children(with each other)..
Being gay is mostly about sex.. (and a few other things)..

[fortheDeclaration]

Yes, the writer purposefully made the title appear as if he is FOR same-sex marriages.

[chilltherats]

He should have stayed off her stupid show. Did he really think anybody who listens to psycho-dyko are ever going to vote for a pub? They’re more worried about their genitalia than they are jobs, the economy, corruption, health care and so on.

[chilltherats]

Agree 100%. Well said.

[topher]

Probably the writer was more concerned with correct English than getting the message across.

LifeSiteNews.com wants pro-life candidates (and pro-family candidates) like Joe Miller to win...

They just need their writers to go to remedial English 90 title writing

[chilltherats]

Being queer is also about “bug-chasing”. Those are queers who like to whore it up with AIDS-infected queers because the thrill of the danger is exceptionally erotic to them such that feeling the penis of an infected male in their anus is absolute ecstasy for them.