Posted on 02/22/2013 11:29:21 AM PST by Colofornian
Former Utah governor and presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman is speaking out in favor of marriage equality, arguing that it is a “conservative cause” that the Republican Party should support. In an op-ed for The American Conservative, Huntsman writes about his time as governor of Utah during which he pushed for civil unions and equality for the LGBTQ community, and adds that the GOP now has the opportunity to do more.
“Conservatives should start to lead again and push their states to join the nine others that allow all their citizens to marry,” Huntsman writes...
Huntsman’s pro-marriage equality stance is not only a symbolic step forward for conservatives, but for Mormons as well. “Over the last several years we have been seeing more and more Mormons from across the political spectrum come out in support of marriage equality,” said Spencer W. Clark, executive director of Mormons for Marriage Equality, in a recent statement. “I am thrilled that Gov. Huntsman has taken this stand and hope that it will prompt other Mormons to join us in building stronger families by ensuring that same-sex couples and their children have access to the same protection and benefits under the law that my family has.”
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John Huntsman is wrong, and legalizing same sex marriage is the wrong thing to do.
1. It increases danger in the culture, even normalizes it.
2. Government has and interest in potentially procreative couples since they produce the next generation, but government has no interest in same-sex marriage.
3. Every child has a right to be raised by his own biological mother and father as his/her best chance to get launched into life with the best chance of success.
Huntsman is not conservative, and he was pushed by the press. As for being gay marriage: Does his bishop know about this?
I live in Texas, outside Houston.
He may be a Mormon, but he damn sure is no Conservative.
You have one too many "M"s there.
Just in time to attempt swaying public opinion and pressure on SCOTUS and provide cover for more kenyan marxist homosexual sex promoting executive orders.
No doubt some peer queer reviewed studies will be published soon and trumpeted by the media...
The homosexual sex is good propaganda machine is in overdrive!
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