Posted on 04/12/2013 9:06:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Members of the Republican National Committee will gather in Los Angeles on Friday for their spring meeting and vote on a resolution to continue their opposition to same-sex marriage.
The resolution is expected to pass by an overwhelming majority, according to Politico. Although the conservative party has seen some dissidents, predominant GOP leaders still believe that marriage should be defined as being between one man and one woman.
A copy of the "Resolution for Marriage and Children 2013" bears a striking similarity to the 2012 Republican Party's platform regarding same-sex marriage. The resolution states that, among other things, "the Republican National Committee affirms its support for marriage as the union of one man and one woman and as the optimum environment in which to raise healthy children for the future of America."
The resolution also encourages members of the committee to implore "the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the sanctity of marriage in its rulings on California's Proposition 8 and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act."
The RNC is reportedly holding Friday's resolution vote in response to the recent "autopsy" report released by the committee, which sought to dissect what went wrong for the Republican Party during the 2012 presidential election.
The 100-page report suggested that the party adopt a more "inclusive" tone regarding social issues, such as same-sex marriage, in order to attract the vote of younger generations.
Although some Republicans found fault with the diction of the report, arguing that it hinted the GOP should change its stance on same-sex marriage, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus confirmed that the party does not intend to change its platform regarding the issue.
"To be clear, our principles our sound, our principles are not old rusty thoughts in some book," Priebus said after unveiling the report, as reported by ABC News. "I think our policies are sound, but I think in many ways the way we communicate can be a real problem," the chair added.
In preparation for the RNC Spring Convention, this week several conservative leaders signed a letter addressed to chairman Priebus urging him and the RNC to maintain their stance on social issues.
"We respectfully warn GOP Leadership that an abandonment of its principles will necessarily result in the abandonment of our constituents to their support," the letter, which was provided to and verified by NBC News, warned.
Recently, two GOP senators, Rob Portman of Ohio and Mark Kirk of Illinois, both voiced their support for same-sex marriage.
The Supreme Court is currently deciding on two cases relating to same-sex marriage, California's ban on same-sex marriage and the Defense of Marriage Act. The RNC's Spring Convention began Thursday at the Lowe's Hotel in Hollywood, Calif., and will conclude on Saturday.
Same argument used by conservatives who urged everyone to vote for Arlen Specter in 2004. "At least he's not a Democrat!" Then Specter defected to the Dems and made it official. Kirk would switch parties too, if he "needed" too. RINOs like him would drive over their own mother if it got them fawning coverage from the MSM.
>> In the very strong Republican year of 2010, Kirk won his Senate seat with less than a majority of the vote (thanks partially to a Green Party candidate). <<
Yeah, the kool-aid drinkers will tell us it's because Kirk "worked harder" in the suburbs than the conservative candidate for Governor, though every single voter I know like myself who actually LIVES in the suburbs (not counting the 10% of the suburbs in Kirk's congressional district) never ONCE saw Kirk or "his people" knock on doors here or lift a finger to have any kind of ground game here. You don't suppose vote fraud caused the conservative to lose? Nahhhhhhhhhh. It's because RINOs are magically more electable and can "win" more votes by never campaigning.
>> So, on the RINO removal front, I’m saving my ammunition, time and very limited funds to devote to efforts to get rid of Senators such as Lindsey Graham where we could almost certainly replace the RINO with a true conservative after that conservative defeated the RINO in the primary. <<
Ah, the tired of "we should only go after RINOs in "red states" talking points. ::YAWN:: You guys break you own "rules" anyway, by gushing over GOP senators in "safe" states who go wobbly on us anyway (no one lifted a finger to challenge John Thune in the primary after he stabbed us in the back, a bunch of you guys wanted to give him a promote to President instead). Fire all your ammo at Lindsey Graham if it makes you feel better, but in the long run it won't change things much because Kirk is 10X worse. Even on his worse days, Graham didn't go around worshiping Planned Parenthood and demanding we surrender in Iraq. You are failing to see the big picture. If we took advice from conervatives like you, we'd never get a conservative majority because MOST states in this country voted for Obama so any Republican we run from states can make the excuse they're just voting how the voters want them to.
IL GOPe: “Kirk is recovering from a stroke. Leave him alone. Also, the local media loves Kirk for being an “indepedent thinker”. Plus Jennifer Aniston sent Kirk a get well card.”
Until marriage is defined as a reproductive union between one man and one woman it ain’t really marriage. Its not a union that is worth defending or supporting.
We need to recreate real marriage in our churches and in our communities. A union that is about family(children) and not self-serving feelings of the parents.
Then it’s settled. I’ll focus my attention on replacing squishes such as Graham with true conservatives and you can focus your attention on defeating RINOs and replacing them with “whatever”.
Of course I suspect the chances are fair that you’ll come out later in 2014 to defend Graham against his conservative opponents (after all, it appears that you’ve already started down that road just a bit).
You, on the other hand, seem to have it backwards. You think people who agree with you 20% of the time are your friend, and people who agree with you 80% of the time are your enemy. The fact Kirk does something decent now and then and is not as liberal as Durbin doesn't make him an ally of ours, it just him a slightly less socialist liberal Obama ally who runs for office with an "R" next to his name.
Check out BillyBoy's #34 for additional insight on Nancy Boy Kirk.
LOL, that’s all I have to say.
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