Posted on 05/02/2013 3:46:58 AM PDT by Kaslin
Well, if Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy did Reagan’s thinking, maybe Patti is right.
Ronald Reagan said that his greatest regret was that Patti and Ron were not Christians. He didn’t worry much about their leftist politics, he had many liberal friends, but was very concerned about their souls.
Reagan was a great man, but he had to adopt to find a real son and I can’t say much for his daughter either.
I am certain Reagan was accepting of queers, No way you can work in the land of fruits and nuts without at least accepting them as co-workers. Hollywood was chock full of queers in Reagans time, and still is. It’s like a plague out there.
That doesn’t mean he was willing to accept same sex marriage.
Interesting read - on Reagan, and on the proper libertarian view is of gay marriage. I agree with Kengor: a proper libertarian view would never endorse the government coming in an post facto defining any contract that millions of people have already entered into - nor would the libertarian view endorse post facto a governmetn redefining a word millions of people understand as a particular thing.
REAGAN would have believed the Bible and shunned pop culture... unlike Cheney.
LLS
Correction: President Reagan did believe the Bible
Oh please...I liked Reagan but he did more to gut the institution of marriage than the homosexuals have.
While Reagan was a friend to many homosexuals and did not support California banning homosexuals from teaching, he clearly spoke out on his opposition to "gay marriage" and the "gay movement":
"Society has always regarded marital love as a sacred expression of the bond between a man and a woman. It is the means by which families are created and society itself is extended into the future. In the Judeo-Christian tradition it is the means by which husband and wife participate with God in the creation of a new human life. It is for these reasons, among others, that our society has always sought to protect this unique relationship. In part the erosion of these values has given way to a celebration of forms of expression most reject. We will resist the efforts of some to obtain government endorsement of homosexuality."These quotes clearly shows that his opposition to banning homosexuals from teaching DID NOT extend to a proselytizing gay movement or a gay corruption of the institution of marriage. It was no more than a Don't Ask Don't Tell position for teachers."My criticism is that [the gay movement] isn’t just asking for civil rights; it’s asking for recognition and acceptance of an alternative lifestyle which I do not believe society can condone, nor can I."
Reagan got along very well with Ron Jr. Patti was always the problem. Why didn't she go to bat for her father when he was president, saying that he was tolerant? The attacks on him from the Left about AIDS and his wanting to kill gay people was greatly untrue.
Right, she knows exactly what he would do now ~ 25 years after he left office.
He still does... and he is with the men that wrote it.
LLS
...says the divorced and remarried Reagan.
*rme*
Sorry, but people often point to what Jesus said about man and woman getting married but leave out what He has to say about divorce. Freepers hate abortion and the gay agenda, but a lot of them love them some divorce. I am allowed to have an opinion about that.
Great bit of comedy by Patti, who spent very little time with her Father until the end, then she realized he was fading.
I detest this twit, so shallow and souless.
I don’t think Reagan would have been a supporter of same-sex marriage. But I also don’t think he would have supported anything at the federal level to prevent it since he was a small-government conservative and a supporter of the 10th Amendment.
Reagan did not want the divorce. It was his 1st wife who sued for divorce because she didn't like him devoting so much time to cleaning the Communist out of the Actors' union. From Wikipedia:
"Following arguments about Reagan's political ambitions, Wyman filed for divorce in 1948, citing a distraction due to her husband's Screen Actors Guild union duties..."
That is not so clear. More than merely not supporting, Reagan spoke of actively resisting what society can not condone. From full Reagan quotes in post #9:
"...We will resist the efforts of some to obtain government endorsement of homosexuality.""My criticism is that [the gay movement] isn’t just asking for civil rights; it’s asking for recognition and acceptance of an alternative lifestyle which I do not believe society can condone, nor can I."
How? I’d really like to know.
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