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Fight Against Gay Marriage? Not if the Iowa GOP Wants Young Voters
Ankeny (IA) Patch ^ | February 4, 2013 | Stephen Schmidt

Posted on 02/06/2013 7:19:48 AM PST by fractionated

Young Republicans in Iowa are still split on the institution of marriage being extended to gay people. But there is a growing consensus among college-aged GOPers that in order to win elections, the party's focus should be elsewhere.

Gay and lesbian campus groups and College Republicans haven't exactly been friendly to one another over the years, in Iowa or the rest of the country.

But there are signs that with this coming generation the trend could be changing, and for the Republican Party that could be critical.

"As a young Republican, I see where the party’s coming from with the idea of traditional marriage, but I cannot support that aspect of the platform," said Victoria Hurst, president of the University of Northern Iowa College Republicans.

She said she supports many Republican ideals, but not the party's stance on gay marriage.

"America has bigger problems than who can and cannot marry; it is time to move beyond this and focus on bigger problems, like the federal deficit and unemployment rates," she said....

A Gallup Poll in November of young voters aged 18-29 found that 73 percent support same-sex marriage. Almost a third of Republicans surveyed support gay marriage.

The Republican Party has been losing the battle for young voters in a convincing way the last three elections....

Libertarian-leaning Republicans and Independents who might otherwise vote Republican for fiscal reasons have considered the opposite ticket, or voted third party, Ginty said, as they feel that the government should not be in the business of restricting freedoms for anyone....

(Excerpt) Read more at ankeny.patch.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: gaymarriage; generationaldivide; homosexualagenda; marriageequality; mentalillness; pedophiles; perverts; romney; romneyagenda; romneymarriage; romneyvsclerks; sodomhusseinobama; stephenschmidt; strategerist; zot
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To: KC_Lion

They’ll happily accept the role of tidy bowl man but at least they get to be captain.


61 posted on 02/06/2013 8:39:00 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: TheOldLady

Pro homo marriage troll “fractionated” bites the dust.


62 posted on 02/06/2013 8:46:29 AM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: cripplecreek

If you can find a decent Image, it sounds like a good Photoshop opportunity of some GOP stooge.

Mitt, Rove, whoever

While Caesar Ubama won't be number 2, they would be the Captain of the Dingy Yacht.


63 posted on 02/06/2013 8:47:03 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: fractionated

More: Super Bowl Champion Ravens Center Matt Birk speaking in defense of traditional marriage

(The very fact that he has to defend marriage demonstrates how far we have fallen as a nation.)

http://www.lifesitenews.com/blog/video-super-bowl-champion-ravens-center-matt-birk-speaking-in-defense-of-tr


64 posted on 02/06/2013 8:47:34 AM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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To: KC_Lion

A kapo or prisoner functionary (German: Funktionshäftling) was a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was assigned by the SS guards to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks in the camp. Also called “prisoner self-administration”, the prisoner functionary system minimized costs by allowing camps to function with fewer SS personnel. The system was also designed to turn victim against victim, as the prisoner functionaries were pitted against their fellow prisoners in order to maintain the favor of their SS guards.


65 posted on 02/06/2013 8:51:45 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek
Believe me Cripple I know what a Kapo is.

For more Horror look into Magda Goebbels and her Step Father Richard Friedländer.

If once you learn that watch the Famous Movie "Downfall". I guarantee you it will leave you numb.

If I recall correctly Soros was literally one wasn't he?

Or did he serve in the Waffen-SS?

66 posted on 02/06/2013 9:05:07 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: Strategerist
I don’t see any plausible method to persuade young voters to change their minds (and certainly the rhetoric seen on a typical FR thread won’t do it

FR, always the villain in your posts.

67 posted on 02/06/2013 9:20:11 AM PST by ansel12 (Romney is a longtime supporter of homosexualizing the Boy Scouts (and the military).)
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To: ansel12; Strategerist

Is a defender of zotted trolls a troll himself?


68 posted on 02/06/2013 9:28:38 AM PST by TheOldLady
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To: KC_Lion

I believe Soros was taken in by a low to mid level nazi officer and helped strip possessions from his fellow Jews.


69 posted on 02/06/2013 9:29:08 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: fractionated; Graybeard58; humblegunner; darkwing104; 50mm; Arrowhead1952; LUV W; Eaker; ...

So long, fractionated (Posting History)
Hat Tip to Graybeard58
Oily concern troll gets attacked by Viking Kitties and burns and sizzles to a crispy crunch and becomes noms



We are pro-life and pro-decency - Take your concern, perversion, and culture of death to your libertarian idiots - we aren't buying it



FReepmail TheOldLady to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.

Humblegunner, thank you for the graphic.

70 posted on 02/06/2013 9:48:38 AM PST by TheOldLady
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To: fractionated

More to consider:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2985886/posts


71 posted on 02/06/2013 9:57:23 AM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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To: TheOldLady
Now, wait just a damn minute - I turned you on to fractionated yesterday and now I get no credit for the zot? You have wounded me deeply. :o)
72 posted on 02/06/2013 9:58:20 AM PST by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: SumProVita

He’s dead, Jim.


73 posted on 02/06/2013 10:00:08 AM PST by TheOldLady
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To: fractionated

the government should not be in the business of promoting mental illness for anyone


74 posted on 02/06/2013 10:01:11 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (If you want to ring the bell - you got to swing the hammer hard!)
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To: TheOldLady

Lol!!....just discovered it after my last post.


75 posted on 02/06/2013 10:02:18 AM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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To: Marcella; Everybody

Oh dear! Sorry! Hat Tip to Marcella, Everybody!!


76 posted on 02/06/2013 10:07:18 AM PST by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady

ZOT Bump! What a loser.


77 posted on 02/06/2013 10:13:28 AM PST by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: fractionated

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2985886/posts
Oh yes, spreading disease is freedom.


78 posted on 02/06/2013 10:17:11 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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To: SumProVita
Been there, done that!   ;) winking
79 posted on 02/06/2013 10:21:14 AM PST by TheOldLady
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To: fractionated

Ask Bawney Fwank about his little homosexual pedophile prostitution ring from his basement.


80 posted on 02/06/2013 10:21:57 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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