Posted on 01/06/2015 3:27:30 PM PST by BlatherNaut
While opponents of same-sex marriage are vowing to fight on, former Gov. Jeb Bush sounds ready to move on as he considers a potential bid for president.
“We live in a democracy, and regardless of our disagreements, we have to respect the rule of law,” Bush said in a statement Monday. “I hope that we can also show respect for the good people on all sides of the gay and lesbian marriage issue — including couples making lifetime commitments to each other who are seeking greater legal protections and those of us who believe marriage is a sacrament and want to safeguard religious liberty.”
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Has Boehner endorsed Jebbie yet, or is that being saved for the climax?
They surely will vote Bush in TX, did so on Nov. 4, 2014, for that matter.
The country is finished. F u jeb
Obeying SCOTUS when they are wrong is NOT the "rule of law".
There seems to be more and more of us getting the message, isn’t there?
We'd love to. But we have rogue judges, militant gays venue shopping and jumped-up local officials violating the will of the people as expressed time and again.
In addition, does this respect for the rule of law extend to our borders? Our welfare system vis-a-vis eligibility?
Isn't it interesting that unilateral abandonment of principles is described as 'moving on' or 'getting it off the table?' If we follow this policy to its logical conclusion what, exactly, will Jeb Bush and/or the GOP actually stand for?
Well put.
If we follow this policy to its logical conclusion what, exactly, will Jeb Bush and/or the GOP actually stand for?
The New World Order.
Because we have allowed government to define “marriage” for its own purposes (such as taxation and regulation of estates), we have allowed government to define marriage as a social institution. That was fine as long as people in control of government were generally supportive of God’s original definition of marriage. However we have entered a time when a growing number of people in control of government want to redefine marriage for their own purposes, which in part is contrary to God’s definition.
Marriage is now far more a matter of politics and ideology than of private religious beliefs.
Therefore, for the sake of marriage as God defines it, it is time to remove from government the power to define who is married and who is not. Then people could form whatever relationships they please but they could not force those who disagree to be enablers for those relationships. And we would not have schools that must teach that homosexual “marriages” are just as legitimate as heterosexual ones. Nor would we have owners of wedding-related services being threatened with arrest and being convicted of a crime for merely declining to artfully photograph a “marriage” they find morally repugnant.
Marxism and "force" are inseparable.
Terry Schiavo.
Now, people, now that the GOP has finally openly declared war on Conservatives, do you really want the guy running the show and picking the death panels to be the one who would starve and dehydrate a helpless woman to death?
He could have stopped it.
If what was done to that lady had been done to an axe murderer there would have been an incredible outcry over 'cruel and unusual punishment'.
What was her crime?
Not only NO, Jeb, but HELL NO!
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too bad the guys who are supposedly on “our side” don’t get that
That’s the story of the Bush family. The Dems grab power and enact Socialist programs. The Bushes shrug and say we have to accept it. No More Bushes. Ever.
“We live in a democracy, and regardless of our disagreements, we have to respect the rule of law,” Bush said in a statement Monday.
Our form of government is a Constitutional Republic. I am sick of these people saying it is a democracy.
Law? This is a sick joke foisted on the country by dissolute elitist judges who make up public policy at cocktail parties and bathhouses.
Will of the people to democratically establish the law be damned. Gay gods in black dresses will determine "the rule of law" by judicial edict, dontchaknow.
Florida had a constitutional amendment that was set by the voters there and thrown out because a judge said that it was against the US Constitution. Nothing in the US constitution about marriage or homosexuals. Gods in black dresses made it up. That isn't democracy or the rule of law. It is judicial tyranny. B'uh bye, Jeb.
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On Jeb Bush, America is ready to move on.
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