Washington decided somewhere along the way these past few years that the Tea Party was not interested in social issues, that the gay issue was kinda dead, that it was all about the debt now. Not everyone got that memo:
Joined by Eagle Forum head Phyllis Schlafly, Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler compared gay marriage to polygamy and incest, and later argued that we shouldn’t give equal marriage rights to gay couples just as “it’s not a right of a three-year old to drive a car.” … Opposition to marriage equality was a major theme at the conference, due in part to fears that young people disproportionately favor legalizing gay marriage. Participants even received a pamphlet “77 Non-Religious Reasons to Support Man/Woman Marriage” from Jennifer Roback Morse of The Ruth Institute, a project of the National Organization for Marriage. The pamphlet harshly criticized gay families as “unjust and cruel to the child” and argues that “we will not be able to maintain a free society” if gay marriage is legalized.
And here is Michele Bachmann:
Minnesota is the first state that has decided that this issue will be on the ballot in 2012, the state of New Hampshire will be taking this issue up as well, and other states. This is the time. And so I want to encourage all of you at home, if you don’t have a similar amendment, consider this in your home states. I believe this is the time to do it. So I just want to say thank you to those who continue to carry that torch.
Does anyone believe that Sarah Palin’s Fundamental Restoration of America Project would not mean the end of gay rights, if she could possibly get away with it?
The Dish 