"Rob Portman said what now?"
And The Great Gay Off of 2013 has begun.
Fresh on the heels of Hillary Clinton's having been fresh on the stilettos of Rob Portman, Sen. Claire McCaskill (Confused - Missouri) yesterday became the latest Democrat to remind us she had never previously uttered word one in favor of marriage equality, thus pointing up yet again just how many liberals progressives Democrats have managed to skate without taking an actual position on a civil rights question. Thanks to the GOP being slightly to the right of Ghengis Khan on this issue, Dems have previously been able to give lip service to gay rights without actually moving their lips. But now, in the wake of Rob Portman's epiphany that his gay son was an actual human being deserving of civil rights, McCaskill, like Clinton before her, realized it was high time to get on record in regards to gay marriage before she ended up coming off as slightly less enlightened than Torquemada.
"I have come to the conclusion that our government should not limit
the right to marry based on who you love," she wrote. "While churches
should never be required to conduct marriages outside of their religious
beliefs, neither should the government tell people who they have a
right to marry."
McCaskill, who made her announcement via Tumblr, a forum of which no doubt she hoped the majority of her backwater constituents had never heard (or couldn't spell if they had), went on to say that her views on the subject, like those of manyinvertebrates
politicians, have evolved over time, but that she is now unable to look
her gay and lesbian friends, colleagues, and staff "in the eye without
honestly confronting this uncomfortable inequality."
Left unsaid was that staying to the right of Rob Portman on this issue would have justified her gay and lesbian friends, colleagues, and staff punching her in the face repeatedly.
And The Great Gay Off of 2013 continues. Can you predict which Democrat will stand up and state (or, like McCaskill, blog) the obvious next? And which Democrats will drag their feet so long that they end up not only being behind Rob Portman on this particular curve, but perhaps also behind John Roberts?
McCaskill, who made her announcement via Tumblr, a forum of which no doubt she hoped the majority of her backwater constituents had never heard (or couldn't spell if they had), went on to say that her views on the subject, like those of many
Left unsaid was that staying to the right of Rob Portman on this issue would have justified her gay and lesbian friends, colleagues, and staff punching her in the face repeatedly.
And The Great Gay Off of 2013 continues. Can you predict which Democrat will stand up and state (or, like McCaskill, blog) the obvious next? And which Democrats will drag their feet so long that they end up not only being behind Rob Portman on this particular curve, but perhaps also behind John Roberts?
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