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Dennis Donovan

(30,244 posts)
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 08:51 AM Dec 2024

Raw Story: This Michigan lawmaker wants to 'Make Gay Marriage Illegal Again'

Raw Story - This Michigan lawmaker wants to ‘Make Gay Marriage Illegal Again’



David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
December 3, 2024
6:53AM ET

Republican state lawmaker Josh Schriver, who calls himself "Michigan's most conservative state representative" and a "White rapper," said Monday he wants to "Make gay marriage illegal again."

Rep. Schriver insists ripping apart the families of millions of Americans and stripping them of their civil and constitutional rights is "not remotely controversial, nor extreme." Nearly seven out of ten Americans (69%) say same-sex marriage should be legal—which it has been nationwide in the United States for nearly a decade.

He followed that up just hours later by declaring, "20 years ago, Barack Obama was more conservative on marriage than many Republicans today. America only 'accepted' gay marriage after it was thrusted into her by a perverted Supreme Court ruling. America 2124 doesn’t have to be as dysfunctional as America 2024. ORDER! ORDER!"

(In 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the same constitutional rights and responsibilities to marriage as different-sex couples, the majority of the country was already in support of marriage equality.)

In addition to calling for a ban on same-sex marriage, Schriver has suggested the "endgame" for Republicans should be banning transgender medical care for everyone, as The Advocate reported in January. He also says not allowing conscience exemptions for DMV employees to discriminate against transgender Michiganders "is going to lead to (more) Christian persecution."

Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel on Monday responded to Rep. Schriver, asking: "Please explain how dissolving my marriage, or that of the hundreds of thousands of other same-sex couples living in America, provides a benefit to your constituents or anyone else. You’re not interested in helping Michiganders. You want only to hurt those you hate. Shame on you."

/snip


Oh, Christians are soooooo persecuted here in the US!
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Raw Story: This Michigan lawmaker wants to 'Make Gay Marriage Illegal Again' (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Dec 2024 OP
He looks like such a little punk. Will someone please ask him why! And make him answer. Walleye Dec 2024 #1
We know why. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #2
EXACTLY!!! niyad Dec 2024 #8
First thing I thought of... johnnyplankton Dec 2024 #18
Yeah...my gaydar is blaring with more returns than counterfeit clothing on Amazon SpankMe Dec 2024 #21
Or "research" on the culture johnnyplankton Dec 2024 #32
First thing I said to myself (out loud) upon opening this thread, "look at that guy" with a big laugh... wcmagumba Dec 2024 #3
That's why I put his pic at the top Dennis Donovan Dec 2024 #4
Backpfeifengesicht niyad Dec 2024 #9
Hell, Dude, why stop there. Chipper Chat Dec 2024 #5
He lost the chesse off his cracker. Historic NY Dec 2024 #6
Maybe never had any? niyad Dec 2024 #10
Obergefell is toast within three years Prairie Gates Dec 2024 #7
yeah that seemed pretty much guarenteed, even if Harris had gotten elected. SCROTUS still would have done that Takket Dec 2024 #16
ug, these hate filled monsters are absolutely disgusting Takket Dec 2024 #11
Rural and Reagan-republican district superpatriotman Dec 2024 #12
So he's just yet another typical republican racist and bigot? canuckledragger Dec 2024 #20
Oh sure, and when you've achieved that Loving is next right? bluesbassman Dec 2024 #13
" You want only to hurt those you hate. Shame on you." Passages Dec 2024 #14
I live in Michigan. I love Nessel. She is a real bulldog, fearless and does not take any of this political bullshit Takket Dec 2024 #17
Fantastic, we need more of that..fearless. Passages Dec 2024 #19
POS also wants to ban birth control dalton99a Dec 2024 #15
'Thrust into her'? Freud anyone? Joinfortmill Dec 2024 #22
How long until . . . AverageOldGuy Dec 2024 #23
He is acting on his "trump mandate" Norbert Dec 2024 #24
Ugh, another "bro". Nt NEOH Dec 2024 #25
Besides the rabid ferrets running around in his skull... lonely bird Dec 2024 #26
Dennis Donovan............ Upthevibe Dec 2024 #27
Joe McCarthy was also closeted n/t AntiFascist Dec 2024 #29
His bio WestMichRad Dec 2024 #28
That's what gets me Dem4life1234 Dec 2024 #31
Or... WestMichRad Dec 2024 #37
Why do they enjoy being vindictive? Dem4life1234 Dec 2024 #30
I wonder if Schriver is part of the religious-right "culture" in Michigan. keep_left Dec 2024 #33
Fully expecting his Grindr history NameAlreadyTaken Dec 2024 #34
Oh, just STFU, Dude! No one's demanding You marry a man! electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #35
Fuck you Josh Schriver! Initech Dec 2024 #36

SpankMe

(3,429 posts)
21. Yeah...my gaydar is blaring with more returns than counterfeit clothing on Amazon
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 11:09 AM
Dec 2024

I'd like to see his Internet browser cache. Probably lots of pix of a "model" named "Rex the human tripod". But, I'm sure it's just for artistic purposes.

wcmagumba

(3,814 posts)
3. First thing I said to myself (out loud) upon opening this thread, "look at that guy" with a big laugh...
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:30 AM
Dec 2024

Prairie Gates

(4,836 posts)
7. Obergefell is toast within three years
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:10 AM
Dec 2024

I don't know why people are confused or in denial about this. We'll be damn lucky to get to 2030 without Loving being overturned.

Takket

(22,936 posts)
16. yeah that seemed pretty much guarenteed, even if Harris had gotten elected. SCROTUS still would have done that
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:45 AM
Dec 2024

not sure anything can be done to stop it.

it would be great to live in a country where things accepted by over 60% of the population were guaranteed rights we could not lose.

superpatriotman

(6,679 posts)
12. Rural and Reagan-republican district
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:30 AM
Dec 2024

“There is an anti-White agenda,” Schriver has also said, according to The Daily Beast. He said there is also a “racist plan to replace Whites with non-Whites through illegal immigration to irreversibly warp America’s demographics, voting citizens, and national identity to keep power in the hands of a godless regime.”

 

canuckledragger

(1,992 posts)
20. So he's just yet another typical republican racist and bigot?
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 11:07 AM
Dec 2024

along with the completely expected projection of his own actions on others?

bluesbassman

(20,243 posts)
13. Oh sure, and when you've achieved that Loving is next right?
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:34 AM
Dec 2024

These people are drunk with a “mandate” that doesn’t exist.

Passages

(2,607 posts)
14. " You want only to hurt those you hate. Shame on you."
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:35 AM
Dec 2024

I'm glad to see she worded it that way because that is exactly his intention.

Takket

(22,936 posts)
17. I live in Michigan. I love Nessel. She is a real bulldog, fearless and does not take any of this political bullshit
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:47 AM
Dec 2024

Calls things out exactly as they are.

AverageOldGuy

(2,530 posts)
23. How long until . . .
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 11:23 AM
Dec 2024

. . . Someone reveals his history with little girls, little boys, and maybe even farm animals?

I give him a week.

lonely bird

(2,240 posts)
26. Besides the rabid ferrets running around in his skull...
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 11:56 AM
Dec 2024

The guy has some weird eyes.

In other words, a Republican.

Upthevibe

(9,480 posts)
27. Dennis Donovan............
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 12:09 PM
Dec 2024

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, my gaydar is way up on this p.o.s. WTF?!

WestMichRad

(2,237 posts)
28. His bio
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 12:26 PM
Dec 2024

Rep. Josh Schriver was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2022. He represents Michigan’s 66th House District, which contains Bruce and Washington townships in Macomb County and Addison, Brandon, Oakland, and Oxford townships in Oakland County. Lives in Oxford MI.

He is a graduate of Michigan State U (2015) and further got an MS in psychology. Has worked as a kindergarten teacher and as a board certified behavior analyst to develop client-specific programs to support children with autism and their families in home, school, and clinic.

All of which suggests that a person can do good while being a POS in other aspects of life.

Dem4life1234

(2,530 posts)
31. That's what gets me
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 06:27 PM
Dec 2024

He's not some backwoods ignorant uneducated hillbilly.

He's well educated, maybe he's closeted and hates himself? Perhaps a pedo?

keep_left

(2,840 posts)
33. I wonder if Schriver is part of the religious-right "culture" in Michigan.
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 07:12 PM
Dec 2024

There's a lot of it, although it tends to be found primarily in Ann Arbor, because that's where radtrad Catholic billionaire Tom Monaghan set up his idiotic "think" tanks and foundations years ago. Monaghan owns a huge chunk of real estate called Domino's Farms where he's set up all sorts of phony nonprofits, many of which exist to persecute liberal and progressive movements inside the Church. The fact that Schriver is on the record favoring the banning of contraception and marriage equality suggests that he is at least of the same mind as Monaghan and the radtrads, even if he's not part of them.

The article also mentions that Schriver got into hot water with his colleagues for his support of Jack "Prilosec"...er...Posobiec, an alt-right activist and professional troll. Posobiec's neo-Nazi activities got him cashiered from what would have been a cushy career in Naval intelligence.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219354338#post3

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