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Raw Story: This Michigan lawmaker wants to 'Make Gay Marriage Illegal Again' [View all]
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."
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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."
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Oh, Christians are soooooo persecuted here in the US!
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