Republicans Come Out of Closet – IS THERE ANY THING IN AMERICA LEFT TO BRING OUT OF THE ‘CLOSET’?

   

“One of the points that I hope people appreciate when they read the brief is that supporting marriage equality is, in fact, the conservative position,” Mehlman told the Boston Globe


The brief argues that the 14th Amendment requires equal protection, which means that homosexuals should be permitted then to marry each other. “Although amici hold a broad spectrum of socially and politically conservative, moderate, and libertarian views, amici share the view that laws that bar same-sex couples from the institution of civil marriage, with all its attendant profoundly important rights and responsibilities, are inconsistent with the United States Constitution’s dual promises of equal protection and due process,” it reads.


Besides Mehlman, others who signed the brief include 
former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani,
former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge,
former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, 
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, 
retired U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal,
former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz,
two aides to 2008 presidential candidate John McCain and
his daughter Meghan, and
several aides who served  Mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who ran for office in 2012.
Dan Blum, the 2011-2012 campaign manager for Scott Walker,
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois,
U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida,
former U.S. Rep. Rick Lazio of New York,
former U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis of South Carolina and
political commentator C.E. Cupp
were also among the over 300 signees

As previously reported, in 2013, approximately 130 Republican leaders signed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court expressing their support for same-sex “marriage” as the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was being deliberated by the nine justices on the bench.


Those signing at that time included include Stephen Hadley, former security adviser to George W. Bushormer justice department official James Coney, former commerce secretary Carlos Gutierrez, and former Reagan budget director David Stockman. Former New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman, former Massachusetts governors William Weld and Jane Wift, and former California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman.  The list of signees grew to over 300 with this week’s submitted brief.


As previously reported, possible presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told the American Family Association (AFA) in October that if Republicans continue to give in on same-sex “marriage”, he—and other Christians—will leave the party.


“[I]f the Republicans want to lose guys like me and a whole bunch of still God-fearing, Bible-believing people, go ahead and just abdicate on this issue, and go ahead and say abortion doesn’t matter, either. Because at that point, you lose me, I’m gone,” he declared. “I’ll become an independent. I’ll start finding people that have guts to stand. I’m tired of this.”

A full list of signees may be viewed below.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/257812300/List-of-Amici