Ken Mehlman: Why Republicans Should Support Gay Marriage
Ken Mehlman – Why Republicans Should Support Gay Marriage
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Question: How can the Republican Party reach out to the gay community when its policies actively seek to restrict gay rights?
Ken Mehlman: Well, as I’ve said and made some about it news earlier about it this year, I hope that people like myself and others can try and persuade people in the Republican party that if you think about some pretty important issues that we all believe in, whether it’s freedom, whether it’s frankly the value of community, that on issues like for example freedom to marry, the right to marry it’s consistent with the Republican philosophy to be supportive of two adults who love each other whether they be gay or straight, having the right to get married.
Ken Mehlman: I do hope the Republican Party in the future will look in the mirror and the leaders in the party will think about where we stand and say, “You know what, the party of Lincoln ought to be about letting adults who love each other to be married. “ And their party of Lincoln ought to be about giving people more or personal freedom. And the party of Lincoln, frankly, ought to be about encouraging the community that is built when two people who love each other decide their going to spend their whole life together, and that requires people to look in the mirror and it requires people in the past, who haven’t been on that side to think about where they will want to be on this issue.
Big Think
Question: How can the Republican Party reach out to the gay community when its policies actively seek to restrict gay rights?
Ken Mehlman: Well, as I’ve said and made some about it news earlier about it this year, I hope that people like myself and others can try and persuade people in the Republican party that if you think about some pretty important issues that we all believe in, whether it’s freedom, whether it’s frankly the value of community, that on issues like for example freedom to marry, the right to marry it’s consistent with the Republican philosophy to be supportive of two adults who love each other whether they be gay or straight, having the right to get married.
Ken Mehlman: I do hope the Republican Party in the future will look in the mirror and the leaders in the party will think about where we stand and say, “You know what, the party of Lincoln ought to be about letting adults who love each other to be married. “ And their party of Lincoln ought to be about giving people more or personal freedom. And the party of Lincoln, frankly, ought to be about encouraging the community that is built when two people who love each other decide their going to spend their whole life together, and that requires people to look in the mirror and it requires people in the past, who haven’t been on that side to think about where they will want to be on this issue.
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