Prior to the ruling, only a handful of Congressional Republicans were in favor

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

That is a stain that they won't be able to remove easily.

So they were a few years behind the Democrats.

That's not particularly important.

Nor is it particularly noteworthy; republicans, you see, are nearly always a couple years behind the democrats.

Man, its almost like they were conservatives or something, oh wait...

[CountryClassSF]

Without cultural issues, we don't really have a two party system anymore. We have the Democrats who are for high taxes, and the Democrats who are for lower taxes. That's pretty much it.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

But Torie, you want a Republican President to appoint Supreme Court justices who would vote to overturn this decision, if they got the chance.  No?

Ted Olsen will overturn SSM?

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Have any Congressional Republicans changed their mind, or is this just so that we can bump the thread in 10 years and show how hardly any Republicans supported gay marriage at the time of the Supreme Court ruling?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

The Supreme Court is not going to take up a suit to reverse gay marriage.  They know that a back and forth on the question of the status of so many individuals, based on the composition of the Court, will diminish the institution (both that of the Court and of the legal status of marriage).   Roberts in particular would not stand for it.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Without cultural issues, we don't really have a two party system anymore. We have the Democrats who are for high taxes, and the Democrats who are for lower taxes. That's pretty much it.

This basically. Democrats who love big government and embrace it and Democrats who rail against big government while voting to expand its powers.

[Mister Mets]

That is a stain that they won't be able to remove easily.

So they were a few years behind the Democrats.

That's not particularly important.

Nor is it particularly noteworthy; republicans, you see, are nearly always a couple years behind the democrats.

Sure.

But this also isn't like slavery, where Lincoln had expressed his opposition years before he became President. Democrats haven't been leading lights here.

[RINO Tom]

Without cultural issues, we don't really have a two party system anymore. We have the Democrats who are for high taxes, and the Democrats who are for lower taxes. That's pretty much it.

I'm sure that's how you see it.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

That is a stain that they won't be able to remove easily.

Lets point out the stains of the Democrats for once. Ones they will never be rid of. Secession, segregation, secularism, and socialism. This is a Democrat stain not a Republican one.

[Zioneer]

That is a stain that they won't be able to remove easily.

Lets point out the stains of the Democrats for once. Ones they will never be rid of. Secession, segregation, secularism, and socialism. This is a Democrat stain not a Republican one.

Oh come on, you're not even trying. Lets go down the list.

Secession: The Democrats of today's America don't agree with secession, and I would wager that they want the Confederate flag to go down more than Republicans at this point. The Dixiecrats are dead.

Segregation: Same as with secession; the modern Democrats support voting rights, a generally more multicultural society, and probably would support integrated busing if it were an issue now. Additionally, their candidates for public office tend to be more diverse (and therefore less segregated) than the Republicans. Also, it was a Democratic president that pushed for and signed the Civil Rights Act. The next Republican president was wary of busing and so forth.

Secularism: Ignoring the fact that secularism isn't that bad in many cases, the Democrats have pastors and religious people in their party. Heck, the state senator that died in the Charleston shooting was a pastor. And all modern Democratic presidents tend to say things like "God bless America" and so forth. The Democratic Party is more open and inviting to secular people and atheists though, so you get half a point for that.

Socialism: If you call wanting a working social safety net socialism, then sure. Though I will remind you that it was a Democratic president, Woodrow Wilson, that imprisoned thousands of Socialists before and during WW1. And it was generally Democratic presidents that waged war against Socialist nations during the Cold War (Korea and Vietnam).

As for the idea that the two parties don't have cultural issues anymore, there's still abortion. That'll be a hot-button issue forever. And the death penalty. And the drug war. And as of now, gay marriage is still an issue, if one settled by the courts.

[Kingpoleon]

Well to be fair, many of the voters in their districts are still bravely going against the grain.

It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!

Better yet:

"It's Lot and his daughters! Not Lot and his sons!"

[angus]

Prior to the ruling, only a handful of Congressional Republicans were in favor

Prior to two years ago, both President Obama and secretary Clinton were not in favor either.  Don't overexpose.  Stain.  Maculata.  No one is immaculate.  And no one will really give a shit.  Moral fashions come and go.  This one's kinda fun to get high on, but don't take yourself so seriously.  

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

That is a stain that they won't be able to remove easily.

Lets point out the stains of the Democrats for once. Ones they will never be rid of. Secession, segregation, secularism, and socialism. This is a Democrat stain not a Republican one.

Is that you, Oldiesfreak?

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

That is a stain that they won't be able to remove easily.

Lets point out the stains of the Democrats for once. Ones they will never be rid of. Secession, segregation, secularism, and socialism. This is a Democrat stain not a Republican one.

Is that you, Oldiesfreak?

I'm not Oldiesfreak.