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« on: June 27, 2015, 04:27:54 PM »

Are there any Democratic elected officials who made unambiguously critical/negative statements following yesterday's ruling? Any Republican officials who expressed happiness?
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« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2015, 05:23:11 PM »

Are there any Democratic elected officials who made unambiguously critical/negative statements following yesterday's ruling? Any Republican officials who expressed happiness?
I thought quite a few 'pubs came out in favor of gay marriage. I don't know of many Democrats who opposed it though.
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« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2015, 07:06:41 PM »

Mississippi AG Jim Hood, maybe?
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« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2015, 07:21:33 PM »


Even that seems a request for clarification.
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« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2015, 07:34:28 PM »

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker was pretty happy about it:

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So was his Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito:

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« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2015, 07:52:23 PM »


Yeah, I think he's trying to pretend to act negative, which is a little strange, because he's already on record as a gay marriage supporter.

As best I understand, he is technically correct that Mississippi can't issue the licenses until the Fifth Circuit removes the stay (or until the Supreme Court steps in and does it themselves), but it's kinda silly because obviously if we just went ahead and did it, it's not like there would be any chance of Mississippi losing a lawsuit over this technicality (or have standing to sue in the first place).

Assuming the stay is lifted early next week, I guess it doesn't really matter at all. A few anti-marriage equality voters think Jim Hood tried to stop gay marriage and vote for him in November, while gays can get married just a few days later (and hopefully still earlier than Kansas and Louisiana). If this drags on any longer than that, we have a huge problem though.
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2015, 12:10:58 PM »

Are there any Democratic elected officials who made unambiguously critical/negative statements following yesterday's ruling? Any Republican officials who expressed happiness?
I thought quite a few 'pubs came out in favor of gay marriage. I don't know of many Democrats who opposed it though.

I'm guessing Zell Miller is outraged.
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« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2015, 12:19:46 PM »

So was his Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito:

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As a legislator, she was very anti-gay during the fight for marriage equality. She left that all behind when she joined Baker's team.
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« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2015, 12:23:18 PM »

I'm sure Lindsey Graham is happy and positive. 
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« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2015, 03:57:24 PM »

Justin Amash, from his fb post (excerpt):

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« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2015, 07:56:55 PM »

Arnold Schwarzenegger did the rainbow-your-profile-pic thing on twitter, IIRC
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« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2015, 12:26:01 AM »

Arnold Schwarzenegger did the rainbow-your-profile-pic thing on twitter, IIRC

Well, Arnold's position has always been that the courts should legalize gay marriage. He was probably glad that no activist legislators were legislating from the legislature.
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