Steve Schmidt, GOP strategist, comes out for Gay Marriage

[pepperbear]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/17/mccain-strategist-warns-gop-risks-religious-party/


McCain Strategist Warns GOP Risks Becoming 'Religious Party'

John McCain's top adviser from the presidential campaign urged fellow Republicans on Friday to warm up to gay rights and warned that the GOP risks becoming the "religious party" with its opposition to same-sex marriage.

Steve Schmidt, in his first political appearance since the election, spoke at the Washington, D.C., convention for the Log Cabin Republicans -- a grassroots group for gay and lesbian Republicans.

He urged Republicans, in the near-term, to endorse civil unions and stop using the Bible as rationale for gay-marriage opposition.

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Schmidt, whose sister is a lesbian and who supports same-sex marriage, said he understands the Republican Party probably won't reverse its resistance to same-sex marriage anytime soon.

[madeline_con]

1. He'll get the boot within the week.

[Aqaba]

2. You mean that creepy bald headed asshole who resembles...

...JIMMY DALE GUCKERT???

[pepperbear]

3. one and the same...

[Infomaniac]

4. He read the tea leaves,,,

being against gay marriage is a vote loser in places that the Nopers need to make ground if they want to retake Congress.

[bluedawg12]

5. So all four of the cabinettes were there to hear him?

:rofl: