f there’s any question about what social issue is likely to dominate the 2012 Republican Primary for President, look no further than the issue of gay marriage. Yes, there’s definitely proof that on the whole, grassroots Republicans are less and less concerned about fighting marriage equality. At this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), gay marriage was the issue that polled the absolute lowest when it came time for GOP activists to express what they’re most concerned about.
Somebody should tell that to the folks who will be running the show in 2012. Because if you do a quick survey of the leading contenders for the 2012 GOP Presidential nomination, all of them are rattling some homophobic cages when it comes to the subject of same-sex marriage.
One of the most recent is Mitt Romney, who despite once saying that he would be a better advocate for the LGBT community than the late Senator Ted Kennedy, now thinks that gay people threaten heterosexual marriage. “I continue to believe very deeply, as I have in the last campaign described, that marriage must be defended. I think it’s under attack,” Romney said on Fox News Sunday this past weekend.
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