Back in June when the Calif. gay marriage ban was declared unconstitutional only the extreme "professional" anti-gay crowd had much to say. The GOP lawmakers kept quiet. Now that the Don't Ask, Don't Tell ban on gays in the military has also been declared unconstitutional the GOP lawmakers are again quiet. That's a good sign the policy is pretty much over -- except the GOP will still put on a good filibuster show when it comes before the Senate next week.
The Tea Party has long said to be (1) individual groups of concerned citizens who have spontaneously gathered together with no national organization to (2) change government economic policy. I also hear the Brooklyn Bridge is for sale.
Dick Armey spoke to the Christian Science Monitor a few days ago. I'm sure the name is familiar. His current job is Director of FreedomWorks, the group that provides the national organization and orchestration of the various Tea Party groups. So much for part 1 above. Armey said that once their planned takeover of Congress is complete they will switch from economic issues to social issues. And there goes part 2.
I'm sure we can all recite exactly which social issues the various Tea Party groups have been (not so) carefully silent about during this campaign season.
Michigan's Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell is showing that he isn't a nice man. Chris Armstrong is the first openly gay student body president at the University of Michigan and Shirvell doesn't like that one bit. Put it another way, Shirvell has created a personal blog with the purpose of bullying Armstrong. Shirvell's boss, AG Mike Cox, has essentially said, Gee Andy, that's not a wise thing to say. But, sorry folks, Andy's doing it on his own time and his free speech is protected.
Mike Cox will not be AG come January. I don't know if Shirvell's employment ends then as well. If the GOP candidate (I forget the name) wins, maybe not. The GOP candidate might just like an assistant who is a bully.
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