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TexasTowelie

(110,972 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 04:31 PM Jun 2014

Ben Carson’s breathtaking marriage equality compromise: Don’t let gay people get married



Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon and maker of bizarre comparisons between being gay and other things that are not at all like being gay, is still considered by some to be the next great savior of the Republican Party. In fact, a recent poll had him coming in just behind Rand Paul as the Republican second most likely to lose to Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical 2016 run. (The poll had Clinton beating Carson 45 percent to 38 percent, whereas Clinton would beat Paul by 46 percent to 39 percent.)

Carson is currently making the media rounds to promote his new book — and fan the flames of his GOP semi-stardom and speculation about 2016. In conversation with Newsmax TV host Ed Berline on Monday, Carson unveiled the kind of stellar thinking and capacity for bridge-building that has so many Republicans excited about his potential run. When asked if he could come up with a compromise on marriage equality — one of the “biggest, most contentious” issues of our day — he said that we all have to be willing to “understand that not everybody thinks the same way that they think” and “engage in conversation.”

Carson continued, “I don’t think I can impose my will on any two consenting adults. They can do what they want to do, I am not going to try to stop them from doing that.”

Off to a good start, right? So what is this big compromise Carson has in mind to appease both sides on the issue of marriage equality, since he accepts that he can’t impose his will on any two consenting adults? The solution, according to Carson, is to not let gay people get married. Ben Carson’s big compromise on equal marriage is to not let gay people get married.

More at http://www.salon.com/2014/06/24/ben_carsons_breathtaking_marriage_equality_compromise_dont_let_gay_people_get_married/ .
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Ben Carson’s breathtaking marriage equality compromise: Don’t let gay people get married (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2014 OP
That'll really set him apart from the pack. nt el_bryanto Jun 2014 #1
I really do not understand liberalhistorian Jun 2014 #2
There is such a thing as "Newsmax TV"??? arcane1 Jun 2014 #3
Hey, Mr. Carson did you know that... SummerSnow Jun 2014 #4
On a book tour, and a possible candidate? gratuitous Jun 2014 #5

liberalhistorian

(20,809 posts)
2. I really do not understand
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 04:44 PM
Jun 2014

this man's obsession with gays and gay marriage, I really don't. And my experience has been that usually people with such an obsession are self-hating gays in complete denial. I wonder if that's the case with the good doctor here.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
4. Hey, Mr. Carson did you know that...
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 05:05 PM
Jun 2014

Enslaved people could not legally marry in any American colony or state. Colonial and state laws considered them property and commodities, not legal persons who could enter into contracts, and marriage was, and is, very much a legal contract. This means that until 1865 when slavery ended in this country, the vast majority of African Americans could not legally marry. In northern states such as New York, Pennsylvania, or Massachusetts, where slavery had ended by 1830, free African Americans could marry, but in the slave states of the South, many enslaved people entered into relationships that they treated like marriage; they considered themselves husbands and wives even though they knew that their unions were not protected by state laws.


http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1609-1865/essays/aafamilies.htm

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. On a book tour, and a possible candidate?
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 05:08 PM
Jun 2014

I wonder when we'll get the breathless speculation about Dr. Carson's movements and comments and their clear connection to unrelated events? {Gasp!} The U.S. gave up a late goal to Portugal in its World Cup match! This was obviously designed to boost Carson's campaign!

Or does that little game work only one way? Don't tell me, I'll bet I can guess the answer.

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