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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 dont 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 cant impose his will on any two consenting adults? The solution, according to Carson, is to not let gay people get married. Ben Carsons 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/ .
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)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.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)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)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.