GOP Funds Pro-abortion Homosexual Candidates

This week's congressional budget deal demonstrated that winning power in D.C. is priority "numero uno" for the Republican Party -- principles and moral beliefs "take a back seat."  In fact, House Speaker John Boehner is backing the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) in its financial support for at least two openly homosexual candidates who vehemently advocate the Gay Agenda and abortion on demand, in opposition to the GOP platform.

“Our decisions on the Republican nominees we support will not be based on race, gender or sexual orientation but will be based on the strength of their candidacy and their ability to defeat Democrats.”
-- Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), chairman of the NRCC

For background, read GOP Strategy: Dump Old Uneducated Christian Voters

Also read GOP Congressman Proudly Fund Abortionists, Gay Agenda

In addition, read New Jersey GOP Gov. Christie Says Homosexuality is NOT a Sin and read of so many Republicans "evolving" to support the Gay Agenda.

UPDATE 4/14/14: GOP Platform OKs Abortion & 'Gay Marriage' at Nevada Convention



-- From "Rep. Randy Forbes [R-Va.] pressuring national Republicans to withhold money from gay candidates" by CNN Wire 12/9/13

The NRCC is tasked with recruiting and helping to elect candidates, as well as incumbents, to the House every two years. For part of its financial substance, it collects millions of dollars in membership dues from incumbent lawmakers.

In next year’s midterm elections, there are two openly gay GOP candidates who are well positioned to challenge Democratic incumbents. Richard Tisei, a former state lawmaker who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2012, is running again for a Massachusetts seat.

In San Diego, former city councilman Carl DeMaio is challenging Democratic Rep. Scott Peters. DeMaio ran for San Diego mayor last year, but lost to the now-disgraced Democrat Bob Filner, who resigned after facing a barrage of sexual harassment claims.

Both candidates would have to face primaries before being guaranteed a spot on the November general election ballot. But if they do win their respective primaries, they’ve been widely praised as potential pick-ups for the GOP in the House. Rep. Patrick McHenry, who serves as the NRCC’s top recruiter, has touted both as top-tier candidates.

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From "Rep. Randy Forbes: Deny money to gay candidates" by Austin Wright and Jake Sherman, Politico 12/4/13

On Thursday, following POLITICO’S report, House Speaker John Boehner said his party should support gay Republican congressional candidates. . . .

In recent years, Republicans have slowly tried to make inroads with the gay community. As gay marriage becomes more common, many GOP officials have softened their stance. Since the 2012 election, Republicans have similarly tried to make inroads with other neglected voting blocs, including women and Hispanics.

Many senior House Republicans haven’t shied away from giving money to Tisei or DeMaio. The NRCC supported Tisei in 2012, and many top Republicans contributed to his campaign. The political arm of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) gave DeMaio $10,000 in June. And Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) chipped in $5,000 the same month.

Many Republicans seem willing to back DeMaio. Rep. Darrell Issa, a senior California Republican who has endorsed him, said that “he will be supported by the NRCC when he wins the primary.”

Rep. Duncan Hunter, a California Republican on the Armed Services Committee, said if DeMaio is the “Republican candidate, that’s who we’re going to back.”

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From "GOP will keep supporting gay candidates despite congressman's complaints" by Rebecca Berg, Washington Examiner 12/6/13

"Typically, most, if not all, members of the House Republican Conference were focused on one thing — winning the majority," said one former NRCC senior aide. "That requires diversity in the candidate recruitment class whether it that has to do with positions on issues from the Second Amendment to abortion rights or a candidate's ethnicity or sexual orientation."

"Most of the people who are really wealthy, they don’t care about gay marriage, for or against it," said one Republican fundraiser. "The NRCC is not going to lose any donors because they give to gay candidates."

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From "GOP says it will continue to fund homosexual candidates despite Congressman’s objections" by Kirsten Andersen, LifeSiteNews 12/9/13

Despite – or perhaps because of – their unorthodox positions on social issues, both DeMaio and Tisei have become darlings of the GOP leadership, who have named both men as picks for the NRCC’s “Young Guns” program, which funds the most promising would-be Congressional freshmen. Their candidacies are part of a larger strategy being referred to among Republican insiders as the “new generation,” seemingly a reference to a 95-page election year post-mortem by the College Republicans examining what went wrong between the GOP and young voters.

That report, titled “Grand Old Party for a Brand New Generation,” argued that as public support for same-sex “marriage” increases, especially among so-called “Millennials” between the ages of 18 and 29, the party should downplay its opposition to gay unions and seek out “diversity of opinion” in its candidates.

“There is hardly an appetite from this generation to see the GOP crusade against same-sex marriage,” the group wrote. “In the short run … the best course of action for the party may be to promote the diversity of opinion on the issue within its ranks (after all, for quite some time, former vice president Dick Cheney was to the left of President Obama on same-sex marriage) and to focus on acceptance and support for gay people as separate from the definition of marriage.”

The same report described the party’s pro-life platform as a liability with young voters who, although largely supporting limits on legal abortion, see the Republican Party as “extreme” on the issue.

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From "GOP Committee Financially Backs 2 Pro-Abortion, Pro-Gay Marriage Candidates" by Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews.com 12/13/13

Concerning Tisei’s congressional run, [GOP House Minority Leader Eric] Cantor said, "We all came here from somewhere. It is the opportunity that drew us here, and he will have every bit of opportunity, as an openly gay Republican, as any other Republican. I told him, we're fully behind him. I'm supportive of his candidacy and look forward to serving with him."

According to the Washington Post, Tisei’s candidacy “has won the support of the entire House Republican leadership, including a $5,000 check from the PAC run by the vice-presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).”

The 2012 Republican Party Platform opposes abortion and homosexual marriage.  The GOP Platform references abortion in several sections and says, among other things, “Through Obamacare, the current Administration has promoted the notion of abortion as healthcare. We, however, affirm the dignity of women by protecting the sanctity of human life. Numerous studies have shown that abortion endangers the health and wellbeing of women, and we stand firmly against it.”

As for “gay marriage,” the 2012 Republican Party Platform says, “We reaffirm our support for a Constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. We applaud the citizens of the majority of States which have enshrined in their constitutions the traditional concept of marriage, and we support the campaigns underway in several other States to do so.”

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From "GOP's 'Young Guns' Program Backs Pro-Abortion, Pro-Gay Marriage Candidates for Congress" by Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews.com 12/13/13

The National Republican Congressional Committee announced on Nov. 21 that Tisei and DeMaio were among 36 candidates placed "On the Radar" level of the "Young Guns" program.

"‘On the Radar’ is the first level of the committee’s ‘Young Guns’ program, and will help to provide candidates and their campaigns the tools they need to run successful, winning campaigns against their Democratic opponents," states the NRCC. "As participants in this program, these candidates will continue to work with the committee and the program’s original founders to ensure that their campaigns remain competitive, well-funded and communicative within their districts."

On the "About" page for "Young Guns," it states the program was co-founded in 2007-08 by Reps. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) and that it "seeks to grow the Republican Majority in the House of Representatives." It further says, "Candidates who achieve Young Gun status have successfully collaborated with the NRCC and completed the benchmarks that establish a path to victory on Election Day."

Neither the DeMaio ["Young Guns"] page nor the Tisei page mentions that the candidate is gay or that both men support abortion and same-sex marriage. Nor does Tisei's "Young Guns" page mention that he is "married" to his partner.

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Also read how the GOP Has Failed the Nationwide Marriage Amendment Test; and the answer to this question is now known: Will the GOP Go Pro-abortion in Addition to Pro-Gay?

In addition, read Senator Ted Cruz Says the Gay Agenda Ends Christian Liberty

Fed. Cost to Defend Marriage Affordable

Compared to the federal spending on Planned Parenthood (nearly $400 million every year), the estimated legal cost to defend the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 (DOMA) would be less: Under $500 million over a period of years.

For background, read White House Torpedoed Marriage from Start and also read Obama 'Throws Marriage Under the Bus'

UPDATE 4/26/11: Coca-Cola "went to bat" for Gay Lobby - pressured law firm to drop DOMA

UPDATE 4/25/11: Defense law firm backs out after intimidation by powerful Gay Lobby

-- From "Pelosi questions costs in legal fight over gay marriage" by Catalina Camia, USA TODAY 4/20/11

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is raising questions about the GOP's contract with former U.S. solicitor general Paul Clement to defend the law that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriage.

Under the contract with Clement's firm King and Spaulding, costs are capped at $500,000.

"The minority leader's new-found concern for saving taxpayers money is encouraging. We hope it means we can count on her support for reducing DOJ's budget to recoup any costs incurred by the House so that taxpayers will bear no added cost for the administration's refusal to defend the laws of the United States," [House Speaker John] Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck said.

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From "House to pay up to $520 per hour to defend gay marriage ban" by Brian Montopoli CBS News 4/19/11

. . . Traditionally the federal government [the president's Department of Justice] defends challenges to federal law, but not in this case - after defending it for two years, the Obama administration announced in February it would no longer defend the law because it believes it is unconstitutional.

That decision left House Republicans, who largely oppose same-sex marriage, without "any choice" but to step in and defend the law, in the words of House Speaker John Boehner. In a letter earlier this week, Boehner asked for Department of Justice funds to be diverted to the House to pay for the costs of the defense, though that is not likely to happen.

Asked last month if Department of Justice would save money by not defending DOMA, Attorney General Eric Holder told the House Appropriations committee, "I'm not sure we save any money, frankly."

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From "The Defense of Marriage Act: A Measure for Children and Families" by Chuck Donovan, The Heritage Foundation 4/20/11

During consideration of DOMA in 1996, the House Judiciary Committee’s report to accompany the bill laid out four governmental interests that undergirded the legislation: (1) defending and nurturing the institution of traditional, heterosexual marriage; (2) defending traditional notions of morality; (3) protecting state sovereignty and democratic self-governance; and (4) preserving scarce government resources. Each of these interests is related to the public stake in the time-honored and nearly universal character of marriage as an institution designed to bring men and women together and orient them toward their responsibilities in the begetting, bearing, and raising of the next generation.

. . . the decisions made by popular vote regarding the future of marriage in the United States have had a uniform outcome. Voters in 31 states have cast 63,394,399 ballots on the question of marriage redefinition since the people of Hawaii and Alaska went to the polls in 1998. More than 40,000,000 of those ballots—63.1 percent—have been cast to preserve marriage as it has always been understood by Congress and the vast majority of state legislatures. No state’s people have voted to the contrary. Finally, just last November, the voters of Iowa registered their resounding disapproval of the Iowa Supreme Court’s invention of a constitutional right to same-sex marriage by removing all three of the judges on the statewide ballot who had signed the court’s ruling.

. . . the promotion and preservation of intact (married mother-and-father) families bear financial implications for governments across a broad range of social indicators that carry enormous social costs. Children raised in intact families by their own mothers and fathers commit fewer crimes as juveniles, have fewer pregnancies and children out of wedlock, suffer less physical abuse, experience more educational success, resort less often to divorce, suffer less from substance abuse, and even shoplift less frequently. Defending the core element of marriage, its one-man and one-woman character, is an indispensable part of defending the institution more generally and the public benefits it provides.

. . . The Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 is best seen, therefore, not as a measure singularly focused on a cultural debate occasioned by a state court decision, but as a response embedded within a growing awareness of the compelling public policy rationale to promote traditional marriage and encourage strong and stable homes where children can thrive and reach their full potential.

To read the entire testimony to Congress (above), CLICK HERE.