An op-ed posted Tuesday at the Daily Caller by Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage, says that on the issue of marriage, GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul is no conservative, and warns voters to steer clear of the Texas Congressman.
Highlighting Paul's lackluster Congressional career, Brown says Paul would spell disaster for marriage:
With the state primaries underway, it is more important than ever that Republican voters know this: When it comes to marriage, Ron Paul is no conservative. Never mind, for the moment, that in his nearly three-decade-long congressional career Paul has written little of legislative consequence, or that a good deal of the Paul platform could only be accomplished with serious, game-changing amendments to the Constitution. Purely from a conservative values standpoint, a Ron Paul presidency would spell disaster for marriage in the United States.
"Paul once replied “sure” when asked by an interviewer about legalizing gay marriage. Should he be elected president and an activist federal judge succeeds in redefining marriage for the entire country, Paul won’t lift a finger to protect the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman," Brown writes.
He notes that in 2004, Paul declared that he opposed “federal efforts to redefine marriage as something other than a union between one man and one woman,” but has refused to support a constitutional amendment protecting marriage. Taking multiple positions on issues, however, is nothing new for Paul. Google "Ron Paul newsletters," for example.
Brown says that on the issue of marriage, Paul is actually worse than Obama and wants to abolish civil marriage entirely.
"Not even President Obama holds such a radical view. Paul has said on many occasions he believes states ought to stop sanctioning marriage entirely," Brown writes.
He cites Paul's words from his book, Liberty Defined:
"Everyone can have his or her own definition of what marriage means, and if an agreement or contract is reached by the participants, it would qualify as a civil contract if desired...Why not tolerate everyone’s definition as long as neither side uses force to impose its views on the other? Problem solved!”
It's difficult to know what is worse - a society that adopts standards many see as immoral, or a society that adopts no standards whatsoever. It would seem that Paul would rather have the latter.
Under Paul's definition, one could exchange vows with an eggplant, a French poodle or, heaven forbid, one's own brother and/or sister.
While Obama has said that his position on gay marriage is "evolving," not even he would go as far as the Texas Congressman.
If we fundamentally alter the definition of “marriage” as we have known it for centuries, we start at once down that proverbial slippery slope. Marriage would instantly be transformed from a child-centered institution — one that exists to connect any children born of the union of man and woman to their natural parents — to one focused entirely on the demands of adults.
Currently, six states and the District of Columbia permit same-sex marriage, and Washington is set to become the seventh, with two Republicans supporting a proposal put forward by Gov. Christine Gregoire.
Brown's group has said it would fight any such law with a ballot resolution, and has pledged to spend up to $250,000 to fund primary challenges aganst Republicans supporting the measure.
Agree or disagree, at least Brown is willing to take a stand and fight for what he believes - something Paul refuses to do.
Brown adds:
According to a Fox News poll, Paul has the support of more liberals than any other GOP candidate. And a Public Policy Polling survey in Iowa found Paul polling at 70 percent favorability among Democrats.
There’s a reason Paul is polling so well among the political left. On marriage, he’s part of it.
More on Ron Paul at Examiner.com can be found here.
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