Even though Texas Gov. Rick Perry, right, has not declared his candidacy, a new Gallup poll puts him in a statistical tie with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Your weekday morning blend from Instant Tea:
1. A spokesman for Gov. Rick Perry confirmed that the likely GOP presidential candidate supports a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Social conservatives have criticized Perry for saying last week that he’s “fine” with New York’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage because it’s a states’ rights issue. On Tuesday spokesman Mark Miner defended the governor’s anti-marriage-equality record. Meanwhile, even though he hasn’t yet entered the race, Perry is polling just two points behind frontrunner Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination, putting them in a statistical tie.
2. An anti-gay group has been cleared to gather signatures for a referendum seeking to overturn California’s new law requiring schools to teach the contributions of LGBT people in social studies lessons, The New York Times reports. Senate Bill SB 48 was signed into law last month and is the first of its kind in the nation. The anti-gay group, called Stop SB48, will need to gather 504,760 by Oct. 12 to get the referendum on the ballot.
3. Only about 30 percent of workers in the U.S. have access to health benefits for same-sex partners, according to data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It marks the first time that the bureau’s National Compensation Survey has included data on DP benefits. “While encouraging, these data show that 70 percent of employees still do not have access to health care benefits for same-sex partners,” said Williams Institute Executive Director Brad Sears. “And while the report leaves out federal employees, including over 2 million civilian employees, they are currently also not provided health benefits for same-sex partners.”
This should not come as a surprise to anyone. He continues to follow in the steps of his idol W. He would love to pass a constitutional amendment that took away citizenship for GOVT Americans. He is evil, and we should all be afraid!
Go to Wikepedia for Perry and Romney. See who has the stronger resume. We have got to stop electing dumb people for President. Let’s do something really weird this time. Let’s elect a smart person for President. Vote Romney. You do not have to like him or his religion, just vote for him. This is not a high school popularitity contest folks. This is our country.
Look at it another way. It does not matter who has the popular vote. It matters which states each candidates will win. Between Romney and Perry this is how it goes: Romney takes the entire West. Reason he is more moderate and he is Mormon. Romney takes the North. Reason he is from Michigan and Massachusettes and he is more moderate. Perry takes the Midwest and the South. Reason they are evangelical and more conservative. North and West make up more electorial votes than Midwest and South. Perry would also have to split his vote with Bachmann. She might still take the Midwest. Here is my advice to Perry. Wait and see if a strong moderate emerges like Guliani or Huntsman. If not, stay out of the race, you are just waisting your time.
Good Lord! The question is, why would any self-respecting gay person vote for any Republican at all? Have you even read the Party Platform? Absolutely disgusting!