April 9, 200521 yr http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/09/politics...ner=rssuserland It wouldn't have made headlines and o Drudge, if it was a Democrat. Damn newspapers and their biases. Arthur J. Finkelstein, a prominent Republican consultant who has directed a series of hard-edged political campaigns to elect conservatives in the United States and Israel over the last 25 years, said Friday that he had married his male partner in a civil ceremony at his home in Massachusetts. Mr. Finkelstein, 59, who has made a practice of defeating Democrats by trying to demonize them as liberal, said in a brief interview that he had married his partner of 40 years to ensure that the couple had the same benefits available to married heterosexual couples. "I believe that visitation rights, health care benefits and other human relationship contracts that are taken for granted by all married people should be available to partners," he said. He declined further comment on the wedding, which was in December. Some of Mr. Finkelstein's associates said they were startled to learn that this prominent American conservative had married a man, given his history with the party, especially at a time when many Republican leaders, including President Bush, have campaigned against same-sex marriage and proposed amending the Constitution to ban it. Mr. Finkelstein has been allied over the years with Republicans who have fiercely opposed gay rights measures, including former Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, and has been the subject of attacks by gay rights activists who have accused him of hypocrisy. He was identified as gay in a Boston Magazine article in 1996.
April 9, 200521 yr I hope they take the rights and responsibilities of marriage to heart. Good for him. Now if he can just do something about his stupid name.
April 9, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(winodj @ Apr 9, 2005 -> 09:38 AM) I hope they take the rights and responsibilities of marriage to heart. Good for him. Now if he can just do something about his stupid name. In best Jewish Mother voice "They've only been together 40 years; and now they get married I am happy for them both.
April 9, 200521 yr You're damn right it's going to be front page news, how many Republicans in politics are openly gay?
April 10, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(Nokona @ Apr 9, 2005 -> 03:10 PM) You're damn right it's going to be front page news, how many Republicans in politics are openly gay? How many are openly hetero? Look at Ryan. To overconpensate, he demonstrated that even if it is with two or three females, it doesn't help with the party.
April 10, 200521 yr QUOTE(Texsox @ Apr 9, 2005 -> 08:23 AM) http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/09/politics...ner=rssuserland It wouldn't have made headlines and o Drudge, if it was a Democrat. Damn newspapers and their biases. Yeah, I know. The media certainly buried the whole issue with McGreevey in New Jersey, didn't they? Give me a freakin' break. Every other post I've seen here from you is "OMG BIAS!1!!!" As a conservative, it's quite embarassing.
April 10, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(retrovertigo @ Apr 10, 2005 -> 06:20 PM) Yeah, I know. The media certainly buried the whole issue with McGreevey in New Jersey, didn't they? Give me a freakin' break. Every other post I've seen here from you is "OMG BIAS!1!!!" As a conservative, it's quite embarassing. After years of denying that media bias exists, I have finally seen the light. Y'all convinced me.
April 11, 200521 yr QUOTE(retrovertigo @ Apr 10, 2005 -> 05:20 PM) Yeah, I know. The media certainly buried the whole issue with McGreevey in New Jersey, didn't they? Give me a freakin' break. Every other post I've seen here from you is "OMG BIAS!1!!!" As a conservative, it's quite embarassing. Welcome to soxtalk!
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