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Friday, March 13, 2009

Register Your View On Michael Steele


We are pleased to see today that the American Family Association is polling its members on whether Michael Steele should resign as Chairman of the Republican National Committee for the following (and other) offensive comments:
In a recent interview, Republican National Chairman Michael Steele told GQ magazine that he supports abortion rights. "I think that's an individual choice (to have an abortion)," he said.

Are you saying you think women have the right to choose abortion?
Yeah. I mean, again, I think that’s an individual choice.

You do?
Yeah. Absolutely.

Steele later issued a statement "clarifying” his comments regarding abortion saying he is “pro-life.”

Steele also disputed the view that being homosexual is a lifestyle choice. "I don't think I've ever really subscribed to that view that you can turn it on and off like a water tap. ...You just can't simply say, oh, like, 'Tomorrow morning I'm gonna stop being gay.' It's like saying 'Tomorrow morning I'm gonna stop being black,'" explained Steele.

Steele said an amendment to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman is a state issue and is “mucking around with the Constitution.”

In light of Chairman Steele’s remarks, should he resign as Chairman of the Republican National Committee?
In our view, affirmative action should be left to the Democrats. We are pleased that as of this writing 14,546 respondents to the AFA poll say Steele should go. Only 1,095 believe he should continue.

Republicans wishing to express their views should go here.


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a shame -- but he does need to go. He certainly pulled the wool over my eyes!

Steele is trying to be too inclusive, while as Christians we are told to love the sinner but hate the sin. He is flat out saying, 'it's all good.'

There ARE ethical absolutes -- or all we have is absolute disorder. Moral schizophrenia!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for not squelching my comments, Daniel and Sunlit Uplands. The following blogs -- which you tie into through SC Hotline or otherwise -- are "discarding" innocuous comments:

--The Palmetto Scoop
--Wesley Donehue/SC Senate Republican Caucus
--The Garnet Spy

:)

Daniel J. Cassidy said...

Mab, Your comments are ALWAYS welcome and much appreciated. I wish I got more comments. I am hoping that Blogger will develop software that will encourage more discussion.

Thanks for being a faithful reader and all the best,

Dan