Veteran Republican pollster warns his party that its homophobia invites political disaster - Herkimer, NY - The Times

Veteran Republican pollster warns his party that its homophobia invites political disaster

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By Pat Cunningham

 

Republican pollster Jan van Lohuizen (above) issued a memorandum yesterday noting that public support for gay marriage is quickly accelerating and won’t likely slow down anytime soon.

The story is HERE.

And HERE‘s Andrew Sullivan’s take on the memo:

The last paragraph is, to my mind, the most remarkable. It’s advising Republican candidates to emphasize the conservative nature of gay marriage, to say how it encourages personal responsibility, commitment, stability and family values. It uses Dick Cheney’s formula (which was for a couple of years, the motto of this blog) that “freedom means freedom for everyone.” And it ...

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