{"id":10158,"date":"2015-12-27T18:52:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T18:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2015\/12\/27\/four-presidential-candidates-sign-pledge-to-void\/"},"modified":"2015-12-27T18:52:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T18:52:33","slug":"four-presidential-candidates-sign-pledge-to-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2015\/12\/27\/four-presidential-candidates-sign-pledge-to-void\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Presidential candidates sign pledge to void all gay marriages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2015\/08\/27\/four-presidential-candidates-sign-pledge-to-void-all-gay-marriages\/?utm_source=PNFB&amp;utm_medium=socialFB&amp;utm_campaign=PNFacebook'>Four Presidential candidates sign pledge to void all gay marriages<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link_description\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/how-very-z-of-you.tumblr.com\/post\/135991658554\/four-presidential-candidates-sign-pledge-to-void\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">how-very-z-of-you<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/moisturizedwenis.tumblr.com\/post\/134811642427\/four-presidential-candidates-sign-pledge-to-void\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">moisturizedwenis<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wickedkhaleesi.tumblr.com\/post\/134804943276\/four-presidential-candidates-sign-pledge-to-void\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">wickedkhaleesi<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/misfitreindeer.tumblr.com\/post\/134715105583\/four-presidential-candidates-sign-pledge-to-void\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">misfitreindeer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/phoenixcollective.tumblr.com\/post\/134715068397\/four-presidential-candidates-sign-pledge-to-void\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">phoenixcollective<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i><b>The National Organisation for Marriage \u2013 which was<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2015\/08\/24\/anti-gay-marriage-group-nom-funded-by-catholic-donors-it-fought-to-keep-secret\/\"> forced to disclose this week that it is secretly funded<\/a> by Catholic donors \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2015\/06\/19\/will-republican-presidential-candidates-take-a-pledge-to-permit-anti-gay-discrimination\/\">asked all Republican candidates<\/a> to pledge support for a new constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman<\/b><\/i> \u2013 voiding the thousands of existing same-sex weddings across all 50 states.<\/p>\n<p>It is also asking them to \u201cprevent the promotion of a redefined version of marriage in public schools\u201d \u2013 effectively de-facto banning teachings about same-sex marriage or same-sex couples.<\/p>\n<p>The group also wants them to protect \u201cthe right of organisations and individuals\u201d who disagree with same-sex marriage \u2013 permitting discrimination against same-sex couples.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, despite the overtly homophobic measures proposed by the anti-gay group, four of the Republicans vying for the Presidential nomination actually signed the pledge.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Rick Santorum, Senator Ted Cruz, Dr Ben Carson, and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal <\/b><\/i>all agreed with the group\u2019s mission to strip gay people of their basic rights to marriage and protection from discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>It is not a particular surprise from any of the four, all of whom have equally vile records of homophobia.<\/p>\n<p>Carson, <i>who is currently polling second in a field of seventeen,<\/i> <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2014\/06\/29\/fox-news-pundit-equal-marriage-is-a-marxist-plot-from-the-new-world-order\/\">has claimed that equal marriage is a \u2018Marxist plot\u2019<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2015\/03\/04\/rumoured-presidential-candidate-prisons-prove-being-gay-is-a-choice\/\">claimed prisons prove being gay is a choice.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Cruz <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2015\/08\/27\/anti-gay-republican-brands-ellen-page-a-fascist-after-argument-about-lgbt-rights\/\">recently branded Ellen Page a \u201cliberal fascist\u201d<\/a> for asking him about LGBT rights, while Rick Santorum <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2015\/07\/23\/rick-santorum-still-thinks-homosexuality-can-be-cured\/\">still thinks gay people can be cured,<\/a> and letting them marry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2015\/07\/05\/rick-santorum-claims-gays-marrying-in-us-will-cause-global-crisis\/\">will cause a global crisis<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Jindal, meanwhile, <i>is trying to introduce a law in Louisiana <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2015\/04\/16\/louisiana-governor-wants-tougher-religious-freedom-bill\/\">explicitly permitting discrimination<\/a>\u00a0against same-sex couples.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Spread their names, remember their pledge, tell everyone. Don\u2019t forget this after election season.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fuck them so much! what kind of evil monsters are you?! You call yourselves Christians yet the only thing you prove to me is that demons exist. And you\u2019re not possessed, you are the demons themselves. I\u2019m so ashamed that you dare to associate yourself with my God. Disgusting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This disgusts me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RICK SANTORUM<\/p>\n<p>TED CRUZ<\/p>\n<p>BEN CARSON<\/p>\n<p>BOBBY JINDAL<\/p>\n<p>Never forget these monstrous people who show us exactly what NOT to do to develop this nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m wondering when they\u2019ll announce the required display of a sign or emblem on all LGBT people. Pink triangle, maybe?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&gt;:(((((((((<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Presidential candidates sign pledge to void all gay marriages how-very-z-of-you: moisturizedwenis: wickedkhaleesi: misfitreindeer: phoenixcollective: The National Organisation for Marriage \u2013 which was forced to disclose this week that it is secretly funded by Catholic donors \u2013 asked all Republican candidates to pledge support for a new constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2015\/12\/27\/four-presidential-candidates-sign-pledge-to-void\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Four Presidential candidates sign pledge to void all gay marriages<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[869],"class_list":["post-10158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-politics","post_format-post-format-link","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}