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Good for her. Now, just switch parties and I bet she’ll like it even better.
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“I don’t feel the need to pass legislation or vote for legislation that prohibits two adults who love each other to be able to be joined in a civil union or marriage. It does not affect my marriage.”
Bingo! The wall just keeps crumbling down, even in Texas. Maybe there’s hope for Tennessee and Kansas?
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I’d say it actually strengthens marriages. Another family to share activities with, trade babysitting with. Another couple to double-date with.
GOPers are sex-obsessed, as if that’s the only aspect of relationships.
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Texans don’t like to told what to do…the anti gaycrowd is on the wrong side…don’t
tell Jebby ( let him stay on the wrong side)
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Sounds like another Republican with a gay family member. Like Rob Portman (but unlike Liz Cheney; actually, I hope there is no one else like Liz Cheney; I hope God terminated the model because of inherent design flaws).
It seems unusual for a Republican to be able to think so clearly when there is an ideological stand to be taken. But however she comes to her conclusion, whether rationally or because of family ties, I applaud her getting it right and, more importantly, being willing to say so.
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Cue the obligatory walk back on her comments…1…2…3…go!
That or knows many who do.
Most folks would be surprised at how different Houston’s social climate is from most of the rest of the state.
Rep Davis represents TX Dist 134 encompassing West University Place, Southside Place, and Bellaire.
Outside of River Oaks and portions of the Memorial areas of Houston-- there are no more affluent neighborhoods than these. Her district abuts the Montrose area-- which for decades has been known as LGBT-friendly.
As an (R) she’s in a very safe district.
This pronunciation likely makes her even safer IMHO.
These folks are quite wealthy, and they might be conservative,
but they’re not the (R)ural (R)ubes that keep social issues from progressing here in Texas.
jw1
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So why does she affiliate with the Party That Hurts People?
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Pass me the smelling salts, as I may pass out after writing this.
I am proud of my (Republican) state rep.
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The couch is on the dais. 
jw1
I refuse to pull a Miss Lindsey
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Lindsey Graham is standing by on line 2 to help talk you down from an attack of the vapors.
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Thank Dog for scotch
Her flight into realism must be the effects of the JadeHelm invasion…
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Nobody frets and obsesses about the mechanics of homosexual intimacy more than conservatives. I’ve heard gay men say that even they don’t think about gay sex as much as Republicans do.
We know gay and straight couples that don’t want to get married–I have close family in non-married, long-term, loving relationships. I don’t see marriage as essential to a loving bond between intimate couples, but I hold that it is only just that marriage be an available option for any two adults that might choose to express their commitment to each other through marriage. And more to topic, I feel that conservative women can play a huge part in the turn of of the tide for the acceptance of gay marriage. Exactly as Sarah Davis has done here. One Sarah Davis has the power to trump a hand-full of Virginia Foxxs–but we need more of them to step up and make a stand.
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Great, now let’s get the first person at TPM to call it “Marriage Equality”, and we’ll really be on a roll!
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You’ve done it, Jim! Btw, that’s why I italicized the words gay and marriage. To conservatives, that’s all they see: GAY marriage. I usually just characterize my own sentiment as pro-equality, since that encompasses every issue of concern. However, I also cringe when I hear certain persons use the term gay marriage, and your point is taken.
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She also voted against the “Sonogram Bill”
http://www.house.state.tx.us/news/member/press-releases/?id=3401
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Houston’s also got a lesbian mayor named Annise Parker. Is it still too difficult to come out and declare support for gay marriage presumably to many voters who also voted for Parker?