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Gotta love the Republican Party leadership.....
RNC Chairman Michael Steele: Gay marriage will hurt small business
It doesn't get much dumber than this:
Republicans can reach a broader base by recasting gay marriage as an issue that could dent pocketbooks as small businesses spend more on health care and other benefits, [Steele] said Saturday.
"Now all of a sudden I've got someone who wasn't a spouse before, that I had no responsibility for, who is now getting claimed as a spouse that I now have financial responsibility for," Steele told Republicans at the state convention in traditionally conservative Georgia. "So how do I pay for that? Who pays for that? You just cost me money."
The leader of the Republican party apparently doesn't realize that thousands of gay partners are already covered under insurance carriers' domestic partner plans. And by his logic, shouldn't small businesses be against all marriages? After all, money is money. The idiocy is astounding.
RNC Chairman Michael Steele: Gay marriage will hurt small business
It doesn't get much dumber than this:
Republicans can reach a broader base by recasting gay marriage as an issue that could dent pocketbooks as small businesses spend more on health care and other benefits, [Steele] said Saturday.
"Now all of a sudden I've got someone who wasn't a spouse before, that I had no responsibility for, who is now getting claimed as a spouse that I now have financial responsibility for," Steele told Republicans at the state convention in traditionally conservative Georgia. "So how do I pay for that? Who pays for that? You just cost me money."
The leader of the Republican party apparently doesn't realize that thousands of gay partners are already covered under insurance carriers' domestic partner plans. And by his logic, shouldn't small businesses be against all marriages? After all, money is money. The idiocy is astounding.
