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Montana GOP Platform: It's Illegal to Be Gay

Party platform still has old plank against 'homosexual acts'

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 18, 2010 3:01 PM CDT

(Newser) – Homosexuals may be gaining more rights across the nation, but they can steer clear of Montana Republicans, thank you very much. The AP notes that the state party has adopted a platform that reiterates this statement of principle under the "crime" section: "We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed by legislation to keep homosexual acts illegal."

The party put it into place when the state supreme court struck down anti-gay laws in 1997, and even some GOP lawmakers think it's time to ditch it. "I looked at that and said, 'You've got to be kidding me,'" said one state senator. "Should it get taken out? Absolutely. Does anybody think we should be arresting homosexual people? If you take that stand, you really probably shouldn't be in the Republican Party."

A 2008 file photo of a gay wedding in San Francisco.
A 2008 file photo of a gay wedding in San Francisco.   (AP Photo/Darryl Bush, File)
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ladyrosedeky
Jun 10, 2012 2:06 PM CDT
The problem for these legislators making homosexual sex acts between consenting adults is they make a lot of sex acts between heterosexual adults illegal too. What some consider types of foreplay and alternative sex. Or are they just too unaware of these facts to realize what they have unintentionally done? I know these legislators aren't this clueless. I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure these legislators have participated in some of these same acts with women themselves on a regular basis. So by making these forms of sex acts illegal, they make themselves criminals. Are they really that stupid? Don't aswer that because we all know the answer. It's a big YES!
jcrouse22
Sep 19, 2010 4:51 PM CDT
No, it should not be made illegal, but I am sure tired of them flaunting it in our faces. Whether it is in the form
of a parade, a faux marriage, or a 'coming out of the closet' announcement, gays seem to think we care
who or where they stick and rub their genitals . Please, enough already.
Chas
Sep 19, 2010 3:58 PM CDT
Molotov, you are misguided. A pure democracy, which we are not, operates entirely on voters opinion and nothing else even at the expense of minorities. A Constitutional Republic, which we are, does not rely soley on voters but uses the U.S. Constitution as well. If what you claim is the truth then the 1964 Civil Rights Act wouldn't have passed with total citizen vote. Look that up.
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