Jeb Bush Blows 'Religious Liberty' Dog Whistle in New Statement on Gay Marriage in Florida

Jeb Bush Blows 'Religious Liberty' Dog Whistle in New Statement on Gay Marriage in Florida

Former Florida governor and 2016 presidential hopeful Jeb Bush released a new statement today responding to the start of marriage equality in that state.

Jeb_bush“We live in a democracy, and regardless of our disagreements, we have to respect the rule of law. I hope that we can show respect for the good people on all sides of the gay and lesbian marriage issue – including couples making lifetime commitments to each other who are seeking greater legal protections and those of us who believe marriage is a sacrament and want to safeguard religious liberty.”

The remarks are clearly a more calculated response (using the religious right’s newly-popular victimization rhetoric)  following  spontaneous comments offered on Sunday following a golf match, in which he suggested that gay marriage should be put to a public vote.

Said Bush on Sunday:

“It ought be a local decision. I mean, a state decision. The state decided. The people of the state decided. But it’s been overturned by the courts, I guess.”

The DNC blasted Bush in a statement:

“It took Jeb Bush 69 words to say absolutely nothing — 69 words not to say, ‘I support marriage equality.’ Nothing’s changed,” DNC communications director Mo Elleithee said in a statement. “At the end of Bush’s statement, he still had the same position: he opposes the right of gay and lesbian Floridians — and all LGBT Americans — to get married and adopt children.”

Gay couples began marrying earlier today in Miami-Dade County. Marriage equality takes effect statewide after midnight, when a couple will be married live on YouTube in Key West.


Andy Towle

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Bradley Cooper Shaves His Body, Whitney Houston’s Biopic Gets Degayed, Kid Rock Doesn’t Want To Marry Gay People

Bradley Cooper Shaves His Body, Whitney Houston’s Biopic Gets Degayed, Kid Rock Doesn’t Want To Marry Gay People

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If you already knew that red-neck poster boy Kid Rock is an ordained minister, it’s probably no surprise to learn that he isn’t looking forward to officiating same-sex marriages.

Didi Conn Joins Olivia Newton-John On Stage At Flamingo Las Vegas To Perform "Summer Nights"

They still go together like rama lama lama… well, you probably know the rest. Beloved entertainer Olivia Newton-John, whose residency at Las Vegas’ Flamingo Hilton is a big hit, got a visit from Grease costar Didi Conn and the two performed a rendition of “Summer Nights.”

Dangerous Minds, one of our favorite sites, unearthed this fascinating 1975 interview with Tim Curry, who reveals he tried to make his Frank N. Furter character more evil for the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

WRITER ALMODOVAR POSES WITH OSCAR IN HOLLYWOOD

Pedro Almodóvar is without a doubt one of the most brilliantly unique filmmakers of all time, but it’s probably best that he turned down the opportunity to direct Brokeback Mountain. The man who gave us Law of Desire and All About My Mother says he was offered the project but found it too “physical.”

Let’s all cross our fingers that Benedict Cumberbatch wins the Oscar for his excellent performance as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game if only so he can continue to give entertaining acceptance speeches like this one from the Palm Springs in which he again touts the late war hero as

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If you’ve been wondering whether Lifetime’s upcoming bio of Whitney Houston (airing January 17) will depict facets of her alleged romantic relationship with longtime gal pal Robyn Crawford, Michael Musto reveals that you have to watch for the subtext, such as actress Yolanda Ross as Crawford wearing “a mannish suit” and being “touchy-huggy” with costar Yaya DaCosta, who plays the late icon.

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Who knew Turkey had its own version of flamboyant entertainer Liberace? Late singer Zeki Muren sported women’s clothing, outrageous makeup and was held up as a gay icon and is the subject of “Here I am, Zeki Muren,” an exhibit in Istanbul through January 15.

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Why is this happening to us?? Typically-hirsute and tan Bradley Cooper, who’s currently starring in American Sniper on movie screens and The Elephant Man on Broadway, appears pale and completely smooth for a Fellini-meets-Hockney-inspired photo shoot for W magazine. Please let this be a bad dream.

Jeremy Kinser

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1680

Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1680

EDDIE REDMAYNE: Recalls his hilarious/awkward Hobbit audition.

CONGRESS: What to expect once the GOP takes over. 

SNOOPY: Flies over the Eiffel Tower in The Peanuts Movie trailer #2.

CARL SAGAN: All the millions, billions, and trillions uttered on Cosmos.

  

  

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Kyler Geoffroy

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Minister Touts 'Conscious Choices' About Rejecting Attraction to Men

Minister Touts 'Conscious Choices' About Rejecting Attraction to Men

A minister from a conservative Presbyterian denomination says that he has made ‘conscious choices’ in marrying a woman and rejecting a gay or bisexual identity though he is attracted to men.

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Stevie St. John

www.advocate.com/politics/religion/2015/01/05/minister-touts-conscious-choices-about-rejecting-attraction-men