On ABC’s This Week, the two Republican-conservative pundits — former Bush advisor Matthew Dowd and columnist George Will — declared that the debate over allowing gays in the military is “over.” <\/p>\n
<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n“They go to high school with kids who are openly gay,” Dowd said. “They socialize with kids who are openly gay. And all of a sudden they go into the armed services and somebody hands them a rifle and they’re not supposed to be around gay people anymore? It doesn’t make any sense. It’s already been decided in the public’s mind.”<\/p>\nWill echoed the argument, saying, “The case is over, basically.”<\/p>\nMeanwhile, McDonald’s — the fast food chain that sort of embodies middle American values — is airing a new advertisement in France under the slogan, “Come as you are.” <\/p>\nThe spot features a closeted gay boy, sharing a meal with his father.<\/p>\n<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\nClearly, McDonald’s sees this as the right place to be, brand-wise, for the next generation of customers. <\/p>\nThere’s still a lot of wrangling still ahead over the issue of homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and the so-called “gay agenda.”<\/p>\nThe issue became a central theme just last year in the special election in the 23rd congressional district.<\/p>\nDede Scozzafava very likely lost a shot at a seat in the House of Representatives because she embraced gay marriage as “a civil right.”<\/p>\nThe Roman Catholic church — the most popular faith in the North Country — remains vehemently opposed to the concept.<\/p>\nBut I wonder if there’s not an air of inevitability beginning to surround this debate, a sense that the generation now moving into its twenties and early thirties just doesn’t think this is a big deal. <\/p>\nMeanwhile, the debate now underway in Congress represents a huge milestone.<\/p>\nIf gays and lesbians are going to serve openly in the US Military — perhaps the most important secular institution for conservatives — can full marriage rights be far behind?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On ABC’s This Week, the two Republican-conservative pundits — former Bush advisor Matthew Dowd and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4861],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2182,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions\/2182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
“They go to high school with kids who are openly gay,” Dowd said. “They socialize with kids who are openly gay. And all of a sudden they go into the armed services and somebody hands them a rifle and they’re not supposed to be around gay people anymore? It doesn’t make any sense. It’s already been decided in the public’s mind.”<\/p>\n
Will echoed the argument, saying, “The case is over, basically.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, McDonald’s — the fast food chain that sort of embodies middle American values — is airing a new advertisement in France under the slogan, “Come as you are.” <\/p>\n
The spot features a closeted gay boy, sharing a meal with his father.<\/p>\n
<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\nClearly, McDonald’s sees this as the right place to be, brand-wise, for the next generation of customers. <\/p>\nThere’s still a lot of wrangling still ahead over the issue of homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and the so-called “gay agenda.”<\/p>\nThe issue became a central theme just last year in the special election in the 23rd congressional district.<\/p>\nDede Scozzafava very likely lost a shot at a seat in the House of Representatives because she embraced gay marriage as “a civil right.”<\/p>\nThe Roman Catholic church — the most popular faith in the North Country — remains vehemently opposed to the concept.<\/p>\nBut I wonder if there’s not an air of inevitability beginning to surround this debate, a sense that the generation now moving into its twenties and early thirties just doesn’t think this is a big deal. <\/p>\nMeanwhile, the debate now underway in Congress represents a huge milestone.<\/p>\nIf gays and lesbians are going to serve openly in the US Military — perhaps the most important secular institution for conservatives — can full marriage rights be far behind?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On ABC’s This Week, the two Republican-conservative pundits — former Bush advisor Matthew Dowd and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4861],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2182,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions\/2182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Clearly, McDonald’s sees this as the right place to be, brand-wise, for the next generation of customers. <\/p>\n
There’s still a lot of wrangling still ahead over the issue of homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and the so-called “gay agenda.”<\/p>\n
The issue became a central theme just last year in the special election in the 23rd congressional district.<\/p>\n
Dede Scozzafava very likely lost a shot at a seat in the House of Representatives because she embraced gay marriage as “a civil right.”<\/p>\n
The Roman Catholic church — the most popular faith in the North Country — remains vehemently opposed to the concept.<\/p>\n
But I wonder if there’s not an air of inevitability beginning to surround this debate, a sense that the generation now moving into its twenties and early thirties just doesn’t think this is a big deal. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the debate now underway in Congress represents a huge milestone.<\/p>\n
If gays and lesbians are going to serve openly in the US Military — perhaps the most important secular institution for conservatives — can full marriage rights be far behind?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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