GOP Congressman on Gay Marriage: ‘Life Is Too Short’ to Stand in Its Way
This should hearten everyone — every GOTV referendum, initiative, or campaign tactic that the GOP has pulled out the past decade is beginning to backfire. It just takes time, truth, and love for the win.
A Pennsylvania Republican congressman is now officially a supporter of same-sex marriage.
After a federal judge ruled the state’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional last week, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) congratulated gay couples in Pennsylvania and signaled his position change was imminent. But Dent, who has been evolving on the issue for some time, said he needed a little more time to get his thoughts together before making an official statement.
About a week later, he was ready.
“Life is too short to have the force of government stand in the way of two adults whose pursuit of happiness includes marriage,” Dent said in a statement provided first to The Washington Post on Wednesday.
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