It is a burr under the Republican's saddle. A festering sore for them.
First a little background;
Cass County Republicans censure Senator Todd Young after vote on marriage bill
Kokomo Tribune
By Kirsten Adair CNHI News Indiana
December 9, 2022
The Cass County Republican Committee sent a letter of censure to denounce Senator Todd Young this week after Young voted in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act, a federal bill that validates same-sex and interracial marriages in the U.S.According to the U.S. Senate’s website, a censure is meant to express disapproval of a senator’s actions but does not involve any formal action or expulsion from office. However, censures can cause problems with a senator’s relationship with constituents and within congress.
“Your decision elicited feelings of anger, disbelief and even a sense of betrayal,” said the letter, which was posted on Twitter by CNN Reporter Melanie Zanona. “We are not just fiscal conservatives, but social conservatives as well.”
The letter was sent to Young and other Indiana Republican county chairs by Cass County Republican Committee Chairman David Richey. Richey, who worked with other Cass County Republicans to draft the letter, stated in an email posted with the letter that Cass County Republicans encourage other committees to write their own letters to Young if they are upset about his vote.
After all these years the Republicans are still having a hissy fit over marriage equality, this should tell you what their priority will be when they take over the House next month… not the economy but rather anti-trans bills, anti-marriage equality bills, and anti-abortion bills. And also investing Biden and his son*.
LGBTQ community, others respond to Cass County Republicans' letter
Pharos-Tribune
By Josh Flynn Staff reporter
December 20, 2022
There are still struggles ahead. They see that in the recent letter the Cass County Republican Party sent to state senator Todd Young, censuring him for voting in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act.In their letter, county Republicans said same sex marriage devalued the family and would lead to churches being punished for their religious beliefs. The Respect for Marriage Act also protects those religious beliefs.
“The Republican party of Indiana endorsed you running as a Republican senator from our great state with the belief that we could entrust you with representing out values,” the letter from the Cass County Republicans said. “On this matter (regarding same-sex marriage), you had previously stated that you felt matters like this were best handled by the states, not in the federal venue. Now we find — right after we endorsed you and voted for you in November — that you’ve changed your mind.”
I went to the party at Real Art Ways celebrating ten years of marriage equality and I also was at the celebration when the law was passed… do you know what was different between the two celebrations? At the ten year anniversary there were a lot of ten year olds running around.
The Democrats said in response;
Lita Rouser, a member of the Cass County Democratic Party, asked why the Republicans didn’t instead direct their anger toward issues such as Indiana’s high maternal mortality and infant mortality rates or the state’s water pollution issues.
“Did they write a letter to Todd Young about these issues, too?” she asked. “Or is it just the two guys down the street getting married that bothers them? Hoosiers overwhelmingly support marriage equality. The Republican Party should get out of people’s bedrooms and get to work on the real problems facing Hoosiers.”
It is all smoke and mirrors for the Republicans to distract the voters from the real issues.
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*My guess is that when they bring these up items in the House for a vote it will not pass because of Republican defectors all it will take is five Republicans to say enough is enough and vote against the Republican leaders.
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