Chimperator Bush's Daughter Endorses Gay Marriage

I have been arguing for some time that the GOP's unholy embrace of the Christianists and their agenda of hate towards gays, Hispanics, non-Christians - basically anyone who isn't a "white bread" American with Neanderthal religious views - will ultimately be the death of the party. Yet another example of how the younger generation of even the children of far right Republicans may one day leave the GOP because of its homophobia has sprung up. Just as Megan McCain has endorsed same sex marriage, now Chimperator Bush's daughter, Barbara, has jumped on the pro-marriage equality band wagon. The GOP - like so many U.S. corporations - looks solely to the short term and not at the longer view where the party's support of discrimination and bigotry will be rejected. The New York Times looks at the younger Bush's pro-marriage equality stance. You got to know that the fundies must be having apoplexy. The spray of spittle flying at NOM and FRC must be like a rainstorm. Here are some highlights:
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The Bush dynasty is no stranger to generational conflict: father and son differed over deposing Saddam Hussein, raising taxes and the role of the United Nations. Now it is father and daughter who find themselves at odds over a weighty issue.
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Barbara Bush, one of the twin daughters of George W. Bush, will endorse same-sex marriage on Tuesday, publicly breaking ranks with a father who, as president, pushed for a constitutional amendment banning such unions. Ms. Bush, 29, has taped a video calling on New York to legalize gay marriage. A bill to do that was defeated in the state in 2009. She describes the issue as a matter of conscience and equality.
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Ms. Bush is the latest child of a prominent Republican leader to embrace same-sex marriage, long considered anathema to the conservative movement. Gay rights advocates have been quick to seize on the generational split as evidence that the acceptance of same-sex marriage is blind to party affiliation and family values.
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In the case of Mr. McCain, Mr. Cheney and Mr. Bush, it is not just their children who have supported it. So, to varying degrees, have their wives. Laura Bush, in a television interview in May, said, “When couples are committed to each other and love each other” they should have “the same sort of rights that everyone has.”
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Barbara Bush, who started a nonprofit group focused on global health, rarely speaks out on American political issues, making her foray into the same-sex marriage debate so striking. But for years, those close to her say, she has surrounded herself with gay friends — at Yale, where she was an undergraduate, and in New York City, where she worked in the design world.
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“No matter what party they belong to, young Americans believe in basic fairness and equality,” said Brian Ellner, who is overseeing the Human Rights Campaign’s bid to legalize same-sex marriage in New York.