Marco Rubio Tries to Have It Bith Ways on Gay Marriage

Marco Rubio - a whore by any other name

As would be Republican 2016 presidential candidates try to jockey for position, some are selling out completely to the Christofascist/Tea Party Base, others, such as Rand Paul seemingly try to chart and different course at least on foreign policy, and then others try to paint themselves as semi-moderate while nonetheless prostituting themselves to the Christofascist/Tea Party GOP base base.   Marco Rubio falls into this latter category through his efforts to pretend to be sympathetic to LGBT rights while putting on his political whore costume for the gay haters.  Politico looks at Rubio's pandering and self-prostitution.  Here are excepts:

Marco Rubio jumped head first into the culture wars on Wednesday to blast what he sees as “growing intolerance” against those who oppose same-sex marriage.

In a speech on family values at the Catholic University of America in Washington, Rubio lamented the backlash that companies like Chick fil A and Mozilla often face when their executives express public support for keeping marriage between a man and woman. He said that supporting that definition doesn’t make someone “anti-gay” but rather “pro-traditional marriage.”

“There is a growing intolerance on this issue, intolerance of those who continue to support traditional marriage,” the Florida Republican senator and potential 2016 presidential contender told a standing-room only crowd. “Even before this speech is over, I’ll be attacked as a hater or bigot. Or someone who’s anti-gay. This intolerance in the name of tolerance is hypocrisy. Supporting the definition of marriage as one man and one woman, is not anti-gay. It is pro-traditional marriage.”

Rubio, who supports marriage between a man and a woman, spent more than five-minutes of half-hour address wading into the thorny issue of same-sex marriage. His comments reflect the GOP’s struggle to find a position on an issue that enjoys growing public support — including from a handful of Republicans in Congress — but often alienates the party’s conservative base.

The 43-year-old senator preached tolerance for gay couples and advocates of gay marriage and spoke about the United States coming a “long way” in its treatments of gays and lesbians. He said all Americans should acknowledge a history of institutional discrimination against gay people and that “many committed gay and lesbian couples feel humiliated by the laws’ failures to recognize their relationship as a marriage.”

He received a standing ovation from those in the sweltering auditorium as he finished speaking and took a swig of water, playing up the criticism he still receives for his impromptu on-camera hydration in 2013.

“Now I can have some water without people making fun of me,” he cracked.

My take away?  Rubio is a pandering asshole who ultimately lacks any principles and who is only worried about "what's in it for me."  I've been fired for being gay and been snubbed and dragged through the proverbial mud by "godly Christian" Republicans  who make the Pharisees of the Bible look like saints.  Sadly, cheap whores have more integrity than Rubio - at least they are honest about who they are.