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Absent from Ryan’s, Bachmman’s Values Voter speeches: ‘Marriage’

Sep. 14, 2012 2:30pm Eddie Scarry

After Paul Ryan‘s speech at the Values Voter Summit today, a transcript was emailed out to press. I looked it over and as with any speech, it doesn’t reflect 100 percent of what Ryan actually said. But I did notice that there’s no reference to “marriage.” (Ryan did mention in his actual speech that Mitt and Ann Romney are an example “of marriage at its best.”)

The word was also excluded from Rep. Michele Bachmann‘s speech, which focused almost entirely on radial Islam overseas.

It’s a noteworthy omission given the Values Voter Summit is arguable attended by the most social issues-oriented voters in the Republican Party.

Sen. Rand Paul, who spoke this morning, also didn’t mention marriage. Both Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), however, did talk about the need to defend “traditional marriage.”

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Frogster
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 4:18am
To DeHavelle, thanks for clarifying things.

Scarry seems to always “grind the axe” in an anti-Romney/Ryan sort of way… FOR SOME UNFATHOMABLE REASON.

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Tigress1
Posted on September 16, 2012 at 10:10am
I really get tired of hearing about this, that and the other that was “left out” of speeches. If any one person can discuss EVERY SINGLE ISSUE out there in one speech, then have at it. I dare them to try to do it! This is simply nit-picking. Pick. Pick. Pick…

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prov1
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 4:42pm
Mrs. Obama, I can eat this and not get fat…That’s right, I forgot, I have a job.

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ConservativeLiberal
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:33am
As long as top members and their supporters of the GOP are okay with discrimination against a class of citizens of the United States it will be difficult for some to want to bridge the gap and work toward solutions that will solve our country’s issues. I believe our government should stay out of religious beliefs and has no business mandating birth control be paid for by religious organizations who employ people. I also don’t believe that a church should be required to marry a couple and should be allowed to follow their religion as they see fit. I do however believe in granting equal rights to all. I have three children and one of them is gay. He serves in our military and is a decorated war veteran. He is a hard working, tax paying citizen and deserves the respect of the people whom he protects. I want for him and people like him, the same protections I want for all of my children. This young man was created as a child of God in the bonds of holy matrimony and I don’t believe God makes mistakes. Sexuality is not a choice for most of us. I know I don’t struggle with my heterosexuality, as that is how God created me. As a parent, it is just heartbreaking to see discrimination and I can not in good conscience do a disservice to a child that God has entrusted to me. You may not agree with my POV but this is an issue that has become a sticking point that keeps us from working together.

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Freelancer60
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 8:54am
I don’t take much from this. The group and the speakers know that they are in agreement on the composition of traditional marriage, why waste time and energy pounding a talking point everyone in the room already agrees on? Let the lefties play echo-chamber games, and let conservatives talk about the issues that will challenge the election process.

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blackyb
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 1:55am
…………..and this is your brain on leftist porridge.

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USA-Ron
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 12:07am
NO mention of marriage,

directed to gays for their vote

yuck

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- DeHavelle
  Posted on September 16, 2012 at 4:59pm
  The headline of this article is incorrect, at least with regard to Paul Ryan. In Ryan’s speech, he glowingly described Mitt Romney as “a defender of marriage” (as well as being an example of a great marriage, as was noted elsewhere).
  
  That has to count. People are reading this headline and assuming it is true, and are thus misled about what actually happened. And they are disappointed by something that didn’t happen the way it’s portrayed. The mention was not large, but it was denied entirely by the headline of this post.
  
  People posting articles here need to actually watch the evidence they’re describing, it seems to me.
  
  ===|==============/ Keith DeHavelle
  
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- DeHavelle
  Posted on September 16, 2012 at 7:05pm
  By the way, the article’s body is talking about the word being missing from the transcripts of the speeches, not the speeches themselves, though that is somewhat ambiguous (especially since the exception noted is not exactly on point). But even that seems to be false in Ryan’s case, as the transcript shows. It is here:
  http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/09/14/transcript-video-paul-ryan-speaks-at-values-voter-summit/
  
  And the quote in question: “We can be confident in the rightness of our cause, and also in the integrity and readiness of the man who leads it. He’s solid and trustworthy, faithful and honorable. Not only a defender of marriage, he offers an example of marriage at its best.”
  
  Bachmann’s speech was, as noted above, focused on the jihadist issue, and omitted most other topics.
  
  ===|==============/ Keith DeHavelle
  
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Gary_K
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 5:38pm
Take this Michelle !

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