Dave Nalle

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  Dave commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Obama's Cabinet: The Most LGBT-Friendly Cabinet in History?

  Hmm...I'm sorry if I mixed up the positions of the RLC.  I'm wondering though...looking at the RLC's board of advisors, they have several members who are adamantly opposed to marriage equality, including Ron Paul, John Shadegg, Tom Feeney, Georgia State Senator David Shafer....among some others.
  
  Like any political organization which isn't based around a single focal issue the RLC has members and people on the board who have a great deal in common, but don't agree on every issue.
  
  I believe the consensus opinion on gay marriage which the vast majority of the RLC seem to agree on is that marriage should be a religious sacrament and the government should get out of the marriage business entirely.  It's a violation of the separation of church and state.  Then gay and straight couples would file contracts for civil unions with exactly the same rights and provisions, and get married or not in the church of their choice.
  
  Also, I see on their site that they are against the Federal Marriage Amendment, but don't mention anywhere about being for civil unions or marriage.  Do you have any links you can share that documents where the RLC support marriage and/or civil unions?  Thanks!
  
  I don't know that we've issued an official position paper on it, but if we did it would resemble what I described above.  The national RLC which I'm the VC of hasn't had a need to issue a position paper on anything but our opposition to the federal marriage amendment, because it's mostly a state issue.  We don't dictate positions to our state chapters, but in those states where it has come up as an issue I would assume chapters have come down on the right side of the issue.
  
  We're having our national convention this spring.  I might see about bringing it up as an issue to produce a position paper on.
  
  Dave

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  Dave commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Obama's Cabinet: The Most LGBT-Friendly Cabinet in History?

  It's also a good sign when the Republican Liberty Caucus is going after you for your lack of support to ban gay marriage and civil unions (though, we have to admit, we don't really know where Holder stands on these issues).
  
  You seem to have gotten this somewhat confused.  The RLC supports gay rights including civil unions and marriage.  Holder's record on the issue is ambiguous, but we see very little likelihood that Obama or Holder will make protecting gay rights a priority.
  
  Dave