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Dennis Donovan

(27,403 posts)
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 07:51 AM Dec 3

Raw Story: This Michigan lawmaker wants to 'Make Gay Marriage Illegal Again'

Raw Story - This Michigan lawmaker wants to ‘Make Gay Marriage Illegal Again’



David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
December 3, 2024
6:53AM ET

Republican state lawmaker Josh Schriver, who calls himself "Michigan's most conservative state representative" and a "White rapper," said Monday he wants to "Make gay marriage illegal again."

Rep. Schriver insists ripping apart the families of millions of Americans and stripping them of their civil and constitutional rights is "not remotely controversial, nor extreme." Nearly seven out of ten Americans (69%) say same-sex marriage should be legal—which it has been nationwide in the United States for nearly a decade.

He followed that up just hours later by declaring, "20 years ago, Barack Obama was more conservative on marriage than many Republicans today. America only 'accepted' gay marriage after it was thrusted into her by a perverted Supreme Court ruling. America 2124 doesn’t have to be as dysfunctional as America 2024. ORDER! ORDER!"

(In 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the same constitutional rights and responsibilities to marriage as different-sex couples, the majority of the country was already in support of marriage equality.)

In addition to calling for a ban on same-sex marriage, Schriver has suggested the "endgame" for Republicans should be banning transgender medical care for everyone, as The Advocate reported in January. He also says not allowing conscience exemptions for DMV employees to discriminate against transgender Michiganders "is going to lead to (more) Christian persecution."

Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel on Monday responded to Rep. Schriver, asking: "Please explain how dissolving my marriage, or that of the hundreds of thousands of other same-sex couples living in America, provides a benefit to your constituents or anyone else. You’re not interested in helping Michiganders. You want only to hurt those you hate. Shame on you."

/snip


Oh, Christians are soooooo persecuted here in the US!
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Raw Story: This Michigan lawmaker wants to 'Make Gay Marriage Illegal Again' (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Dec 3 OP
He looks like such a little punk. Will someone please ask him why! And make him answer. Walleye Dec 3 #1
We know why. Irish_Dem Dec 3 #2
EXACTLY!!! niyad Dec 3 #8
First thing I thought of... johnnyplankton Dec 3 #18
Yeah...my gaydar is blaring with more returns than counterfeit clothing on Amazon SpankMe Dec 3 #21
Or "research" on the culture johnnyplankton Dec 3 #32
First thing I said to myself (out loud) upon opening this thread, "look at that guy" with a big laugh... wcmagumba Dec 3 #3
That's why I put his pic at the top Dennis Donovan Dec 3 #4
Backpfeifengesicht niyad Dec 3 #9
Hell, Dude, why stop there. Chipper Chat Dec 3 #5
He lost the chesse off his cracker. Historic NY Dec 3 #6
Maybe never had any? niyad Dec 3 #10
Obergefell is toast within three years Prairie Gates Dec 3 #7
yeah that seemed pretty much guarenteed, even if Harris had gotten elected. SCROTUS still would have done that Takket Dec 3 #16
ug, these hate filled monsters are absolutely disgusting Takket Dec 3 #11
Rural and Reagan-republican district superpatriotman Dec 3 #12
So he's just yet another typical republican racist and bigot? canuckledragger Dec 3 #20
Oh sure, and when you've achieved that Loving is next right? bluesbassman Dec 3 #13
" You want only to hurt those you hate. Shame on you." Passages Dec 3 #14
I live in Michigan. I love Nessel. She is a real bulldog, fearless and does not take any of this political bullshit Takket Dec 3 #17
Fantastic, we need more of that..fearless. Passages Dec 3 #19
POS also wants to ban birth control dalton99a Dec 3 #15
'Thrust into her'? Freud anyone? Joinfortmill Dec 3 #22
How long until . . . AverageOldGuy Dec 3 #23
He is acting on his "trump mandate" Norbert Dec 3 #24
Ugh, another "bro". Nt NEOH Dec 3 #25
Besides the rabid ferrets running around in his skull... lonely bird Dec 3 #26
Dennis Donovan............ Upthevibe Dec 3 #27
Joe McCarthy was also closeted n/t AntiFascist Dec 3 #29
His bio WestMichRad Dec 3 #28
That's what gets me Dem4life1234 Dec 3 #31
Or... WestMichRad Dec 3 #37
Why do they enjoy being vindictive? Dem4life1234 Dec 3 #30
I wonder if Schriver is part of the religious-right "culture" in Michigan. keep_left Dec 3 #33
Fully expecting his Grindr history NameAlreadyTaken Dec 3 #34
Oh, just STFU, Dude! No one's demanding You marry a man! electric_blue68 Dec 3 #35
Fuck you Josh Schriver! Initech Dec 3 #36

SpankMe

(3,314 posts)
21. Yeah...my gaydar is blaring with more returns than counterfeit clothing on Amazon
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:09 AM
Dec 3

I'd like to see his Internet browser cache. Probably lots of pix of a "model" named "Rex the human tripod". But, I'm sure it's just for artistic purposes.

wcmagumba

(3,247 posts)
3. First thing I said to myself (out loud) upon opening this thread, "look at that guy" with a big laugh...
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 08:30 AM
Dec 3

Prairie Gates

(3,568 posts)
7. Obergefell is toast within three years
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:10 AM
Dec 3

I don't know why people are confused or in denial about this. We'll be damn lucky to get to 2030 without Loving being overturned.

Takket

(22,659 posts)
16. yeah that seemed pretty much guarenteed, even if Harris had gotten elected. SCROTUS still would have done that
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:45 AM
Dec 3

not sure anything can be done to stop it.

it would be great to live in a country where things accepted by over 60% of the population were guaranteed rights we could not lose.

superpatriotman

(6,575 posts)
12. Rural and Reagan-republican district
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:30 AM
Dec 3

“There is an anti-White agenda,” Schriver has also said, according to The Daily Beast. He said there is also a “racist plan to replace Whites with non-Whites through illegal immigration to irreversibly warp America’s demographics, voting citizens, and national identity to keep power in the hands of a godless regime.”

 

canuckledragger

(1,992 posts)
20. So he's just yet another typical republican racist and bigot?
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:07 AM
Dec 3

along with the completely expected projection of his own actions on others?

bluesbassman

(19,902 posts)
13. Oh sure, and when you've achieved that Loving is next right?
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:34 AM
Dec 3

These people are drunk with a “mandate” that doesn’t exist.

Passages

(1,430 posts)
14. " You want only to hurt those you hate. Shame on you."
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:35 AM
Dec 3

I'm glad to see she worded it that way because that is exactly his intention.

Takket

(22,659 posts)
17. I live in Michigan. I love Nessel. She is a real bulldog, fearless and does not take any of this political bullshit
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:47 AM
Dec 3

Calls things out exactly as they are.

AverageOldGuy

(2,169 posts)
23. How long until . . .
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:23 AM
Dec 3

. . . Someone reveals his history with little girls, little boys, and maybe even farm animals?

I give him a week.

lonely bird

(1,971 posts)
26. Besides the rabid ferrets running around in his skull...
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:56 AM
Dec 3

The guy has some weird eyes.

In other words, a Republican.

Upthevibe

(9,249 posts)
27. Dennis Donovan............
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 11:09 AM
Dec 3

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, my gaydar is way up on this p.o.s. WTF?!

WestMichRad

(1,884 posts)
28. His bio
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 11:26 AM
Dec 3

Rep. Josh Schriver was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2022. He represents Michigan’s 66th House District, which contains Bruce and Washington townships in Macomb County and Addison, Brandon, Oakland, and Oxford townships in Oakland County. Lives in Oxford MI.

He is a graduate of Michigan State U (2015) and further got an MS in psychology. Has worked as a kindergarten teacher and as a board certified behavior analyst to develop client-specific programs to support children with autism and their families in home, school, and clinic.

All of which suggests that a person can do good while being a POS in other aspects of life.

Dem4life1234

(1,981 posts)
31. That's what gets me
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 05:27 PM
Dec 3

He's not some backwoods ignorant uneducated hillbilly.

He's well educated, maybe he's closeted and hates himself? Perhaps a pedo?

keep_left

(2,525 posts)
33. I wonder if Schriver is part of the religious-right "culture" in Michigan.
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 06:12 PM
Dec 3

There's a lot of it, although it tends to be found primarily in Ann Arbor, because that's where radtrad Catholic billionaire Tom Monaghan set up his idiotic "think" tanks and foundations years ago. Monaghan owns a huge chunk of real estate called Domino's Farms where he's set up all sorts of phony nonprofits, many of which exist to persecute liberal and progressive movements inside the Church. The fact that Schriver is on the record favoring the banning of contraception and marriage equality suggests that he is at least of the same mind as Monaghan and the radtrads, even if he's not part of them.

The article also mentions that Schriver got into hot water with his colleagues for his support of Jack "Prilosec"...er...Posobiec, an alt-right activist and professional troll. Posobiec's neo-Nazi activities got him cashiered from what would have been a cushy career in Naval intelligence.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219354338#post3

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