Both left & right pols are tripping over themselves to support gay marriage for political expediency

By Correctamundo  

Oh, the perils of Political Pauline's.

As the Supreme Court considers two landmark gay-rights cases this week, politicians on both sides of the aisle are scrambling to position themselves on what they increasingly seem to consider the right side of history, coming out in support of equal rights for gay Americans.

From Bill and Hillary Clinton on the left to Ohio Sen. Rob Portman on the right, no fewer than a dozen influential party leaders have recently revised their positions on gay marriage. As Chief Justice John Roberts said in Wednesday’s hearing, a number of politicians “have been falling all over themselves” to vocally support same-sex marriage.

The 3 GOPers, at least, will probably meet their political demise in 2016 and be replaced by individuals who hold to conservative values, regardless of the fall-out. This sticking-your-finger-in-the-political-wind-to-see-which-way-will-get-you-votes needs to be rewarded at the polls. Political expediency is nothing more than misrepresentation of your constituents. They did not elect you to represent them based on what's currently popular. Your first and foremost job is to represent your constituents.  And this is what, traditionally, conservatives as a whole believe:

Conservatives believe in personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional American values and a strong national defense. Believe the role of government should be to provide people the freedom necessary to pursue their own goals. Conservative policies generally emphasize empowerment of the individual to solve problems.

Marriage is the union of one man and one woman. Oppose same-sex marriage. Support Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), passed in 1996, which affirms the right of states not to recognize same-sex marriages licensed in other states.

Requiring citizens to sanction same-sex relationships violates moral and religious beliefs of millions of Christians, Jews, Muslims and others, who believe marriage is the union of one man and one woman.

I don't see anywhere where it says '...unless it's deemed politically correct to do otherwise or you might upset some folks by continuing to uphold conservative values'.