Clint Eastwood Signs Brief Supporting Same-Sex Marriage

[Katzndogz]

Anyone who didn't know that Clint Eastwood supported same sex marriage has been living under a rock.

Eastwood is pretty much a libertarian. He ran for Mayor promising to legalize eating ice cream in public. He won and because of that people can publicly eat ice cream in Carmel.

 

[Zona]

This is hysterical!
Bunch of hypocrites I see here.

You hated Eastwood for his empty chair routine, the horrible things that were said about him, shame on you!

Now you love him!

Eastwood is not lock step and has supported Dems and Reps.

"Eastwood is also a supporter of gun control laws. "I've always supported a certain amount of gun control. I think it's very important that guns don't get in the wrong hands; It's very important to keep them out of the hands of felons or anyone who might be crazy with it"

Where the heck is rdean?

Hey stupid, who loves him? He is a drunk uncle at thanksgiving dinner. We are all scared because we dont know what the old fool will say.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

If he personally accepts or supports it.. good for him... if Bigot Joe Schmoe don't... good for him... all part of freedom... but sign no law that infringes upon that freedom for people to discriminate against behavior, choice, and action of others that they don't like or agree with

This makes no sense.

At issue is a California law that violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. It applies to the states and other public sector entities only.

There are no laws, nor are there any proposed, that would ‘force’ private citizens to ‘accept’ anything. The notion is idiocy.

Again, you and others on the right are free to express your hate and ignorance with regard to marriage equality.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Pervert marriage is all about these sickos adopting kids to molest permanently. Clint should be ashamed of himself but when you're in hollywood you have to support depravity like this or you don't work.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

At issue is a California law that violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. It applies to the states and other public sector entities only.

HAHAHA You libulals have the gall to speak of the Equal Protection Clause after you destroyed it by mandating affirmative action!!!!?????

 

[Esmeralda]

Anyone who didn't know that Clint Eastwood supported same sex marriage has been living under a rock.

Eastwood is pretty much a libertarian. He ran for Mayor promising to legalize eating ice cream in public. He won and because of that people can publicly eat ice cream in Carmel.

How very Libertarian. Go to Italy. People are eating gelato all over the place. They must be Libertarians too.

 

[Esmeralda]

At issue is a California law that violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. It applies to the states and other public sector entities only.

HAHAHA You libulals have the gall to speak of the Equal Protection Clause after you destroyed it by mandating affirmative action!!!!?????

Affirmative Action equalized protection. It made sure people who often were treated unfairly were not being restricted from things because of their gender, race, religion, etc. It equalized protection: it gave everyone a fair shot. Too bad the white man lost some of his entitlement just for being white. Now you know how the rest of the world lives. I never heard so much whining.

 

[whitehall]

I wonder how a petition signed by a bunch of actors and hollywood parasites can influence the Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of a referendum voted on by the people?

 

[Esmeralda]

I wonder how a petition signed by a bunch of actors and hollywood parasites can influence the Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of a referendum voted on by the people?

It's California.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

I wonder how a petition signed by a bunch of actors and hollywood parasites can influence the Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of a referendum voted on by the people?

Because those “actors and hollywood parasites” are citizens as well, despite your disdain for your fellow Americans, and enjoy the same First Amendment rights as all the people.

They also have the First Amendment right ‘to petition the government for a redress of grievances,’ in this case where the people of California erred and authorized a measure clearly offensive to the Constitution.

 

[francoHFW]

This is hysterical!
Bunch of hypocrites I see here.

You hated Eastwood for his empty chair routine, the horrible things that were said about him, shame on you!

Now you love him!

Eastwood is not lock step and has supported Dems and Reps.

"Eastwood is also a supporter of gun control laws. "I've always supported a certain amount of gun control. I think it's very important that guns don't get in the wrong hands; It's very important to keep them out of the hands of felons or anyone who might be crazy with it"

Where the heck is rdean?

Only RWers know those terrible things, as the Pub propaganda machine finds them and organizes them for the dupes to get outraged about...lol

 

[ShootSpeeders]

HAHAHA You libulals have the gall to speak of the Equal Protection Clause after you destroyed it by mandating affirmative action!!!!?????

Affirmative Action equalized protection. It made sure people who often were treated unfairly were not being restricted from things because of their gender, race, religion, etc. It equalized protection: it gave everyone a fair shot. Too bad the white man lost some of his entitlement just for being white. Now you know how the rest of the world lives. I never heard so much whining.
]

HAHAHA So now requiring white applicants to have SATs of 1200 and blacks only 950 is equal protection??? You libs are desperate - even you know AA is indefensible.

 

[Seawytch]

Pervert marriage is all about these sickos adopting kids to molest permanently. Clint should be ashamed of himself but when you're in hollywood you have to support depravity like this or you don't work.

We can already adopt children without legal recognition of our relationships. We can also have our own.

Something like 100 different Republicans signed the friend of the court brief. It's got nothing to do with Hollywood and everything to do with equality.

 

[WorldWatcher]

I wonder how a petition signed by a bunch of actors and hollywood parasites can influence the Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of a referendum voted on by the people?

It's California.

1. It's not a "petition" it's an Amicus Brief to Supreme court. Petitions are used to get the city council to approve allowing Girl Scouts to sell cookies door to door when the city denies door to door saleman. An Amicus Brief lays out a legal position regarding a point of law.

2. The signers are not (all) from California.

3. The signers are not "actors and parasites from hollywood", Clint Eastwood is an actor, director, and producer - but he as also been a politician and mayor. This brief was submitted to represent a cross section so senior and influential Republicans that point out there is no legal basis for denying same-sex couples equal treatment under Civil Marriage laws. The list includes mayors, economists, lawyers, members of congress, members of state and federal government, governors, ambassadors, etc...


Here is the list of signers. Pay particular attention to the Jobs they hold/held and look dates showing their service under Republican administrations (for those that have government service).

LIST OF AMICI CURIAE

Kenneth B. Mehlman,
Chairman, Republican National Committee, 2005-2007

Tim Adams,
Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, 2005-2007

Cliff S. Asness,
Businessman, Philanthropist, and Author

David D. Aufhauser,
General Counsel, Department of the Treasury, 2001-2003

Charles Bass,
Member of Congress, 1995-2007 and 2011-2013

John B. Bellinger III,
Legal Adviser to the Department of State, 2005-2009

Katie Biber,
General Counsel, Romney for President, 2007-2008 and 2011-2012

Mary Bono Mack,
Member of Congress, 1998-2013

William A. Burck,
Deputy Staff Secretary, Special Counsel, and Deputy Counsel to the President, 2005-
2009

Alex Castellanos,
Republican Media Advisor

Paul Cellucci,
Governor of Massachusetts, 1997-2001, and Ambassador to Canada, 2001-2005

David C. Chavern,
Business Association Executive

Mary Cheney,
Director of Vice Presidential Opera-
tions, Bush-Cheney 2004, 2003-2004

Thomas J. Christensen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 2006-2008

Jim Cicconi,
Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Chief of Staff, 1989-1990

James B. Comey,
U.S. Deputy Attorney General, 2003-2005

Jeff Cook-McCormac,
Senior Advisor, American Unity PAC

R. Clarke Cooper,
U.S. Alternative Representative, United Nations Security Council, 2007-2009

Julie Cram,
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison, 2007-2009

S.E. Cupp,
Author and Political Commentator

Michele Davis,
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Director of Policy Planning, Department of the
Treasury, 2006-2009

Tyler Deaton,
Secretary, New Hampshire Young Republicans, 2011-Present

Alicia Davis Downs,
Associate Political Director, White House, 2001-2003

Kenneth M. Duberstein,
White House Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President, 1981-1984 and 1987-
1989

Janet Duprey,
New York State Assemblywoman, 2007-Present

Clint Eastwood,
Producer, Director, Actor, and Mayor of Carmel, California, 1986-1988

Christian J. Edwards,
Special Assistant to the President and Director of Press Advance, 2005-2007
Lew Eisenberg,

Finance Chairman,
Republican National Committee, 2002-2004

Patrick Guerriero,
Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts, and Member of Massachusetts House of Representa-
tives, 1993-2001

Carlos Gutierrez,
Secretary of Commerce, 2005-2009

Stephen Hadley,
Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor, 2005-2009

Richard L. Hanna,
Member of Congress, 2011-Present

Jill Hazelbaker,
Communications Director, John McCain for President, 2007-2008

Israel Hernandez,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, 2005-2009

Douglas Holtz-Eakin,
Director, Congressional Budget Office, 2003-2005

Margaret Hoover,
Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2005-2006

Michael Huffington,
Member of Congress, 1993-1995

Jon Huntsman,
Governor of Utah, 2005-2009, and Ambassador to China, 2009-2011

David A. Javdan,
General Counsel, U.S. Small Business Administration, 2002-2006

Reuben Jeffery,
Undersecretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, 2007-2009

Greg Jenkins,
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Advance, 2003-2004

Coddy Johnson,
National Field Director, Bush-Cheney 2004, 2003-2004

Gary Johnson,
Governor of New Mexico, 1995-2003 and Libertarian Party Nominee for President, 2012

Nancy L. Johnson,
Member of Congress, 1983-2007

Robert Kabel,
Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, 1982-1985

Neel Kashkari,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 2008-2009

Theodore W. Kassinger,
Deputy Secretary of Commerce, 2004-2005

Jonathan Kislak,
Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development,
1989-1991

David Kochel,
Senior Iowa Advisor, Mitt Romney for President, 2007-2008 and 2011-2012

James Kolbe,
Member of Congress, 1985-2007

Cyrus Krohn,
Campaign Director, Republican National Committee, 2007-2009

Jeffrey Kupfer,
Chief of Staff and Acting Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy, 2006-2009

Ed Kutler,
Assistant to the Speaker of the House, 1995-1997

Kathryn Lehman,
Chief of Staff, House Republican Conference, 2003-2005

Thomas A. Little,
Vermont State Representative, 1992-2002 and Chairman of the Vermont House Judici-
ary Committee, 1999-2002

Daniel S. Loeb,
Businessman and Philanthropist

Alex Lundry,
Director of Data Science, Romney for President, 2012

N. Greg Mankiw,
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-2005

Catherine Martin,
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Communications Director for Policy and
Planning, 2005-2007

Kevin Martin,
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, 2005-2009

David McCormick,
Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, 2007-2009

Mark McKinnon,
Republican Media Advisor

Aaron McLear,
Press Secretary to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2007-2011

Bruce P. Mehlman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 2001-2003

Susan Molinari,
Member of Congress, 1990-1997

Connie Morella,
Member of Congress, 1987-2003, and U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2003-2007

Michael E. Murphy,
Republican Political Consultant

Beth Myers,
Romney for President Campaign Manager, 2007-2008 and Senior Advisor, 2011-2012

Michael Napolitano,
White House Office of Political Affairs, 2001-2003

Ana Navarro,
National Hispanic Co-Chair, John McCain for President, 2008

Susan Neely,
Special Assistant to the President, 2001-2002

Noam Neusner,
Special Assistant to the President for Economic Speechwriting, 2002-2005

B.J. Nikkel,
Colorado State Representative and Majority Whip, 2009-2012, and District Director for

Marilyn Musgrave,
Member of Congress, 2002-2006

Meghan O’Sullivan,
Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, 2005-2007

Richard Painter,
Associate Counsel to the President, 2005-2007

Ruth Ann Petroff,
Wyoming State Representative, 2011-Present

Nancy Pfotenhauer,
Regulatory Advisor, Romney for President, 2008, and Economist, Presidential Transition
Team, 1988

Gregg Pitts,
Director, White House Travel Office, 2006-2009

J. Stanley Pottinger,
Assistant U.S. Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, 1973-1977

Michael Powell,
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, 2001-2005

Larry Pressler,
U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1979-1997, and Member of Congress, 1975-1979

Deborah Pryce,
Member of Congress, 1993-2009

John Reagan,
New Hampshire State Senator, 2012-Present

Luis Reyes,
Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Assistant to the President, 2006-2009

Tom Ridge,
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1995-2001, and
Secretary of Homeland Security, 2003-2005

Mark A. Robbins,
General Counsel, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 2001-2006

Kelley Robertson,
Chief of Staff, Republican National Committee, 2005-2007

Brian Roehrkasse,
Director of Public Affairs, Department of Justice, 2007-2009

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,
Member of Congress, 1989-Present

Harvey S. Rosen,
Chairman and Member, Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-2005

Lee Rudofsky,
Deputy General Counsel, Romney for President, 2012

Patrick Ruffini,
Campaign Director, Republican National Committee, 2005-2007

Corry Schiermeyer,
Director for Global Communications, National Security Council, 2005-2007

Steve Schmidt,
Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor to the Vice President, 2004-2006, and Senior Advisor, John McCain for President, 2008

Adam Schroadter,
New Hampshire State Representative, 2010-Present

Christopher Shays,
Member of Congress, 1987-2009

Faryar Shirzad,
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Internation-
al Economic Affairs, 2004-2006

Ken Spain,
Communications Director, National Republican Congressional Committee, 2009-2010

Robert Steel,
Undersecretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, 2006-2008

Nancy Stiles,
New Hampshire State Senator, 2010-Present

David Stockman,
Director, Office of Management and Budget, 1981-1985

Jane Swift,
Governor of Massachusetts, 2001-2003

Richard Tisei,
Massachusetts State Senator 1991-2011, and Senate Minority Leader 2007-2011

Michael E. Toner,
Chairman and Commissioner, Federal Election Commission, 2002-2007

Frances Fragos Townsend,
Homeland Security Advisor to the President, 2004-2008

Michael Turk,
eCampaign Director for Bush-Cheney
2004, 2003-2004

John Ullyot,
Communications Director, U.S. Senate
Armed Services Committee, 2003-2007

Sally A. Vastola,
Executive Director, National Republican Congressional Committee, 2003-2006

Jacob P. Wagner,
Chairman, New Hampshire Federation of College Republicans, 2012-Present

Mark Wallace,
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Representative for UN Management and Re-
form, 2006-2008

Nicolle Wallace,
Assistant to the President and White House Communications Director, 2005-2008

William F. Weld,
Governor of Massachusetts, 19911997, and Assistant U.S. Attorney General, Criminal Division, 1986-1988

Christine Todd Whitman,
Governor of New Jersey, 1994-2001, and Administrator of the EPA, 2001-2003

Meg Whitman,
Republican Nominee for Governor of California, 2010

Robert Wickers,
Republican Political Consultant

Paul Wolfowitz,
Deputy Secretary of Defense, 2001-2005, and President of the World Bank Group, 2005-
2007

Dan Zwonitzer,
Wyoming State Representative, 2005-present​

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[WorldWatcher]

Perhaps you all don't see the irony here ~ the big time, major, celebrity speaker at the GOP convention signing a pro-gay marriage document, a document to be presented to the California Supreme Court....that's pretty fucking ironic.....

He was only one of many signers, was a brief to the United States Supreme Court, not the California Supreme Court.


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[Esmeralda]

Perhaps you all don't see the irony here ~ the big time, major, celebrity speaker at the GOP convention signing a pro-gay marriage document, a document to be presented to the California Supreme Court....that's pretty fucking ironic.....

He was only one of many signers, was a brief to the United States Supreme Court, not the California Supreme Court.


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It doesn't matter how many others signed it or whether it was the California Supreme Court or the US Supreme Court. It makes no difference to my point. It is still highly ironic that this man was a speaker at the GOP convention, supposedly representing Conservative values, and he signed a document that condones gay marriage. Does not matter how many others signed it. The point is he does not represent GOP values.

 

[Katzndogz]

Perhaps you all don't see the irony here ~ the big time, major, celebrity speaker at the GOP convention signing a pro-gay marriage document, a document to be presented to the California Supreme Court....that's pretty fucking ironic.....

He was only one of many signers, was a brief to the United States Supreme Court, not the California Supreme Court.


>>>>

It doesn't matter how many others signed it or whether it was the California Supreme Court or the US Supreme Court. It makes no difference to my point. It is still highly ironic that this man was a speaker at the GOP convention, supposedly representing Conservative values, and he signed a document that condones gay marriage. Does not matter how many others signed it. The point is he does not represent GOP values.

What you are missing is that no one ever claimed that Eastwood was a conservative. Certainly it didn't come from him. He's always been a libertarian with conservative fiscal values. There are a lot of republicans who are not also conservatives. The two terms have different meanings. There are a lot of conservatives who aren't republicans. Democrats demand lock step with every democrat position. The democrats would not tolerate a democrat in their ranks unless same sex marriage was accepted. Republicans are not so rigid.

 

[bodecea]

Perhaps you all don't see the irony here ~ the big time, major, celebrity speaker at the GOP convention signing a pro-gay marriage document, a document to be presented to the California Supreme Court....that's pretty fucking ironic.....

He was only one of many signers, was a brief to the United States Supreme Court, not the California Supreme Court.


>>>>

It doesn't matter how many others signed it or whether it was the California Supreme Court or the US Supreme Court. It makes no difference to my point. It is still highly ironic that this man was a speaker at the GOP convention, supposedly representing Conservative values, and he signed a document that condones gay marriage. Does not matter how many others signed it. The point is he does not represent GOP values.

I believe the real point is....GOP values are beginning to be in support of gay marriage. Will you be left behind in the dustbin of history like the Segregationist Democrats were left behind?

 

[Katzndogz]

Republican values are not conservative values. None of these people really changed their minds, they always supported same sex marriage. Not one claims to have some sort of come to Jesus moment when the light shone down and they heard the word of the Lord.

It is the nation heading toward the dustbin of history. Sad to say. Then it will all have to start again. The lifecycle of nations.

 

[JoeB131]

This is hysterical!
Bunch of hypocrites I see here.

You hated Eastwood for his empty chair routine, the horrible things that were said about him, shame on you!

Now you love him!

Eastwood is not lock step and has supported Dems and Reps.

"Eastwood is also a supporter of gun control laws. "I've always supported a certain amount of gun control. I think it's very important that guns don't get in the wrong hands; It's very important to keep them out of the hands of felons or anyone who might be crazy with it"

Where the heck is rdean?

Meh, Clint did more damage than good for Romney with that empty chair routine.

The meme for the night that should have been "What a warm guy Romney is" from that infomercial they produced instead became, "Has Clint lost his mind?"

I still like Clint's movies - most of them, anyway.