# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 458
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9141 "2013-04-02T22:22:33Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Obviously, Ms. Everhart recently watched the acclaimed documentary **I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.** Chuck and Larry, Chuck and Larry Pseudo-gays who pseudo-marry Find the sitch a little hairy Larry and Chuck, Larry and Chuck To prove it ain’t just for the buck Must do something that can’t possibly fit into this rhyme scheme, goshdarnit! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9142 "2013-04-02T23:25:27Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Chuck and Larry, Chuck and Larry > Pseudo-gays who pseudo-marry > Find the sitch a little hairy > Larry and Chuck, Larry and Chuck > To prove it ain’t just for the buck > Must do something that can’t possibly fit into this rhyme scheme, goshdarnit! Oooo, SO close! Try again – something something “luck” or “f\*ck” or… ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9143 "2013-04-02T23:39:53Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > Unless things have changed a lot since I was last there, Hutchinson wasn’t exactly a blue city. > > Their round-up of how the Stupid Republican Ideas have affected Kansas: > > [http://www.hutchnews.com/Columns/SUN--Probst-column](http://www.hutchnews.com/Columns/SUN--Probst-column) I suppose that’s a lament over the loss of moderate Republicans, but it doesn’t mention any of the specific stupidities. One wonders whether that paper may suddenly get a News Corp owned competitor some time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Uther\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Uther\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uther_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9144 "2013-04-03T00:41:25Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I feel dirty just for being in the general vicinity of the same side of a point as Rick Santorum, but I made the argument to someone the other day that, horrible and stereotyped as the show was, _Will and Grace_ did play a part in nudging the Overton window in the right direction. Once people saw gays as harmless, goofy sitcom types, it made it harder to demonize them as evil corrupters of children and crazed sex fiends. Isn’t there an explicit formula how the representation of minorities in media develops? First as demonized threat, then as punching ball, then as the butt of jokes, then as token member of the group, then … and here my memory fails. Can someone help me out? Note: I do _not_ think of Gandhi’s “First they ignore you etc.” ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9145 "2013-04-03T05:26:38Z")
Those Constitutional scholars down in North Cackalacky have come up with a [whopper](http://www.wral.com/proposal-would-allow-state-religion-in-north-carolina/12296876/). The “[Rowan County Defense of Religion Act of 2013](http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=h+494&submitButton=Go)” asserts that state establishment of religion is perfectly legal, and that federal courts aren’t allowed to decide what is or is not Constitutional, to boot. You gotta figure that some wing nuts would sign off on this kind of thing, but the Majority Leader? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9146 "2013-04-03T11:30:56Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Besides, I credit _Soap_. Billy Crystal’s gay character was the only normal person on the show. If it weren’t for _Soap_ I never would have known that Mickey Mouse’s dog is gay. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9147 "2013-04-03T11:36:37Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Those Constitutional scholars down in North Cackalacky have come up with a [whopper](http://www.wral.com/proposal-would-allow-state-religion-in-north-carolina/12296876/). The “[Rowan County Defense of Religion Act of 2013](http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=h+494&submitButton=Go)” asserts that state establishment of religion is perfectly legal, and that federal courts aren’t allowed to decide what is or is not Constitutional, to boot. > > You gotta figure that some wing nuts would sign off on this kind of thing, but the Majority Leader? Really? [Link to pdf of bill.](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H494v1.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9148 "2013-04-03T11:48:30Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Those Constitutional scholars down in North Cackalacky have come up with a [whopper](http://www.wral.com/proposal-would-allow-state-religion-in-north-carolina/12296876/). The “[Rowan County Defense of Religion Act of 2013](http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=h+494&submitButton=Go)” asserts that state establishment of religion is perfectly legal, and that federal courts aren’t allowed to decide what is or is not Constitutional, to boot. > > You gotta figure that some wing nuts would sign off on this kind of thing, but the Majority Leader? Really? Sometimes I think these sorts of things are “stupid like a fox” moves - when they get struck down by the courts, the politicians get to say “Hey, we tried but those godless liberal courts went against the will of the people and wouldn’t let us do this!” It plays well to the segment of the population who would think that this bill was a good idea in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9149 "2013-04-03T12:41:01Z")
Hey. How are Christians going to be persecuted if they don’t manufacture the persecution in the first place. I mean, they have a quota to keep up, you know. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9150 "2013-04-03T14:46:38Z")
Lions. We don’t have nearly enough lions. Chihuahuas and cockapoos just aren’t going to get it done. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9151 "2013-04-03T14:49:40Z")
Heard on NPR this morning, went to go find an article: [QUOTE=NRA lobbyist and founder of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners Dudley Brown] “I liken it to the proverbial hunting season,” Brown says. “We tell gun owners, there’s a time to hunt deer. And the next election is the time to hunt Democrats.” [/quote] [http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/04/03/1815171/head-of-gun-organization-time-to-hunt-democrats/](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/04/03/1815171/head-of-gun-organization-time-to-hunt-democrats/) ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9152 "2013-04-03T14:54:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Link to pdf of bill.](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H494v1.pdf) I notice that their “Whereas”'s are very keen on the Tenth Amendment but singularly fail to mention the Fourteenth, which you’d think would be relevant. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9153 "2013-04-03T15:12:41Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Those Constitutional scholars down in North Cackalacky have come up with a [whopper](http://www.wral.com/proposal-would-allow-state-religion-in-north-carolina/12296876/). The “[Rowan County Defense of Religion Act of 2013](http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=h+494&submitButton=Go)” asserts that state establishment of religion is perfectly legal, and that federal courts aren’t allowed to decide what is or is not Constitutional, to boot. > > You gotta figure that some wing nuts would sign off on this kind of thing, but the Majority Leader? Really? I like how they are trying to use the 10th amendment to nullify the 1st. It is sad to think that people actually think like this. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9154 "2013-04-03T15:13:38Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Heard on NPR this morning, went to go find an article: > > [http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/04/03/1815171/head-of-gun-organization-time-to-hunt-democrats/](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/04/03/1815171/head-of-gun-organization-time-to-hunt-democrats/) Did you check out his lapel pin? What a child. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9155 "2013-04-03T20:11:08Z")
On behalf of my state, I’d like to apologize to everyone. I’ve done what I could by writing to my (Republican, but not listed as bill supporters) Representative and Senator. I’m still agog at this. I guess it’s just grandstanding over the Rowan County ACLU suit, but Jesus people. If you’re trying to attract banks and tech firms to your bustling city areas, this just might be the wrong image to project. I just hope none of my tax money winds up going to actually defend this in court! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9156 "2013-04-03T20:39:09Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > On behalf of my state, I’d like to apologize to everyone. I’ve done what I could by writing to my (Republican, but not listed as bill supporters) Representative and Senator. I’m still agog at this. I guess it’s just grandstanding over the Rowan County ACLU suit, but Jesus people. If you’re trying to attract banks and tech firms to your bustling city areas, this just might be the wrong image to project. > > I just hope none of my tax money winds up going to actually defend this in court! The AG is still a democrat, isn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9157 "2013-04-03T20:45:18Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Did you check out his lapel pin? What a child. Even worse, it’s a Commie AK. What kind of an American is this guy? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9158 "2013-04-03T20:51:57Z")
Ken Cuccinelli, AG of Virginia, wants to _reinstate_ the anti-sodomy laws. > **[Ken Cuccinelli asks court to reinstate Virginia sodomy law. Wait, what?](https://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/03/1198966/-Ken-Cuccinelli-asks-court-to-reinstate-Virginia-sodomy-law-Wait-what?detail=hide)** > > Under a Cuccinelli administration, all regulations against improper sexytimes will be strictly enforced   > > What the hell, Ken Cuccinelli? This is how you plan to spend ... > [@](#): > > Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli has filed a petition with the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond asking the full 15-judge court to reconsider a decision by a three-judge panel last month that overturned the state’s sodomy law. > > The three-judge panel ruled 2-1 on March 12 that a section of Virginia’s “Crimes Against Nature” statute that outlaws sodomy between consenting adults, gay or straight, is unconstitutional based on a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2003 known as Lawrence v. Texas… No! No blowjobs for you! Go Greek, go to jail! Spanking the monkey, you better believe that’s a paddling! _La Cucinnelli, la Cucinelli, yo no puedo masturbate Porque no tengo, porgue no tengo, Minnesota por mi state_ ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9159 "2013-04-03T23:02:37Z")
[Pat Robertson – politician, televangelist, and now wannabe Cecil](http://americablog.com/2013/04/pat-robertson-raise-dead-africa-ivy-league.html): > [@](#): > > **Q:** Why do amazing miracles (people raised from the dead, blind eyes open, lame people walking) happen with great frequency in places like Africa, and not here in the USA? What can we do to encourage those things to happen here? Is America too far gone for miracles like this? --KEN > > **A:** Those people overseas didn’t go to Ivy League schools. Well, we’re so sophisticated, we think we’ve got everything figured out, we know about evolution, we know about Darwin, we know about all these things that says God isn’t real, we know about all this stuff. And if we’d be in many schools, the more advanced schools, we have been inundated with skepticism and secularism. Overseas they’re simple, humble. You tell them God loves them, and they say ‘ok, he loves me’. You say ‘God will do miracles’ and they say ‘okay, we believe him.’ And that’s what God’s looking for, that’s why they have miracles. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9160 "2013-04-03T23:09:45Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Ken Cuccinelli, AG of Virginia, wants to _reinstate_ the anti-sodomy laws. > > [Ken Cuccinelli asks court to reinstate Virginia sodomy law. Wait, what?](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/03/1198966/-Ken-Cuccinelli-asks-court-to-reinstate-Virginia-sodomy-law-Wait-what?detail=hide) Apparently, issue here is that Virginia never updated their “crimes against nature” law to comply with _Lawrence_ because Cuccinelli and others killed a bill to do so, [because he wanted to keep homosexual acts illegal](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/03/1816861/ken-cuccinellis-appeal-and-how-he-helped-undermine-virginias-protections-against-adult-sex-with-minors/). So, it’s his own stupid mess, because he considered it more important to take a symbolic stand against homosexuality than to actually have enforceable laws on the books. And people think this dunce ought to be governor? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=457) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=459)