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Beck turns a new leaf on same-sex marriage, but what about his past comments?

August 12, 2010 11:47 am ET by Karl Frisch

Last night on Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, Glenn Beck indicated that he doesn’t oppose same-sex marriage:

That would be news to anyone who hasn’t been watching and listening to Beck over the years when he’s said marriage equality was a slippery slope to polyamorous marriage, allowing siblings to marry, and really all about attacking churches:

Previously:

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    • Author by timesthree (August 12, 2010 12:01 pm ET)
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      Maybe he is switching his tune to try to get gay couples to his 9 /28 rally.
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    • Author by indigo1968 (August 12, 2010 12:02 pm ET)
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      Again, I don't care what Beck thinks about gay marriage pro or con. His opinion on the matter is irrelevant to me.
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    • Author by nerzog (August 12, 2010 12:15 pm ET)
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      I think he'll backpedal eventually. His recent "end times" rhetoric is pandering strictly to the Evangelical Troglodytes, and they won't tolerate this point of view.
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    • Author by neon desert (August 12, 2010 12:16 pm ET)
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      Beck, sometime in the near future - "No, no - I've never been opposed to gay marriage. But I've consistently opposed them using the issue to attack, infiltrate, and wrest control of the churches from the people, like Hitler did."


      Just guessin'...
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      • Author by RiffRabbit (August 12, 2010 12:59 pm ET)
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        I suspect you are right. Maybe I'm being too generous, but given his worldview, I tend to believe he really does consider gay marriage's possible effects on churches more of an issue than any conception of traditional marriage.
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        • Author by Nasty Liberal (August 12, 2010 2:16 pm ET)
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          People, you gotta' remember that with these select folk, gay and lesbian marriage isn't the offense... it's gays and lesbians themselves.
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    • Author by Porkeater (August 12, 2010 12:27 pm ET)
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      Is he trolling for some of the saner Libertarians?
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      • Author by indigo1968 (August 12, 2010 1:06 pm ET)
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        If that were true, Beck would endorse the legalization of pot. Speaking of which, I wonder what Rand Paul's position on the topic is?

        After all, if Paul's truly a dyed-in-the-wool libertarian one would think he'd be all for legal pot, and the state getting out of people's private lives.

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    • Author by Nasty Liberal (August 12, 2010 2:10 pm ET)
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      Folks, I read between the lines and listened for the dogwhistle, here was the message:

      Don't waste energy on the gay marriage thing, we'll settle with the homosexuals after.
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