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and apologetics. Expert guests? Expansive topics. Always extolling Christ. Issues, etc. It's been 11 years since Obergefell came down, and it was a decision that, well, we were

promised that it would just narrowly deal with the issue of same-sex marriage, and that

it would just be about marriage, and it's turned out, wow, it's not just about marriage, of same-sex marriage and that it would just be about marriage and it's turned

out wow it's not just about marriage that same-sex marriage has brought us a lot of other

things and especially things that are harmful to children I don't think anyone

pro or con were thinking about children maybe some of the people who were planning ahead

when Obergefell came down. But at the time, many in the Republican Party said, well,

you win some, you lose some. We don't want to be bigots. We'll get on the same-sex marriage

bandwagon, but recent polling says they're jumping off the bandwagon

welcome back to issues etc joining us to talk about declining gop support for same-sex

marriage katie faust a married mother of four children in seattle founder and director of the

children's rights organization then before us she She's leader of the Greater Than campaign,

editor and author of a chapter in the book, Pro Child Politics, in a recent column for the Federalist,

Republicans supported gay marriage rights until they saw it destroyed children's rights. Katie,

welcome back. Thanks for chatting with me about this, Todd. I think it's important news,

and we need to talk about why support is falling so drastically.

So let's kind of rewind a little bit.

Why did so many Republicans board the same-sex marriage bandwagon?

Well, I think it's because the other side, the pro-gay marriage side, effectively made a pitch to traditional marriage supporters,

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