Governor Perry - Managing the Media with Prudence and Savvy

Gov. Rick Perry ignited a firestorm after his comments in Aspen on July 22^nd about homosexual marriage. I found quite a bit of blowback from the Christian media. Here's an example:  Gov. Perry Takes States Rights Position on Gay Marriage
 A good summary of the secular press' slant on the whole affair after Perry's careless comments: Perry, Conservatives and Gay Marriage: An Evolving View?

Bottom line... lessons learned... again and again:

·    Nothing new here about the media - most are not friends of Christian conservatism and they are not objective.

·    Watch what you say, tread very carefully - every word will be scrutinized, second guessed, and distorted. Perry should know this.

One crucial thing I observed which critical Christian believers picked up on...

What did Perry say in Aspen that offended their Christian sensibilities?

"Our friends in New York six weeks ago passed a statute that said marriage can be between two people of the same sex. And you know what? That's New York, and that's their business, and that's fine with me." He continued, "That is their call. If you believe in the 10th Amendment, stay out of their business."

"Well, it's not fine with God, Governor Perry," is a common thread I found resonating on Christian blogs, voicing readers' deep disappointment with Perry's statement.

Perry needs to send out a clear explanation addressing Christian conservatives' concerns about his remarks. Confusion can spiral out control and if he intends a White House run soon, his campaign, sadly, may be defined by four seemingly innocent words he enunciated in Aspen.

I'd like to remind Perry that in 1967 there were only a handful of states that legalized child killing - Colorado, Oregon, California, N. Carolina.  New York followed in 1970. What happened? Six years after Colorado, seven Supreme Court judges voted that a Texas statute restricting abortion to cases only when it was necessary to save the life of the mother was unconstitutional. The rest is history.

What makes Gov. Perry think that New York legalizing homosexual marriage is irrelevant to Texas and the other states that have defended traditional marriage? That's how corruption works!  It spreads, metastasizes, and respects no boundaries!  He speaks volumes in his book, Fed Up, about activist legislators and judges.

If he meant what he wrote about the danger of activist judges and legislators, doesn't he realize his statement last Friday came across as defending the narrow majority of state legislators (33-29) who voted to obstruct the will of the people in the state of New York? If he is fine with New York upending longstanding traditional state marriage laws, then, he will soon find the fight crossing the border into his state by the same leviathan attacking marriage in all 50 states.

Has he forgotten what happened in Lawrence vs. Texas?