A speech Republicans can give at their children's same-sex weddings: 'I was never here'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : Here's a charming story: Republican Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania recently voted against a House bill that would protect same-sex marriages.
56% : Same-sex marriage, we thought, was settled.
54% : So I offer the following speech as a template for anti-same-sex-marriage Republicans who will invariably speak at a child or loved one's same-sex marriage: "Good evening.
51% : So Democrats put together the Respect for Marriage Act, which would enshrine same-sex marriage rights in federal law.
47% : "I know there are some of you who never thought you'd see the day I'd be standing here, raising a glass to a same-sex marriage.
44% : This means that between the House and Senate, upwards of 200 Republicans will likely stand in opposition to protecting same-sex marriages.
43% : It's a simple act that would help reassure same-sex couples that their marriages won't suddenly be invalidated.
41% : Your turn, Senate GOP: 47 House Republicans voted for gay marriage rights Maddison Stone, Thompson's press secretary, released a statement to the Centre Daily Times newspaper in Pennsylvania saying the bill is "nothing more than an election-year messaging stunt for Democrats in Congress who have failed to address historic inflation and out of control prices at gas pumps and grocery stores." Don't worry, same-sex couples!
25% : Hard times ahead: How Biden and the Fed are driving America into a recession Same-sex marriage has been legal across America for more than seven years, and 71% of the country, according to the most recent Gallup data, has reached the conclusion that marriage is marriage, same-sex or otherwise, and we've all got bigger things to worry about, like Klondike's Choco Taco being discontinued and the meddlesome elves that keep stealing our left AirPod.
22% : That reassurance rang hollow because some Republicans, like Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, went on and said the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage was "clearly wrong."

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