Conservatives Love Scott Walker’s Anti-Gay Transition
Betsy Woodruff
Scott Walkers call for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in the wake of the Supreme Courts ruling has saved his reputation with the conservative right.
Scott Walker has his groove back with social conservatives and he has the Supreme Court to thank.
After the court ruled that the Constitution guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry, Walker released a statement calling for a Constitutional ban on gay marriage. And social conservatives loved it, and it came at a moment when he needed all the love he could get.
Back in May, the Wisconsin governor traveled to Washington to meet with a bevy of leaders from the partys more conservative wing.
And in that meeting, there were lots of Walker skeptics.
Penny Nancethe president of the influential conservative group Concerned Women for Americaemailed to The Daily Beast after that meeting to say she still wasnt convinced Walker was a strong enough opponent of same-sex marriage.
I think people are still trying to discern, his position, she wrote. His list of confusing comments about the issue over the years made it a little tricky for some on the right to ascertain his position.
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