Scott Walker Says It’s Time GOP Concedes Defeat on ‘Gay’ Marriage

Written by Aaron Rupar

During an appearance yesterday on Meet the Press, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he thinks it’s time his party concedes defeat and moves past the marriage equality issue.

Walker’s remarks come on the heels of the release of new nationwide polling showing that 51 percent of Republicans under the age of 30 support marriage equality at the state level. As Mother Jones reports, according to the polling, “the only major demographic that still opposes same-sex marriage is white, evangelical Christians.”

Think Progress puts Walker’s Meet the Press remarks in context:

DAVID GREGORY: Are younger conservatives more apt to see marriage equality as something that is, you know, what they believe, that is basic rather than as a disqualifying issue?

WALKER: I think there’s no doubt about that. But I think that’s all the more reason, when I talk about things, I talk about the economic and fiscal crises in our state and in our country, that’s what people want to resonate about. They don’t want to get focused on those issues.

Walker also questioned why the government sanctions marriage in the first place, noting, “an alternative [would be] to say not have the government sanction it, period, and leave that up to the churches and the synagogues.”

For the most part, Walker’s advice hasn’t been heeded by the MNGOP. With the notable exception of Sen. Branden Petersen, R-Andover, all indications are the entire MNGOP Senate caucus remains unified in opposition to the Dibble/Clark marriage equality bill.

This article was originally posted at CityPages.com.