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Michigan's Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema is taking serious flack because of a controversial anti-gay social media posting and has been asked by some members of his party to resign.<br />
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A group of 21 young Republican activists released a letter&nbsp; calling for him to resign his post from the RNC after posting a copy of an online article on his Facebook page Wednesday titled &quot;Everyone Should Know These Statistics on Homosexuals.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">&quot;</span><br />
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Agema defended his action, saying the posted article didn</span><span style="font-size: medium;">'</span><span style="font-size: medium;">t necessarily reflect his own views but was still worth sharing on the same day the U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up two days of oral arguments about the constitutionality of gay marriage.<br />
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He said he had copied and pasted a piece written by Dr. Frank Joseph onto Facebook. He stated that </span><span style="font-size: medium;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: medium;">some publications and even a few liberal Republicans have chosen to take the words of someone else and cast them as my own,</span><span style="font-size: medium;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: medium;">.<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: medium;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: medium;">I think it was a piece worth sharing given the debate over gay marriage that is happening in the Supreme Court. I strongly maintain my position in support of marriage as being between a man and a woman and will not back down from my core beliefs in support of strengthening the family.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">&quot;</span><br />
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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus Thursday neither defended nor rebuked Agema, as the GOP has been trying to appeal to a wider group of voters. <br />
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Priebus has been preaching a message of tolerance for Republicans with pro-gay marriage views after Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman announced support for same-sex marriage after his Yale University son told him he was gay.<br />
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Should Dave Agema resign his position as Michigan's National Republican Committeeman?<br />
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If an amnesty bill is passed should the right to vote be limited for a period of time after it is granted?<br />
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There should be no limit on voting after amnesty - 7%<br />
Voting rights should be denied for 5 years - 13%<br />
Voting rights should be denied for 10 years - 17%<br />
Voting rights should be denied for 15 years - 0%<br />
Voting rights should be denied for 20 years - 63%<br />
Undecided - 0% <br />
THERE WAS 1 COMMENT MADE ON THE POLL QUESTION<br />
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Amnesty<br />
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Mass deportation seems unlikely. If they are going to be here anyway, let's get them signed up as citizens and paying taxes as soon as possible. No one that isn't a fully naturalized citizen should have the right to vote. I'm more concerned with the additional expansion of social welfare and education subsidization for this population. Any amnesty must be balanced by enhanced restriction of unlawful entry and residence in the US . We cannot have an &quot; all-in-free&quot; policy with no controls or individual responsibility.<br />
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