Illinois GOP Chair Pat Brady Could Lose Job Over Gay Marriage Support

Some Illinois GOP state party bosses are seeking to unseat state chairman Pat Brady over his support for a gay marriage law.

Brady said in a statement last month that legalizing the institution for gay and lesbian couples ?honors the best conservative principles. It strengthens and reinforces a key Republican value ? that the law should treat all citizens equally.?

Party leaders immediately pounced on Brady; some called for his resignation. But Brady has stood by his remarks.

?If people want to throw me out because I took on an issue of discrimination [as] the chairman of the Republican Party, the party founded by Abraham Lincoln, then that's ? that's up to them and they're free to do it. But I'm not backing down,? he said.

On Friday, Brady told WBEZ that party bosses have called a March 9 special meeting to discuss his stance on the issue.

According to WBEZ, Brady's ouster would require ?the weighted vote of three-fifths of the state central committee.?

State Senator Jim Oberweis, also a committeeman, said there is sufficient support to fire Brady.

?We'd have exactly the same reaction if suddenly Pat decided to talk about the merits of Obamacare,? Oberweis said.

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