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Originally Posted by Rochard
I still find it hard to believe that we are even discussing this topic at this point. We should have moved past this issue twenty or thirty years ago. A gay man is no different than a straight man, and deserves the same rights.
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You see the Republicans represent the minority of America. They represent corporations and rich people. Corporations can't vote and there's not enough rich people.
So the question is "How do you recruit enough people to get elected when you only represent such a small percentage of the population?"
And the answer to that question is, you create social policies that please more of the voting population to vote against their interests.
Gay marriage, abortion, gays in the military etc. The initial Republican group I described has absolutely no interest in these issues. But they would motivate people to vote for Republicans despite cuts in social services, less regulation and a higher tax burden.
It's only a single part mind. People do vote on more concrete proposals such as economic plans, foreign policy and domestic policy. But then the Republicans are forced to distort reality in order to get votes.