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Republicans aren’t very strongly against those things (as they are abortion). So it’s not going to energize them to such an extent.

ceejayoz 4y ago
> Republicans aren’t very strongly against those things... I'm sorry, Republicans aren't strongly against gay marriage?
- aquadoggy 4y ago
  The first president to go to into office already supporting gay marriage was a republican (his name was Donald Trump). https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/10/23/opinion/23bruni-newsletter1/merlin_145743834_ae6dce48-eced-46bb-b923-ace5fd652a20-superJumbo.jpg https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/10/23/opinion/23bruni-n...
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    The official 2016 and 2020 platforms for the Party said otherwise. Actions speak louder than words.
  - joshstrange 4y ago
    He held up a flag and that makes him pro-gay-marriage? Is that all it takes? Some people are so stupid it hurts. The 2016 and 2020 platform both said that marriage is between 1 man and 1 women, they didn't mince words. Pretending Republicans won't try to overturn gay marriage is about as stupid as the people who said they would never overturn Roe v Wade.
MandieD 4y ago
They will be if their various noise machines spin them up to be. Southern Baptists largely didn’t care about abortion before the 1970s, even seeing it as a good thing in some cases. From The Baptist Press, who of course now spouts the party line that abortion is terrible and this SCOTUS decision is wonderful: https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/southern-baptists-transformed-as-u-s-grappled-with-roe-v-wade/ https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/southern-...
joshstrange 4y ago
It's literally part of their national party platform (banning gay marriage). I cannot believe that people honestly think that Republicans won't be chasing banning contraceptives, gay marriage, and trans rights next.

ceejayoz 4y ago

> Republicans aren’t very strongly against those things... I'm sorry, Republicans aren't strongly against gay marriage?

aquadoggy 4y ago
The first president to go to into office already supporting gay marriage was a republican (his name was Donald Trump). https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/10/23/opinion/23bruni-newsletter1/merlin_145743834_ae6dce48-eced-46bb-b923-ace5fd652a20-superJumbo.jpg https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/10/23/opinion/23bruni-n...
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  The official 2016 and 2020 platforms for the Party said otherwise. Actions speak louder than words.
- joshstrange 4y ago
  He held up a flag and that makes him pro-gay-marriage? Is that all it takes? Some people are so stupid it hurts. The 2016 and 2020 platform both said that marriage is between 1 man and 1 women, they didn't mince words. Pretending Republicans won't try to overturn gay marriage is about as stupid as the people who said they would never overturn Roe v Wade.

MandieD 4y ago

They will be if their various noise machines spin them up to be. Southern Baptists largely didn’t care about abortion before the 1970s, even seeing it as a good thing in some cases. From The Baptist Press, who of course now spouts the party line that abortion is terrible and this SCOTUS decision is wonderful: https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/southern-baptists-transformed-as-u-s-grappled-with-roe-v-wade/ https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/southern-...

joshstrange 4y ago

It's literally part of their national party platform (banning gay marriage). I cannot believe that people honestly think that Republicans won't be chasing banning contraceptives, gay marriage, and trans rights next.