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Obama 'started' supporting gay marriage in 2011. Given the current trajectory of public opinion, I would be surprised if the GOP candidate for president in 2020
by cmsmith 13y ago
Obama 'started' supporting gay marriage in 2011. Given the current trajectory of public opinion, I would be surprised if the GOP candidate for president in 2020 or 2024 doesn't support gay marriage.
I have a difficult time getting excited that one party changes their mind when 51% of voters support something, while the other party waits until 60% support it.
You can repeat that story with the drug war (fighting over the 18:1 or 200:1 disparity in crack:powder cocaine sentences without actually reexamining what the hell we're doing) or fiscal policy (should we cut taxes for 99% of people or 100% of people, and should we cut government spending by $1T or $1.1T) or even health care (where no one has the stomach to even mention the words 'single payer').
- u2328 13y agoWell, the proposition was that Democrats and Republicans are the same side of the coin. In terms of state surveillance, that certainly is appearing to be true. On social issues, it's clearly opposite, because I got my gay rights 9 years earlier than your proposition argues. > I have a difficult time getting excited that one party changes their mind when 51% of voters support something, while the other party waits until 60% support it. Okay, don't get excited then, that's your right. I just can't buy the argument that a McCain or Romney administration would have been no different than the Obama Administration on all the issues. That's painting with a broad brush.