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Originally Posted by Antitrust32
It is interesting that the majority of Republicans that I talk to (not all of course) are FOR gay rights. Only a small minority of the more religious Republican base that I talk to are against it.. for religious reasons only.
I'm not sure why more Republican so - called "leaders" cant be more in touch with the Conservatives who are socially more "left" and why do they cater so much to the religious right? I'm sure there are a lot more Fiscally Conservative but Socially liberal people out there than there are fanatical religious Conservatives. The religious ones have a louder voice though.
Why is equality a "left" thing? Why cant it be an "everyone" thing? You would thing that the Conservatives, based on their beliefs of individual freedoms, would take the side of equality. Most intelligent & compassionate individuals out there, who live there life based on reality, are for equality.
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It isn't just the Republican leadership or a small minority of Republicans that oppose gay marriage. As of a 2008 poll anyway, 75% of all registered Republicans opposed gay marriage:
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/868/gay-marriage