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Originally posted by jam321
Seems to me that Republicans only remember minorities when it is an election year, Democrats remember them when they are passing legislation.
Rated 0% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record.
Rated 33% by the HRC, indicating a mixed record on gay rights.
Rated 7% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance.
But the Republicans seem hell bent on being the moral party when in reality they have some of the same moral issues within their own family.
I am sure that their are a lot of black people who share Republicans view but the Party doesn't take the time or effort to seek and invest in these individuals.
Some may say that gay rights don't matter, but other minorities feel a certain solidarity with them as a group who has historically been disadvantaged. As you noted, young people (generally) are very accepting of gay people and when they get treated badly, the young people recognize the inequity.
Exactly. Everyone does. The Republican party has a problem and that is that they want to legislate morality for everyone else. They want to use the law to make people behave in a morally respectable way, according to their judgment. And it can't be done. And many people understand that.
I don't think they want to deal with the race issue. They're simply not brave enough. You see what it has brought on the Democrats this year. Race is an issue and it's been hard to deal with, but Democrats chose the person they thought would be best for the job in spite of the issues they KNEW it would bring up. That's courage. And people of all "minorities" including women, see and appreciate that.
Originally posted by mopusvindictus
reply to post by mental modulator
Just eat the real stats you fool, sit here and bash the Republicans...
It's not a Conspiracy, I know that it's not organized it's just the culture... and Islam and Thug Culture and Socialist activism... It's not Organized NO... it Just IS
It's a culture of Rage, a Culture of perpetual victimization and blame generations beyond the time when there were rela problems
No Conspiracy, no game... Just Blame and Psychological inner defeat
Just a culture taught SELF PITY and that has become intensely Racist in a Nation that does and has done everything possible to embrace them
Originally posted by Dronetek
What rights do gays not have?
I realize you guys want to re-define a religious institution to fit the wants of gays
Its simply another excuse for the left to have yet another victims group, that it can count on for votes.
Wait a second, are you saying democrats don't want to do that? What about all the proposed "green" legislation that will surely come to fruition under Obama. Isn't that forcing people to accept your belief and morality system? You seem fine with that sort of thing, as long as its YOUR morality we're talking about.
Being ecologically aware and active is not a morality issue. It's an environmental issue.
The message that the climate crisis is not a political issue, but instead moral one is resonating. Rev Jimmy Allen, a former Southern Baptist president, called the climate crisis, “one of the major moral issues of our time.”
Well, if "you guys" would stop denying their rights, then they wouldn't be victims, would they?
Originally posted by mopusvindictus
Originally posted by Krieger
Second, what rights are they denied? How about the right to not be beaten to death for being gay?
Originally posted by Krieger
reply to post by thisguyrighthere
Go to the south. Go to any place where the GOP has control. They might as well be swampholes, hell holes, to anyone who isn't a white christian male or his wife.