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loyalsister

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17. Would it be okay if an anti-choice log cabin republican defected and was invited to speak...

Reply to Zalatix (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2012, 09:05 PM

Aug 2012

in favor of marriage equality?
Would his attitudes toward poor people and women matter?
Should poor homeless women and their children boycott catholic soup kitchens?

Is the world more complicated than to affirm one answer? YES

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I ask again, what does the Democratic Party stand for? [View all] Zalatix Aug 2012 OP

Perhaps that is the problem with the Democratic party, they are an "inclusive" party, which presents still_one Aug 2012 #1

Irony? MrSlayer Aug 2012 #2

DLC DLC DLC bla bla bla... The DLC no longer exists. That meme is dead and buried. You want purity, RBInMaine Aug 2012 #5

Stick your head in the sand all you want. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #6

+100,000! They can go join the GOP if they want outsourcing (and ESPECIALLY bigotry) in our party. Zalatix Aug 2012 #7

Great post. bigwillq Aug 2012 #11

you're never going to have a pure party liberal_at_heart Aug 2012 #3

Excellent. So why do we even PPR people here for having "right wing opinions"? Zalatix Aug 2012 #8

you're still here, aren't you? n/t lillypaddle Aug 2012 #12

I don't spout anti-GLBT or other crazy right wing opinions. Zalatix Aug 2012 #13

diversity my ass. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #15

Guess Rick Warren and Donnie "ex gay" McClurkin were busy. blkmusclmachine Aug 2012 #4

Progressivism shouldn't require not being pro-life Green_Lantern Aug 2012 #9

It's not that. It's the anti-GLBT and everything else, too. Zalatix Aug 2012 #10

I agree progressivism has to stand for human rights for all... Green_Lantern Aug 2012 #18

Truth, Justice, and The American Way. trof Aug 2012 #14

They stand for giving in and giving up. I'm so tired of them not standing up for what they are Raine Aug 2012 #16

Would it be okay if an anti-choice log cabin republican defected and was invited to speak... loyalsister Aug 2012 #17