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In reply to the discussion: Do y'all really have any idea how devastating it is for LGBT Democrats to see Cardinal Dolan [View all]SunSeeker
(58,333 posts)What is your point? I support marriage equality. The DNC has marriage equality in it's platform--the first time in history for any major party. If you want the federal government to fully recognize marriage equality then we must re-elect President Obama, who supports marriage equality.
If Romney wins we will not get marriage equality. It's as simply as that. So if you are a single-issue voter on the issue of marriage equality, as it sounds like you are, then you should be doing everything you can to get Obama reelected, not depressing the vote by suggesting the DNC shares the same beliefs as Dolan.
Romney got almost no bump from the RNC, EXCEPT he got a 4-point bump from latinos. Latinos are overwhelmingly Catholic. Dolan was at the RNC, and the Republicans made it look like he endorsed them, suggesting it was a sin to vote Democratic. With Dolan doing the closing prayer at the DNC, the DNC neutralizes all that, and hopefully wins back those latino votes. We'll need every single one of them to make up for the white male vote--and all the votes you depress.