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In reply to the discussion: Obama's gay marriage move has no impact on policies: Still Hasn't Signed Anti-Discrimination Order [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Public opinion is against their bigoted attitude towards Gays for the first time. Polls show a majority of Americans now favor the same rights for the LGBT community as everyone else.
So now they find themselves in a corner, with an election coming up. They can't use this the way they used to anymore. So, they are taking a different approach, 'slam Obama for not being pro-equal rights enough'.
Now that they are in that corner, it should be used to GET THOSE rights, shouldn't it? If you cannot see what a victory this is for Civil Rights for the LGBT community, I cannot help you. But any good political strategist would know how to use it. This is how the Right has always been dragged kicking and screaming into not opposing rights for minorities.
Their strategy is stupid, it leaves the door open for Democrats while shutting down one of their favorite wedge issues. This is a golden opportunity to finally get rights long denied to the LGBT community AND a political victory.
That is the problem with blind partisanship, even when something arises that could benefit, not just those most affected by the bigotry, but the Party itself, fear gets in the way.
Hopefully the Party leadership has more vision and will use this sudden 'concern' on the part of the Right for equal rights for all Americans.
And you didn't answer the question 'what voters will be suppressed by this phony claim they are making'?
They are swimming against the tide and flailing now to try to survive.