RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

Apparently due to a significant change in the public's perception of same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court has decided to take on the legal battle surrounding the issue in California. The resolution of this issue in favor of same-sex marriage could be very beneficial to a certain political party...the Republicans. How you ask? Let's explore the possibilities...

If the Supreme Court supports same-sex marriage under the equal protection aspects of the Constitution it removes the issue from the ballot box. I believe that the Republican Party's stance on social issues has kept it membership from growing. Those coming of age today have very different attitudes to homosexuality than their parents and grandparents. This "new" generation of voters are signing on the Democratic Party's platform not because of the positions on spending and taxes but because the Democrats have become the party of same-sex rights.

If the issue of same-sex marriage disappears because it becomes legal then the Republicans may be able to get their message of fiscal responsibility heard by a generation that has previously dismissed them as "old-fashioned".

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Who cares! Not my place to judge or condemn anyone. The new testament took away the right to STONE them.

Danilo Loc: Las Vegas

Your benevolence impresses me, Rix Pix. Now that your party of choice is doing so well, most notably in California, Michigan, and New York, you can now bring an understanding to the Republican Party they have thus far been denied.
There may not be any evidence of it, but I'm sure your advise and observations are appreciated, and will one day be recognized by the RNC.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Really? :D :lol: :lol:

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Or it could become much like the abortion and religious freedom issues that seem to constantly become an embarrassment to the conservative movement, not that there are not valid concerns with those issues, but transvaginal ultrasounds and bringing religion into public school textbooks is beyond the pale and hurts the republican party..... Would this turn out to be another one of that type of issue? I just don't know.

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

Is the fact that the Democrats had more new registered voters in the past four years than the Republicans not evidence enough for you that the Republicans do not have a grasp on what motivates the youth vote?

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Rix.. I believe that you and I are of similar age... I know that unless this government makes significant fiscal reform that I will only benefit from the projected current policies... My highest earning days are behind me and I am not as motivated as I once was to do it all over again... So my taxes will not be as high as they used to be and in about 10 years the government is going to start sending me checks...

The point is is that the government is not going to be asking me and I seriously doubt that the government is even going to look to my generation to pay back any of the debt that we have racked up continue to rack up...

My question is, is the youth of this country not smart enough to figure out that we are screwing them, that we are going to dump the whole shitcake into their laps?

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

I truly do not think that homosexuality is the determining factor for which party the new generation is joining. 8-)

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Think dick chaney has thoughts on this.

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

they are voting their own ideals and pocketbook...Obama education finance reforms are important to them they also know gay people and accept them whereas the older generation merely tolerates them. Even George Will has said recently that same-sex marriage is becoming a non issue and in my opinion that is very good for the Republican party. Republican candidates are going to start treating same-sex marriage in the same manner that John McCain dismissed the women's comment about Obama not being American. The mainstream middle income Republicans are most loyal and will listen if common sense is spoken.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

I don't disagree with you as to why the youth are voting democrat, that was apparent a while back, if you read an article on a liberal leaning site and then view the comments section, it is very clear that there has been a lot of change in the country in the last 4 years.

But my question was will they not see that they are getting screwed, federal finances are becoming so overwhelmingly out of balance that soon there will be few options for a managed resolution if unless in the near future DC has a come to Jesus moment where they simply level with the American people and begin to make some difficult choices... Something that DC is certainly not showing any real willingness to do.

guy145 Loc: Norridge IL

Don't you watch star trek, we won't need money.

WNC Ralf Loc: Candler NC, in the mountains!

The biggest problem with the GOP is all the lies, younger people are more likely to check issues on the Internet to see what the facts are, and they do not watch Faux news in high numbers like the older generation. My mother in law is always forwarding emails of the "dangers" of the current administration, which I then provide links to the facts. I do not trust them to really change, they might pretend to move to the center, but elect them and see what happens. We have deficit problems, caused by previous Reflubs that cut taxes and started a few wars that were unfunded. Blew the huge surplus left them and drove us into debt, let's cut defense before we start cutting entitlements we PAID for. SS wouldn't be in such a mess if congress had not looted the fund over the years also! IMO the only hope for us is to make the GOP irrelevant in the mid term elections.

sandollor

<<The biggest problem with the GOP is all the lies>>

The republicans have to lie and deceive to win elections. If they told the truth about thier policial agenda they would never win anything.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

Like the Democrats don't lie...HaHa...Those websites that "tell the truth", they are liberal sites, no?, Oh wait, it said so on the Internet, so it has to be true (great commercial State Farm) ? The surplus that Bush blew, hmmm, seems like it came about under a Republican Congress & it's Congress that sets spending. Oh, that's right, Bush had a Democratic Congress for most of his tenure...Democrats signed on to those "wars" also , so spread that blame...