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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
It seems like every time I read something about a state governor attempting to enact legislation to reduce civil liberties its followed by "He/she is hoping to run in the 2016 presidential election".
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It's strange though. It might win them the GOP nomination or allow them to get deep into the nomination process but ultimately the majority of population really does find this type of thing distasteful. And in another almost two years the numbers who do will have increased another few percent.
Looking at one poll who did a survey earlier this month.
Do you favor same-sex couples being able to enter into marriages? 59% are either in favor or strongly in favor.
This is up 6% from two year ago, 10% from 4 years ago...30% from 11 years ago.
Feb 2015 question: Do you think it should be legal or not legal for same-sex couples to get married? 60% legal (70% democrats and importantly 62% independents).
This is up 14% in less than 3 years.
Feb 2015: "Do you think gays and lesbians do or do not have a constitutional right to get married and have their marriage recognized by law as valid?"
63% yes they have a right (67% women, 65 % independents)
It goes on and on and on. Yet they insist on being not just on the wrong side of the law but on the wrong side of the beliefs of the population. Heck give it another couple of years and the declared republicans will be over 50% in favour.
http://www.pollingreport.com/civil.htm
I hope the GOP continues to be run by the Tea Party like it has been the last couple of years. If so this next election is going to be a landslide embarassment for them and once that happens maybe they'll figure out they need to move to the center.