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Originally Posted by Binkie
You're being contradictory? Oh contrare.
But yeah, let's observe America's stance on these issues that won him the presidency by... what's that, Cheney? A mandate? Wanna go dig up the statistics on how many Americans in each state disapprove of gay marriage? Go ahead and google that, Sternn. I know you won't, cause you know I'm right. The Democratic candidate, o'l John Kerry, wouldn't run on a pro-gay marriage platform either. Why is that?
How about looking up how important most voters view the President's religious affiliation and conviction in relation to his candidacy? How about how many voters support the ambitions to spread freedoms and democracy?
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Hey, we agree on something completely. He did run a majority of his campaign on the gay marriage issue. And your also right about most voters not caring about the religious affiliation and the fact they care less about spreading democracy.
Of course what your saying is that gw used the idea of gays being normalised in society as a tool to win. He didn't support someone as much as he once again demonised a group (this time the gays) and told the people who he made afraid of them that he would protect them from this percieved 'threat'. Portraying gays in a negative light, rising to power by not only making them out to be monsters, but also vowing to fight against their right to be happy, well, is that something to be proud of?
Whats even worse, people ate it up, and people were willing to once again trample the rights of a group of people, in the name of america.