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2016 Postmortem

brewens

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1. Think about what the rights goal must be. Force gay people back to the status

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Sat May 12, 2012, 12:09 AM

May 2012

they had in the 60's I guess? Back when like Rmoney says, we didn't think about it or talk about it.

I'm all for making the gay issues go away. Only by letting them have their civil rights so no one bothers to talk about it much. Not because we beat them back into the closet. How do they expect to win that one? If they could, they already would have.

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Top GOP Pollster to GOP: Reverse On Gay Issues [View all] Tx4obama May 2012 OP

Think about what the rights goal must be. Force gay people back to the status brewens May 2012 #1

Did you read the whole article on the link in the OP? n/t Tx4obama May 2012 #2

Yes. I was commenting on the rabid right-wing anti gay people that brewens May 2012 #4

You're right on. There are basically four groups. napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #5

imo group #4 is mostly made up of people fearful that they are gay... polichick May 2012 #11

Agreed. Like I always say: a cat and a salad = napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #12

Exactly. polichick May 2012 #13

Good find dbackjon May 2012 #3

Someone jokingly posted that Mitt Romney was taking responsibility for gateley May 2012 #6

I don't think this will amount to much RZM May 2012 #7

Yes, Romney is throwing his support of adoption by same sex couples under the bus Bolo Boffin May 2012 #8

It is falling on hateful GOP peoples' ears that are not listening. AlinPA May 2012 #9

There is no way the GOP will reverse course on this issue.. DCBob May 2012 #10

This is like when the Berlin wall fell. Or the end of Apartheid. stubtoe May 2012 #14

This is merely an obvious fact. This is the death knell of the GOP, because they can't handle fact. joshcryer May 2012 #15