Reply #68: Prayers before football games are blatantly unConstitutional

[alarimer]

unless you are talking about private schools. I think there needs to be a manadory course in constitutional law in high school so people understand why this shit cannot be allowed to happen. I don't care if it is in some backwards small town somewhere; the Constitution applies everywhere. we cannot give in on this because some ignorant hayseeds want to pray before football. They can do it silently or privately if they want, but not over the loudspeaker or any of that shit.

The Democrats cannot pander to the right wing. They will never get those votes no matter how much they play up the economic issues. The right wing has totally demonized the Democrats on social issues; the NRA has captured the whole gun issue. The NRA is the lunatic fringe on gun rights, not the Democrats.
Personally, guns are not a huge issue for voting. I hate guns and will not have them around me at all. But obviously other issues (choice for one) have a larger impact on me personally (or at least potentially). I will not vote for an anti-choice candidate, not matter what their other stands but I could overlook a candidate's stance on guns as long as they are pro-choice and generally progressive econmically.