Reply #12: Just Because

[JusticeForAll]

I just hosted a gay republican in my home two weekends ago. He was exposed to a lot of the Democratic activism that I do lately, and of course his political views were questioned. It surprises me to see that so many people are convinced that social class is the only reason why these gay people vote Republican.

My friend has no strong political viewpoints, no world-view, and clearly no interest in day to day activities of how his country is managed. His family is blue collar, he is blue collar, his family has always voted Republican and that is why he will too.

He did say that he won't be voting for Bush in the upcoming election because of the "gay marriage thing" but the rest of our discussions were just hopeless exercises in asking him to explore his political reasonings. There were no reasons, other than the fact that this was the way it always was and the way it will always be for him.