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Edited on Fri Nov-05-04 06:03 PM by brentspeak
Why not adopt and make 100% clear to any and all voters that the Democratic party considers so-called "morals issues" like gay marriage to be the sole province of the individual state voters? Advocate that the states can hold their own referendums on such matters (as some just have), and that a "yes" on gay marriage in say, Massachussetts, doesn't have to be legally binding in say, Alabama.
By making it very, very, very clear to voters that THEY and only they can directly vote on such matters (rather than indirectly vote, ie. voting for politicians who they believe reflect their social concerns), then no one can convincingly make the claim that the Democratic party or it's candidates are "foisting" their values on people who may not agree with those values.
Promoting that kind of direct connect to the political process would completely differentiate the Democratic party from the Republican party, giving the average citizen the feeling (a true feeling) that they have been given more power over their lives than simply electing a politican.
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