So wait, let me get this straight:
The US Supreme Court decided, in a 5-4 decision, to take away 30% of Hillary Clinton's talking points next election. And the Republican candidates, instead of just simply stating "it is now the law of the land", are going to protest instead of recognize a good thing when it happens?
God, these people are stupid.
Implying she doesn't have more to campaign on than gay marriage.
Also 50% of Republican voters are evangelicals. While LGBT is actually a small puzzle piece of the democratic coalition of 5-10%. Here's hoping that the social conservatives weaken as a % of the overall electorate voterbase from here on.
No you read the post wrong. Just that this is obviously an opening for the GOP to subtly take the gay marriage question out of their campaigns. Evangelicals are not going to suddenly revolt against a party that is still strongly anti-abortion (for starters) just because the question of gay marriage is put on the backburner. Modifying their position particularly on that issue would deaden a lot of the appeal the Democrats have with people who otherwise would feel their interests at odds with the party they support.
My comment wasn't to imply the only thing Clinton has going for her is her gay marriage position or that is her only position, merely that by settling the gay marriage issue the GOP would have a way to subtly move their way out of a controversial hot button issue that younger generations are overwhelmingly in support of. Liberal Catholics like Ted Kennedy did something similar when Roe V. Wade was handed down IIRC. Because frankly, right now the standard Democratic talking point seems to overwhelmingly be "WE ARE SOCIAL LIBERALS!", a point that would look incredibly weak if the GOP just moved on from this issue and ran on IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID or something to that effect.
