Hopefully this will start to make people realize that social issues matter as much as my little toe in national politics.
I have to agree with you. If we can lose social issues then we can kill the Party of Lincoln in the South forever. It's honestly atrocious that people feel so eager to belong to a party whose history they can't even be proud of. Even if I do believe in traditional values, I really can't bring myself to vote for Lincoln's party unless there are unique circumstances, because it is still the party that villified us for 100 years until they suddenly realized that playing the race card could win them some votes. They don't belong down here. Last time they had control of the governments down here we drove them out through guerilla warfare. I'd like to see a more peaceful end this time but I agree that it does need to end.