{"id":4904,"date":"2011-05-23T01:46:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T08:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4904"},"modified":"2011-05-23T01:46:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T08:46:32","slug":"republicans-betting-on-homophobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/23\/republicans-betting-on-homophobia\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Betting on Homophobia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republicans hate the LGBT community.  I know.  That\u2019s not news.  But for some time now, Republicans have been betting on the homophobia that they help instill in their sheeple to help them rise to power.  If everyone that has an opinion voted, Republicans would fall from power forever, but what wins elections is getting people to the polls.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"23gaymarriage\"Minnesota has a long and potentially polarizing campaign in store after state lawmakers agreed to allow voters to decide whether to limit civil marriage to heterosexual couples<\/strong> \u2013 a prohibition that already exists in state law.<\/p>\n

The House voted 70-63 just before midnight Saturday after nearly six hours of emotional debate that raised many of the issues likely to resonate in the coming campaign.<\/p>\n

Critics of the amendment said it would divide families and neighbors and harm the dignity of gay people, while its supporters said the definition of marriage is important enough that voters alone \u2013 not judges or legislators \u2013 should decide how it’s addressed in the constitution.<\/p>\n

The vote split mostly along party lines, with Republicans in support and Democrats opposed<\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Now, what this has to do with getting out the vote may not be immediately apparent, unless you understand the timing.  The referendum is scheduled for November, 2012.  Republicans are working hard to insure that all states<\/font>, especially swing states, have a gay-hate referendum or initiative on the ballot for all national elections.  They motivate Bubba Bagger to get off his ass, goose-step to the polls, and vote, so Republicans are betting on homophobia to give them the edge they need at the polls.<\/font><\/p>\n

Of course, Democrats do not have a way to motivate voters so easily, because they tend to think as individuals, not in mass.  Organizing Democrats is like herding cats.  So between now and then, we need to work harder.  We need to educate people how votes that help Republicans (and extreme DINOs) are against their own self interest.  We need to motivate people with the understanding that Republican rule is the punishment for not voting.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Republicans hate the LGBT community.  I know.  That\u2019s not news.  But for some time now, Republicans have been betting on the homophobia that they help instill in their sheeple to help them rise to power.  If everyone that has an opinion voted, Republicans would fall from power forever, but what wins elections is getting people […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}