Does the GOP not realize that it needs openly gay people in its ranks to show that it is not completely anachronistic or regional?
Ambrose Aban
Some Republicans believe that their reputation for intolerance is costing the party the votes of the next generation of Americans. But that argument got harder to make when California, one of the most liberal states in the country, passed a ballot initiative banning same-sex marriage. But the next generation of Californians, even after the dreadful No on 8 campaign, still favored marriage equality by huge margins. Gay-bashing can still produce some small gains for the GOP (although in most states, it cannot be banned any more than it has been), but California sure didn't disprove the generational argument. And assume also that banning marriage rights is popular for a while. When is the GOP going to realize that it needs openly gay people in its ranks to show that it is not completely anachronistic or regional?
Some Republicans believe that their reputation for intolerance is costing the party the votes of the next generation of Americans. But that argument got harder to make when California, one of the most liberal states in the country, passed a ballot initiative banning same-sex marriage. But the next generation of Californians, even after the dreadful No on 8 campaign, still favored marriage equality by huge margins. Gay-bashing can still produce some small gains for the GOP (although in most states, it cannot be banned any more than it has been), but California sure didn't disprove the generational argument. And assume also that banning marriage rights is popular for a while. When is the GOP going to realize that it needs openly gay people in its ranks to show that it is not completely anachronistic or regional?
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