Re: [Marxism] swing states and the gay marriage issue

[Ren <modernity22@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's an easy correlation to draw, given that the
fundamentalist Christian community is adamantly
opposed to giving basic human rights to gays and
lesbians.


--- steve heeren <tzsche@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I would predict a very high correlation between the
> so-called "swing
> states" and the states (11 in total) which had a
> proposition on the
> ballot condemning gay marriage. I'm guessing
> republican strategists
> figured out that if they could get voters to the
> polls to vote against
> gay marriage, those same voters, while they were at
> it, would vote for
> Bush. Thus, these strategists ensured that the
> appropriate proposition
> was on the ballots of those swing states.  Has
> anyone seen an article
> making this comparison?
>
> steve heeren
>
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