Posted on 09/16/2012 1:07:33 PM PDT by scottjewell
Republican primary voters in New York punished two incumbents last week who voted to legalize same-sex marriage, firing a potential warning shot nationwide toward GOP lawmakers who could soon face tough votes in their states.
Two of the four veteran — and long-secure — Republican senators in New York who voted for same-sex marriage a year ago await counts of absentee ballots as they sweat out the political fight of their lives. A third announced his retirement this year in the face of strong opposition to his gay marriage vote. A fourth won his primary Thursday but only after a fierce and nasty campaign that included homophobic images and phrases.
"Gay marriage is a very, very tricky issue, particularly for Republicans," said Lawrence Levy, executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University. "The moderate, independent voters who tend to be swing voters in suburban communities tend to be tolerant, and supportive of gay marriage and other social issues."
He said New York's primary results will get close scrutiny nationwide. Republicans in battleground districts have a tricky path to walk: They must gain support from their base of conservatives who are opposed to gay marriage but not turn off the moderate voters who support gay marriage and who the candidate will need in a general election.
Levy said state legislators and dozens of candidates in congressional districts nationwide will be confronted with the same balancing act.
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As I said ..too much sex the political arena..( gays and abortion)
As for homosexuality: used to be it was "the love that dare not speak its name." Now it's "the loons that refuse to shut up." And insist that you subsidize them, too!
I sincerely wish they would live quiet, apolitical and asymptomatic.
Abortion is a sex issue for Democrats..they use for birth control after sleeping around.
the media yet again think or try and make people think that the turd poking agenda is what people want.
The only caution for any elected oficials is to vote for the turd poking agenda.
Time after time people have said no and yes they might squeeze through one or two states in the next two decades but the fact is most do not want it
the elitist media trying to make it out that we should go with the queer agenda when infact people for years have said they do not want it,
Ask the judgs to senators, to congressmen and women.
BTTT!
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