Minnesotans United for All Families who oppose the gay marriage amendment cheer as the screen shows the "no" vote leading during the election night watch party early on Nov. 7, 2012 in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota voted to turn down a constitutional amendment limiting matrimony to one man and one woman. (Jim Mone / AP Photo )Conventional wisdom argues that opposition to gay marriage hurt Republicans in the recent election cycle, but nothing in the numbers suggests that this is true.
In the four liberal states where advocates for same-sex marriage won their victories, the redefinition of marriage proved much less popular than Barack Obama. In Maryland, for instance, Obama cruised to victory with 62 percent of the vote, but same-sex marriage squeaked by with just 52 percent. In other words, more than one out of six of Obama supporters voted with Republicans, not their fellow Democrats, against same sex marriage.
In Maryland, Maine, Washington and Minnesota, opposition to gay marriage averaged more than 48% but Romney averaged only 41%. In other words, traditional marriage is more popular than the GOP itself – providing a way to win over new votes, not to lose them.
Yeah right! Mitt Romney lost because the Republicans are against anybody who isn’t white, heterosexual and male. After awhile the people they’re against outnumber the people they’re for.
Umm hello… Are you so stupid as to ignore the trends taking place and only see elections in a vacuum?
Your side has already lost the culture war. Even Newt Gingrich knows that in 2014, several more states will have marriage equality including a few states that amended their constitution.
If your party is so ignorant as to write off all the blue and blue/leaning states, I have news for you. Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico are not far off. Swing states.
Keep promoting your Al Qaeda beliefs. America has turned a nice hard left to look away from you people and your 1950s worldview. You’re on the ass-end of history my friend. The Millennial Generation has overwhelmingly moved on and you can’t win us back.
Bigotry lost.