DragonStryk72
08-15-2012, 03:48 PM
Yes, I know we've got a topic going on related subject, but I had a significant deviation, and felt that derailing the thread to deal with it would be untoward.
Okay, so here we go: Gay marriage, whether for or against doesn't matter currently. What's hit me is that we only really hear about it right around election times, when the left start moving to court the gay/liberal vote, and the right starts trying to court the religious/conservative vote. It really comes down to this: None of our "leaders" will do anything either way about gay marriage, because in the end, the issue is simply far too good at making us stop paying attention to the things that really matter. I mean come on: The giveaway here is that both major candidates flipped on their previously held opinions on this subject, Romney suddenly turning against it, despite helping gay marriage in his state, and Obama becoming a proponent of it, despite going against it in '08. My suspicion on the latter is that Hilary was pro, and he needed to snag the votes to get to the big game.
They sure as hell don't want to talk about the economy, really. Well, they want to refer to it in broad terms, but far too many on both sides have their hands dirty for them to have the spine to say what we need to hear.
Okay, so here we go: Gay marriage, whether for or against doesn't matter currently. What's hit me is that we only really hear about it right around election times, when the left start moving to court the gay/liberal vote, and the right starts trying to court the religious/conservative vote. It really comes down to this: None of our "leaders" will do anything either way about gay marriage, because in the end, the issue is simply far too good at making us stop paying attention to the things that really matter. I mean come on: The giveaway here is that both major candidates flipped on their previously held opinions on this subject, Romney suddenly turning against it, despite helping gay marriage in his state, and Obama becoming a proponent of it, despite going against it in '08. My suspicion on the latter is that Hilary was pro, and he needed to snag the votes to get to the big game.
They sure as hell don't want to talk about the economy, really. Well, they want to refer to it in broad terms, but far too many on both sides have their hands dirty for them to have the spine to say what we need to hear.