Reply #24: I honestly think they can only go so far with that crap. [View All]

[Bouncy Ball]

When Mr. White Redneck is looking at pawning his Game Cube to buy food for his kids because his job was outsourced, when he's drowning in credit card debt and the rules just keep getting tighter, when he's in danger of losing his house, when almost everyone he knows is laid off and those pitiful tiny tax breaks are just a distant memory (as they are already---and tiny because he isn't wealthy), the gay/religion thing can only go so far.

Bottom line, people gotta eat. I do agree that too many are sitting around waiting for the sands to shift, I say go on and help them shift some more! Be proactive!

But I honestly think the using gay issues and religious issues as a firestarter has a limited shelf life in the face of harsh economic realities. Without those economic realities, I think they have an indefinite life. But with them, they last only so long and go only so far.

Like a moderate, non-party affiliated voter said to me recently "gays getting married is just NOT a problem in my life. Finding a job, now THAT'S a problem." This guy cannot be described as liberal.