Why do democrats benefit from gay marriage? Huh? How is gay marriage a democrat function? The only way democrats can benefit from gay marriage is by stretching out the length of time it takes for gay marriage as a civil right to be the law of the land. Once the Gay marriage issue is settled the gays can go back to being supporters of productive policies vs things like hand-out programs designed to break the bank.Correction... Democrats, Conservatives, and Independents will all hang them on it. Again democrats don't own the issue of liberty.Given that the MSM is heavily entrenched in the liberal camp... I'm 99% sure the media will not hesitate from asking republicans, repeatedly, what their stance is on religious issues of gay marriage, abortion, evolution etc...Patience Skylar. Patience. Making this a holy war between democrats and republicans is not gonna help your case, is it? A lot has to do with how the questions are formed on the polls. Many republicans bought into the idea of civil unions first before "democrats" and are invested in that approach and voting on the other side of gay marriage based on said support. Just because a republican may not have answered yes to the poll question does not mean he doesn't want to do something that they see as equivalent for the gay folk. Many folk just have not yet studied the issue. On the democrat side.. yeah many are just voting the way they are told to vote by the guy taking the poll.
Change the question to should government be deciding whether two consenting adults can get married or not.. and you will get a different set of poll results.
Within a month the decision will be made for Republicans. The Supreme Court will decide
It is a perfect out for Republicans as they are not required to vote on anything and can now blame their loss on gay marriage on the Court
But are they bright enough to just let the issue go or will they offer the Democrats more ammunition for the 2016 election?
And the Supreme Court will give them an out
"I personally do not agree with the court but we as a nation, need to move on"
However, if they use it as an excuse to go batshit crazy and scream about Constitutional amendments and nullification by the states, Democrats will hang them on it
Democrats don't own the issue. But they do benefit the most from it. As the anti-gay marriage stance of the GOP hurts conservatives.