republicans and the voices coming forward speaking out for marriage. you ve got the tea party which at least outwardly has gone to great lengths to avoid a discussion of social issues and then you ve got, you know, the far right who have for a long time now been really the only voice out there against marriage equality offering up all sorts of reasons why it s a bad idea. yeah. and i think what is refreshing and helpful is a new chorus of voices coming forward countering that, and then you add to that the case in california for the first time where they had to bring evidence forward to suggest that marriage equality was a bad idea and as we saw they had nothing to offer, so, you know, you talked about the grass roots. it is true that among republican voters generally were lagging, you know, about 20 points or 30 points behind democrats, 20 behind independents. and again, as people like ken melman and others come forward, you ll see the numbers start to move because there s been no
the whole amendment because they don t like birth citizenship or whatever you call it. your thoughts on that, the weirdness going on here? i think you re pointing out what maybe historically had been a two-way split within the republican party now feels like a three-way split, moderate republicans and the voices coming forward speaking out for marriage. you ve got the tea party which at least outwardly has gone to great lengths to avoid a discussion of social issues and then you ve got, you know, the far right who have for a long time now been really the only voice out there against marriage equality offering up all sorts of reasons why it s a bad idea. yeah. and i think what is refreshing and helpful is a new chorus of voices coming forward countering that, and then you add to that the case in california for the first time where they had to bring evidence forward to suggest that marriage equality was a bad idea and as we saw they had nothing to offer, so, you know, you talked ab
republicans and the voices coming forward speaking out for marriage. you ve got the tea party which at least outwardly has gone to great lengths to avoid a discussion of social issues and then you ve got, you know, the far right who have for a long time now been really the only voice out there against marriage equality offering up all sorts of reasons why it s a bad idea. yeah. and i think what is refreshing and helpful is a new chorus of voices coming forward countering that, and then you add to that the case in california for the first time where they had to bring evidence forward to suggest that marriage equality was a bad idea and as we saw they had nothing to offer, so, you know, you talked about the grass roots. it is true that among republican voters generally were lagging, you know, about 20 points or 30 points, 20 behind independents and again, as people like ken melman and others come forward, you ll see the numbers start to move because there s been no counter to the nut