GO you clearly believe that having republicans in charge is the right way to go, and stand strong in your convictions. As a young republican how do you convince yourself to just go with it when the party is so fucked up when it comes to pretty much every social issue, gay marriage, science, woman etc... They say a lot of good things but its impossible to even come close to ignoring those views. Im sure you don't walk lock step with those points, so what do you do just ignore it and say fuck it and hope they just forget to cut funding for science, and make woman their slaves, hope that the dems block those points but can't the fiscal points. Im curious because its probably the biggest hold up, letting some of this group even near certain issues.
I strongly disagree w/ a lot of the Religious Right but at least I think its highly selfish to be a one social issue voter.
I don't hope the Dems block the crazies, I know that a majority of Americans including many R's will block them. Also a ton of this shit is made up by the Dems to scare women and minorities.
The SC had decided the abortion issue, with albeit a crappy ruling. That's the law of the land and Romney will respect it. The Birth Control issue is a red herring, BC is legal and will always be legal and hopefully cheaper than ever. I even think we should put it in school milk and water, but that's me.
Do I wish we'd moderate some, sure. But that the great part of the GOP, its a big tent. Lots of various views on stuff and let me tell you, these homeschooled kids do a great job volunteering for our candidates.
But I'm not about to vote for a big government Democrat just because he and I agree on Evolution.
I also think the homophobia on the right is a lot of the older people in the party. At Young Republican functions, there are a ton of GOProud and Log Cabin folks and everyone gets along. Gay rights aren't my priority in life but the idea of giving them rights is fine with me, I wouldn't stand in the way if I was ever in leadership and I highly doubt you'll see anti-gay ideas in the Republican party in 20-30 years because quite frankly young people just don't care about this stuff. If people are gay, they're gay, that's the end of it for me at least.
Some Republicans may be homophobic but I also think the loudest voices in the gay community are a huge turnoff to the regular Joe and Jane Six Pack. There should be commercials about how gay people are our neighbors, our friends, the parents of Bobby down the street and how its unfair to keep them out of hospital rooms. Instead, we have them protesting popular restaurants in middle America, etc. If I was in charge of the gay lobby, they'd have everything they want in 4 years. Most folks aren't as worldly as we are on this board, think about it, only 4k graduate from Wake a year. There's more NC State grads in Forsyth County for gosh sakes than there are Wake grads in all of North Carolina (or the South prob).