If you vote for a Democrat, you are supporting gays and abortion. If you vote Republican, you are against gays and abortion. There arent really any other significant issues, are there?
2006-08-15 04:22:14 · 10 answers · asked by Coal Man 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
If you vote Democrat you are voting against the right of law-abiding citizens to legally own firearms. If you vote republican you are voting to uphold the right that defends all the others enshrined in the bill of rights, The right to keep and bear arms.
2006-08-15 04:29:32 · answer #1 · answered by nathanael_beal 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There are some differences between the two parties, and for the record "all" Democrats do not stand for the same things, nor do "all" Republicans. There are Democratic governors and legislatures that have passed gay marriage bans and Deomcrats, both in private and public life who don't agree with the idea of abortion on demand. It's equally true that there are Republicans who are sympathetic to gay rights issues and abortion. Not everyone has to believe exactly the same thing, and it is a mistake to paint everyone with the same brush.
For the record, neither party is perfect, nor is one really better than the other. Both are dramatically flawed, and I think it could be safely argues that both are dealing with a hijacking of the party platform by extreme wings of their members.
Nothing would make me happier than to see a reasonable and responsible third party emerge.
2006-08-15 04:33:20 · answer #2 · answered by zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It goes a bit deeper than that. It's not specifically supporting Gay's and Abortion if you vote Democrat. It's supporting people's rights to choose for themselves on what they want to do with their lives.
Outlawing abortions, gay marriage - all those things that are at issue are only at issue because people have forgotten that Church and State are supposed to be separate.
I'm not for or against gay marriage (or gays in general) and I'm not for or against abortions. Everyone has to deal with what life gives them and it's not right to legislate who you love or what you do to your body. If the various faiths, religions and churches don't want to perform or accept a gay marriage, then it should be up to them, not the government to decide that. It should up to the woman to decide if she's going to carry a child through to birth.
At the base of it, Republicans want to legislate how you live your day to day life. Democrats want everyone to make up their own minds.
That's not to say that both sides don't get carried away, but that's the general gist of it.
Note: I'm not a Democrat or a Republican. I vote the way I feel is right.
2006-08-15 04:41:00 · answer #3 · answered by Xandyr D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gay rights and abortion are big ticket, emotional campaign topics that divide the 2 partys
But honestly 75% of the population does not consider either of those to be the main reasons for choosing a party or candidate.
The war, foreign policy, social security, medical care, educations, budget deficit, unemployment, etc etc
those are issues everyone cares about and they effect everyone to some degree
Gay rights REALLY only matter enormously to gay people.
Most people support them having equal rights, sure, but its not something people will go to war on
And abortion is really only relevant to women of child-bearing age and the PARENTS of women of child-bearing age who are also pro-choice to begin with
and to a very tiny percent of the population who would either never be in a position to need an abortion or who would never have one but want to legislate others morality
But the majority of the USA voters want a stable economy, moderate taxes, good schools, low unemployment, hope for social security and no ongoing foreign battles, so they don't concentrate on the very far right OR left candidates
ANY candidate that has to run on either platform, especially abortion, is a very weak candidate who shouldnt be elected
2006-08-15 18:56:38 · answer #4 · answered by becca_573 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've brought up probably the two most significant emotional issues, however surveys have determined that one even stronger than one's position on gays and abortion is their position on our international policy.
Those who believe that we should address international issues with military action versus diplomacy, or vice versa, is an even stronger indicator of how they voted in the last election.
I'll leave it to you to guess which one is which... and then who's 'really' pro-life. hint- it's not the party that supports the death penalty.
2006-08-15 05:44:31 · answer #5 · answered by Morey000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is what seems to be the issue at hand.
A lot of it also has to deal with who is going to take credit for what happens in the world. A lot of people want the War in Iraq to end, but both parties want to take credit for completing the task.
2006-08-15 04:28:59 · answer #6 · answered by mthtchr05 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death penalty, taxes, social services, the environment, to name a few more areas where the left and right don't really see eye to eye.
2006-08-15 04:29:50 · answer #7 · answered by a_thief_in_tamriel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd say the withdrawal of troops from Iraq is also a pretty big one
2006-08-15 04:28:29 · answer #8 · answered by corpuscollossus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, immigration is a huge one.
but both dems and reps are so vile, ripping off america at every step.
stealing us blind.
its time to kick both parties out. permanantly.
2006-08-15 04:27:43 · answer #9 · answered by digital genius 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.....nah, all that WWIII stuff means NOTHING.
2006-08-15 04:28:24 · answer #10 · answered by R J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋