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[merchimerch]

I just had a thought about the whole gay marriage amendment that is in congress. Bush is pushing it because a few states want to make it legal or have made it legal, according to BBC 38 states have already outlawed it. So once again, like the abortion federal ban issue, the Republican Party line is to move farther from states' rights and closer to federal control and regulation, since it will no longer be up to the states to decide if gay marriage is legal. This goes completely against the simplistic outline of the 2 parties in our country I was given in 8th grade social studies - I was told that Democrats were for more federal control/federally based programs, and Republicans were for states rights and a smaller federal government.

It strikes me as ironic that 2 of the big ideological issues that many Republicans are arguing for goes against that basic tenet.

Just sayin.......

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[loopfick.livejournal.com]

You are right. My father is a true republican...he's also very conservative Christian...:/ He and his friends hate Bush and the war in Iraq, and are against government control over people's rights. He doesn't like abortion, but he also doesn't want the government getting involved in everyone's personal business. I found it very interesting the last time I talked to him, that his views are very similar to alot of left-wing radicals! What you said made me think of that....:)

[fnordelissa.livejournal.com]

and, right there, you've underlined the stupidity of it all. because the party is so closely associated with the fundamentalist christians, they're led to do things that the original ideology doesn't jive with. I also thought Republicans preferred fiscal conservation? so what do they do? go to war and create a new office of homeland security. small government, ha!

it just points out how bizarre the world is.